Norwich
Coverage highlights hospitality and foodservice activity across this key East of England city, with reporting focused on areas such as the Lanes, Tombland, Riverside, and the city centre. Topics include restaurant and bar openings, growth in independent food concepts, student and visitor footfall, and investment in leisure-led developments. Insight is tailored for operators and suppliers tracking regional dining trends, high street recovery, and the balance between heritage appeal and contemporary demand.
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Apr- 2020 -17 AprilCoronavirus
Chestnut partners with Food4Heroes to help support key workers in East Anglia
Chestnut, an East Anglian hospitality group, has teamed up with Food4Heroes to help provide fresh meals for frontline NHS workers. With such a huge demand on the NHS as they work longer shifts and have little time or facilities to prepare food, Chestnut decided to step in to support Food4Heroes…
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Aug- 2019 -16 AugustFeatures
Erpingham House: Saving the planet one meal at a time
โErpingham House was born from a desire to bring healthy, plant-based dining into the mainstream, and to make vegan food more readily available in Norwich,โ says vegan influencer and Erpingham House managing director Loui Blake. Founded by Blake and footballers Declan Rudd and Russell Martin a little over a year…
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Jul- 2019 -30 JulyRestaurants
Erpingham House sets sights on new Brighton project
Erpingham House, the vegan restaurant, has announced plans to open a new restaurant in Brighton. Loui Blake, managing director of Erpingham House, has set his sights on Brighton and announced that this August, Epringham House will begin its Crowdfunding venture, with the aim of raising ยฃ250,000, or 15% of the…
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May- 2019 -8 MayRestaurants
Man alleged to run restaurant from house refuses to remove sign
The owner of a house in Norwich who was told by Norwich City Council to remove a restaurant sign in February has still not done so as he has applied for permission to keep it. Norwich council inspected the premises owned by Orlando Williams in February after it was alleged…
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Dec- 2018 -13 DecemberBusiness
23.5 Degrees opens 60th Starbucks store after 50th anniversary
Starbucksโ first UK franchised business partner, 23.5 Degrees, has announced it will open its 60th store in six years, on 14 December in Sheffield. The business has plans to open six further Starbucks stores in the next three months, and has 23 new stores planned for 2019. 23.5 Degrees says…
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Nov- 2018 -1 NovemberRestaurants
โRacistโ sauce taken off the menu at Norwich restaurant
A Norwich restaurant has removed a sauce named ‘Cotton Pickin’ from its menu following accusations of โracismโ. Osa Odeh, 39, raised concerns that the term was associated with slavery in the southern states of America, after seeing it on the menu at Mambo Jambo. Odeh told restaurant staff he had…
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Sep- 2018 -11 SeptemberPubs and Bars
Locals โdevastatedโ as Norwich pub forced to close by major chain
A Norwich pub has been forced to close after it claims it was denied a renewal of its licence by landlord Enterprise Inns which plans to run the pub under its Craft Union Pubs brand. The Garden House announced the news on Facebook with a statement which read: โIt is…
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Aug- 2018 -7 AugustRestaurants
UK’s ‘largest vegan’ and plastic-free restaurant opens at former steakhouse site
Erpingham House, a plastic-free and vegan restaurant which claims to be the UK’s largest, has opened in Norwich city centre. Founded by vegan influencer, Loui Blake and championship footballers Declan Rudd and Russell Martinthe restaurant has already been named in The Times’ top 20 vegan restaurants list! Erpingham House, the…
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Jul- 2018 -31 JulyBusiness
Late-night customers account for 83% of British foodservice growth
British people visit food or beverage outlets 257 million times between midnight and 7am every year, according to new figures. The data, released by market research firm, The NPD Group, for the year ending May 2018 suggested that the growing demand for late-night and early morning food and beverages consumed…
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Apr- 2018 -25 AprilBeverages
Norse seals Norwich university catering deal
Catering company Norse has secured a deal to supply Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) with a range of hot and cold food along with beverages to over 2,000 people working and studying at the university. Norse will be creating more jobs by recruiting new supervisors and catering assistants at…
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