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From the West End to the East End, our London coverage keeps hospitality professionals in the know. Our dedicated reporting on London’s vibrant and highly competitive foodservice market, spans restaurant group expansions, new pub and bar concepts, catering contracts, high-street openings, licensing changes, staff shortages, and operational trends shaping the capital. Whether you’re a central London restaurant operator, a neighbourhood café owner, a high-volume catering contractor, or an F&B executive overseeing multiple venues across zones, this archive delivers actionable insights and strategic updates designed for decision-makers navigating the capital’s fast-moving hospitality landscape.
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May- 2019 -22 MayRestaurants
Frenchie launches Bacon Scone pop-up in Covent Garden
Gregory Marchand’s Frenchie restaurant has announced it will be opening Bacon Scone, a pop-up in London’s Covent Garden market on Tuesday 11 June. The pop-up will serve Frenchie’s signature smoked bacon and maple syrup scones with clotted cream priced at £3.50. Located a short distance from Frenchie Covent Garden on…
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21 MayFood and Drink
Game of Thrones-inspired immersive dining experience comes to London
The Vaults on Leake Street, London has announced it is running an immersive dining experience inspired by Game of Thrones. Named, Dinner is Coming, the immersive spoof dining experience will run in the restaurant’s underground tunnels until 14 July. The experience promises a “delicious feast of indulgent food with theatre,…
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15 MayFood and Drink
ICA starts campaign following ice cream van ban
The Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), has told Catering Today it is launching a campaign to get local authorities to provide electricity points so that ice cream vans can trade with their engines off, after a number of London councils banned the vans from streets in their boroughs. An ICA…
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15 MayBusiness
Crussh launches debut retail range exclusively with Sainsbury’s
Crussh Fit Food and Juice Bars launches a range of retail products, including vegan and protein-based lines, into 61 Sainsbury’s convenience stores across London, following a successful trial in 10 Sainsbury’s stores since July 2018. Entering stores on 13 May, the roll-out was part of the healthy food and juice…
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14 MayPeople
Quique Dacosta’s first international restaurant to open in London
Three Michelin starred Valencian chef, Quique Dacosta, will open the doors of his first restaurant outside of Spain this June, with rice at the heart of the offering. He is set to open Arros QD on Fitzrovia’s 64 Eastcastle Street on 7 June 2019. His first restaurant in London and…
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13 MayNews
Les Platanes by Thierry Laborde and Anton Efimov to launch in May
Les Platanes, opening on 20 May, is the new French restaurant by Thierry Laborde and Anton Efimov. The restaurant will be a contemporary French Bistrot de Luxe with an emphasis on cuisine from the south of France. Located in a 19th Century townhouse on Bruton Place, a small cobbled street…
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13 MayBusiness
Easter heatwave boosts drink sales while eating-out market suffers
The hot Easter weekend delivered different outcomes for Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups, latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show. While pub sales surged, restaurants took a hit during the month of April. Pub and bar chains reported collective like-for-like sales up 5.3% for the four-day break…
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10 MayPeople
Ruth Hansom appointed head chef at Pomona’s
Notting Hill restaurant Pomona’s has announced Ruth Hansom as its new head chef from 1 May. Hansom will launch a new menu on 1 May taking inspiration from “elements from the land” and featuring Swaledale Lamb Rump with Spring Onion, Wild Garlic, English Pea and Morrel. The all-day, breakfast and…
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10 MayPeople
Atul Kochhar to open restaurant in former Westminster Fire Station
This autumn Atul Kochhar, the first Indian chef to receive a Michelin star, will open the doors to a second central London restaurant Mathura in Westminster. Named after the capital city of King Kanishka, an emperor of the Kushan dynasty in the second century, the 200 cover restaurant and bar…
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9 MayRestaurants
Art deco building transformed into new restaurant
An art deco building in Somerset, previously used for entertainment and leisure, has been transformed into a new restaurant named Pillars Bar and Grill. Entrepreneur Kevin Newton and his restoration team have used the style of the “Great Gatsby era” for the new restaurant on Leigh Road. The building opened…
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