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Stay ahead with curated reporting on new restaurant, pub, bar, café, and catering openings across the UK. This highlights the latest venue launches, from independents to multi-site operators, and offers behind-the-scenes insights into concept development, site selection, kitchen design, menu strategy, and operational planning. Whether you’re tracking competitors, scouting for inspiration, or evaluating expansion trends, this coverage helps hospitality professionals understand where investment is going and how new openings are shaping the foodservice landscape. Essential reading for chefs, operators, landlords, and F&B executives watching the market evolve.
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Jul- 2019 -5 JulyCafes and Coffee Shops
Venus café chain becomes ‘first in UK’ to use palm plates
Sustainable café chain, Venus Company, has claimed to be the UK’s first commercial café chain to use fully home compostable palm plates from India. The plates are sourced from the areca palm which is indigenous to India and “naturally environmentally friendly” as it falls from the tree and is not…
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4 JulyRestaurants
Culloden Estate & Spa unveils new restaurant and bar
The five-star Culloden Estate and Spa has unveiled a £750,000 investment which has seen the complete transformation of two of the main public spaces on the ground floor. What was formerly The Mitre Restaurant is now the Lough Bar and offers guests panoramic views over Belfast Lough and a new…
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4 JulyRestaurants
El Gato Negro acquires former Jamie’s site for third opening
Restaurateur Simon Shaw and Mills Hill Developments have acquired 35 Park Row, Leeds, the former site of Jamie’s Italian restaurant to open a third El Gato Negro for a winter 2019 launch. The premises based in Leeds city centre were acquired from Jamie’s Italian’s administrators KPMG and the company was…
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4 JulyEducation
Mahé Cookery School and Chef’s Table opens
Paul and Emma Ainsworth have announced the opening of their fourth Padstow venture, Mahé Cookery School and Chef’s Table with executive chef John Walton. The cookery school hosts up to five guests, with four courses to choose from, Dinner Party Secrets; Sugar and Spice; Pasta Masterclass and Bistro Cooking. The…
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3 JulyPubs and Bars
Jamie Oliver Restaurant’s former operations chef takes on pub
Jamie Oliver Restaurants’ former operations chef, Kanwar Gurmohan has taken on the lease of Star Pubs and Bars’ Surrey Cricketers in Windlesham. He will also undertake the joint £272,000 refurbishment with pub company starting this week. During his time at Jamie Oliver’s, he was operations chef for six years, Prior…
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3 JulyRestaurants
The Savoy announces new head chef of Kaspar
The Savoy hotel in London has appointed Joost Bijster as head chef of its Kaspar restaurant, following stints at three Michelin-starred restaurants in the Netherlands and Thailand. He studied the culinary arts for over six years, earning himself three diplomas and five certificates; the highest possible qualification for a specialised…
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2 JulyRestaurants
London’s only duck restaurant opens in Clerkenwell
Monsieur Le Duck, London’s only duck restaurant, has celebrated the launch of its first fully dedicated restaurant with plans to open more. The restaurant was designed to bring the food and wine of south west France to London. Owner Richard Humphreys was inspired by the “douceur de vivre” of Gascony…
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Jun- 2019 -17 JunePubs and Bars
The Alchemist turnover set to reach £50m after expansion
Bar and restaurant The Alchemist has said it is on track to achieve revenues of £50m at the end of the financial year following a period of rapid national expansion. Founded in 2010, The Alchemist originally set up in Manchester before opening venues in Leeds and London. The company was…
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14 JunePubs and Bars
John Quinlan joins chef Lee Murdoch for premium gastropub concept
Hospitality entrepreneur John Quinlan and international chef Lee Murdoch have teamed up to launch a Three’s A Crowd, a new concept in independent, contemporary ‘anytime’ dining and drinking. The concept is said to be for those of all ages who love good food and want to try the best ingredients…
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13 JuneRestaurants
Swiss-inspired restaurant Heritage to open in July
Heritage, London’s first modern Swiss-inspired restaurant and bar will open on Soho’s Rupert Street in July. As well as classic Swiss dishes of fondue, raclette, rösti and charbonnade, Heritage will offer French plates, characterised by the use of luxury ingredients such as wagyu beef and lobster. Diners will be able…
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