Portugal
Coverage of foodservice, culinary innovation, and hospitality trends emerging from Portugal, with a focus on sourcing, regional cuisine, and F&B influence on UK operators. This section explores wine exports, seafood supply chains, chef-driven concepts, and restaurant models in Lisbon, Porto, and coastal resort towns, offering insight for chefs, buyers, and hospitality leaders seeking global inspiration and supplier connections rooted in Portuguese food culture.
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Jan- 2020 -16 JanuaryRestaurants
Bar Douro announces opening of London Broadgate site
Contemporary Portugese restaurant Bar Douro has announced it is to open its second site in London’s Broadgate on 28 January. Like the London Bridge flagship restaurant, the new site will offer its contemporary take on traditional Portuguese cuisine and regional wines. The Broadgate site will also offer a “more extensive…
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8 JanuaryRestaurants
Casa do Frango opens second site in Shoreditch
Casa do Frango has opened a second restaurant in Shoreditch, East London. The restaurant, which serves Portuguese grilled chicken, said it will “shine a light” on the flavours of authentic Algarvian cuisine, with influences from other regions of Portugal. As with its first London Bridge site, charcoal-grilled piri piri chicken…
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Jun- 2019 -17 JuneNews
Pilgrim, BBC’s My Million Pound Menu winners open for business
Pilgrim, new restaurant in Liverpool’s Duke Street Market, Pilgrim, launched with a sell out soft launch period and has now opened its doors to all customers. The food is based on an ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia which has taken place since the ninth century. With starting…
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Apr- 2019 -26 AprilRestaurants
BBC’s My Million Pound Menu winners set to open first restaurant
Pilgrim, the winners of BBC’s My Million Pound Menu are preparing to open a new restaurant in Liverpool’s Duke Street Market. The restaurant will launch with a 50% off soft launch period from 15 May and is based on an ancient pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia which has…
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Mar- 2019 -15 MarchCafes and Coffee Shops
Santa Nata to open two sites in Covent Garden
Santa Nata is to launch two new Portuguese pastelarias in London’s Covent Garden area. The new sites will specialise in the traditional Portuguese pastry with egg custard filling – Pastel de Nata. Santa Nata will open its first site on Covent Garden’s Russell Street with a second unit opening on…
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Feb- 2019 -26 FebruaryAdvice
Meat industry effects on global warming…is it true?
With the drastic growth of the world’s population and the rising popularity and convenience of high fat, meat and sugar diets, there is not only considerable pressure on the global food system but also a huge increase in pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The commercial meat industry is one…
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12 FebruaryPubs and Bars
InterContinental London at the O2 appoints bars manager
InterContinental London at the O2, managed and operated by the Arora Group, has announced the appointment of Nelson Bernardes as bars manager for its Eighteen Sky Bar and Clipper Bar. Bernardes joins InterContinental London, the O2 with more than 10 years’ experience in the hospitality industry. His previous roles include…
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