Surrey
Coverage explores hospitality and foodservice activity across this affluent South East county, including restaurant and pub openings, independent growth, commuter belt trade patterns, and regional investment. Reporting offers insights for operators responding to high-spend demographics, countryside dining trends, and the evolving dynamics of suburban and village-based hospitality businesses.
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Jul- 2020 -13 JulyCoronavirus
Delayed Saffron Summer restaurant to finally open
Saffron Summer, a sister restaurant to the eponymous Indian fine dining restaurant in Chessington, is to open in Reigate in Surrey tomorrow (14 July). The restaurant which occupies the site of the former Clove restaurant at 15 Church Street in Reigate, had originally been due to open in March, before…
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Jun- 2020 -5 JuneCoronavirus
Crussh reopens Notting Hill Store amid UK lockdown
Crussh Fit Food and Juice Bars will reopen its Notting Hill store today (5 June) for take-away and delivery. The healthy food and juice chain said it undertook a “significant review” of its store operating model to ensure it can open safely for teams and customers, and comply with Government…
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Mar- 2020 -19 MarchPubs and Bars
Hogs Back Brewery offers drive through beer amid coronavirus outbreak
Surrey-based Hogs Back Brewery has launched a new drive-through service for its draught, bottled and canned beers, following government advice to self-isolate and avoid going to restaurants, pubs and bars. Customers will be able to place orders from a “safe distance” with staff members then loading the beer directly into…
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5 MarchRestaurants
Saffron Summer to open second Surrey restaurant
Chessington-based Indian restaurant Saffron Summer has announced the opening of its second restaurant in Surrey. The restaurant will open in Reigate on 24 March and will occupy the former site of The Clove restaurant at 15 Church Street. The kitchen will be led by executive head chef, Awanish Roy, who…
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Jan- 2020 -13 JanuaryPeople
Clapperton joins Coast as head chef
Fred Clapperton has announced he will take over as head chef of seafront restaurant Coast this coming March. The Saundersfoot site is owned by The Seren Collection, which operates a series of luxury sea-front venues across south west Wales. Clapperton first began in hospitality as a pot washer at a…
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Dec- 2019 -9 DecemberRestaurants
The Latymer at Pennyhill Park appoints Steve Smith as head chef
Surrey-based Michelin starred restaurant, The Latymer, at Pennyhill Park has appointed Steve Smith as head chef. He joins from Bohemia at The Club Hotel and Spa in Jersey, where he held the position of executive chef since 2013, which was awarded a Michelin star months after Smith joining. The restaurant…
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Jul- 2019 -30 JulyPubs and Bars
Surrey pub group acquires two new properties
Pub group Barons Pub Company has acquired two new properties for a combined fee of £2.3m, taking the groups total properties to nine. The new additions are The Jovial Sailor in Ripley and The Inn at West End, with the latter being a bed and breakfast, the first in its…
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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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May- 2019 -29 MayPubs and Bars
700-year-old pub devastated by blaze
The 700-year-old Ye Olde Six Bells pub in Surrey has been left partly destroyed after it caught fire just after 7:30pm yesterday (Tuesday 28 May). More than 20 firefighters were called to the scene in the village of Horley, with crews still remaining at the scene at the time of…
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14 MayRestaurants
Restaurant owner used stolen VAT money to pay school fees
The owner of a Surrey restaurant who used stolen VAT money to pay her children’s school fees has been jailed. Huey Jun Khoo, along with her business partner Jing Fu, used an off-the-record card machine at the Bon East Chinese restaurant in Farnham to pocket £180,000 in VAT over four…
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