Rare Restaurants

Rare Restaurants to shutter last remaining M Restaurant 

Rare Restaurants is reportedly set to permanently shut its last remaining M Restaurant site next week after 10 years of operation, City AM has reported.The move comes after founder Martin Williams stepped down from parent company Rare Restaurants last October.  Williams, who left the company to focus on his next…

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D&D London appoints Martin Williams as CEO

D&D London has appointed Martin Williams as its new chief executive officer, effective from 31 March 2025, as the group prepares to rebrand itself to The Evolv Collection from April. Williams brings 25 years of business leadership experience as both a “multi-award-winning” restaurant entrepreneur and a “pioneering” CEO. He worked…

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Today’s news in brief – 28/10/24

54% of hospitality businesses would cut jobs when business rates relief ends in April, according to a new joint survey conducted by the BBPA, BII and UKH. The report also highlighted that 76% would experience lower profit and 28% would have to close at least one site. The trade bodies…

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Rare Restaurants CEO steps down

Rare Restaurants, owner of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has announced that Martin Williams has stepped down from his role as CEO. Williams, who has left the company to focus on his next “personal chapter”, has been CEO of the group for six years.  He spent a total of 15 years…

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Rare Restaurants posts £73.5m turnover

Rare Restaurants has posted a turnover of £73.5m for the year ended 1 January 2023, as part of record breaking results for the company. This turnover was up 38% compared with the same period in 2022 and up 29% compared with 2019. The group also posted an EBITDA before pre-opening…

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M Restaurants and Gaucho owner confirms two closures

Gaucho and M Restaurants owner Rare Restaurants has confirmed the closure of two of its restaurants in London. The company stated that it would not be renewing the leases for the M Victoria and Gaucho Smithfield Market as they “no longer meet our requirements”. It also said that all the…

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The chef behind Canary Wharf’s own French Riviera superyacht

Can you tell us about your background and what inspired you to become a chef? I remember when I was about 19 during my second year of uni I got my first cheffing job to help pay my way through university, but as soon as I walked into the kitchen,…

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Rare Restaurants CEO to make branches guide dog accessible

Martin Williams, CEO of Rare Restaurants, owner of restaurant groups M and Gaucho, is striving to make the groups restaurants accessible to guide dogs and their owners. The restaurateur is keen to highlight the “ignorance” of some restaurants when it comes to blind dog access, following an incident in which…

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Rare Restaurants appoints two new board members

Rare Restaurants, owners of Gaucho and M Restaurants, has appointed Jamie Mitchell and Tom Dixon to its board. The pair bring with them a “wealth” of experience to Rare Restaurants which formed in April when the SC Lowy and Investec entity that acquired Gaucho in October 2018, acquired M Restaurants.…

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Gaucho owner acquires M Restaurants

Gaucho’s holding company Lomo Bidco, an entity owned by Investec Bank plc and SC Lowy, has acquired M Restaurants. The transaction, which concluded late yesterday (3 April), brings together M Restaurants’ three venues and Gaucho’s 16 restaurants. M Restaurants shareholders are said to have achieved a profitable exit from their…

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