Tasting Menu
Coverage highlights how chefs and operators across the UK are using curated multi-course formats to drive revenue, showcase creativity, and elevate guest experience. We report on pricing strategies, menu design, wine pairings, kitchen logistics, and consumer expectations, with insights from both fine dining establishments and ambitious independents adopting this format as part of their culinary and commercial approach.
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Jan- 2020 -8 JanuaryComment
How will high street restaurants survive dark kitchen disruption?
Shops have already suffered the fate of losing their footfall to clicks on the internet and it seems restaurants are headed the same way. Amidst the plight of the high street for retail, I’ve always thought of restaurants as the real stalwart. Surely you can’t get rid of restaurants from…
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Oct- 2019 -15 OctoberRestaurants
Kitchen W8 celebrates 10 year anniversary by retaining a Michelin Star
Kitchen W8, has marked its 10th anniversary of business this autumn by retaining its Michelin star it first acquired back in 2011. The 70-seat restaurant, which was launched in 2009 by co-owners Rebecca and Phil Howard, has gained a reputation for “professional consistency and flair” with its menus and service…
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Aug- 2019 -16 AugustRestaurants
Wilderness Bar + Kitchen officially opens
Wilderness Bar + Kitchen, a three-storey eating, drinking and lifestyle venue in the Northern Quarter, Manchester has officially opened. The cooking at the restaurant will be modern European in style, with a kitchen team headed up by former Manchester House chef James Lord using ingredients from the most forward thinking…
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Jul- 2019 -29 JulyRestaurants
Wilderness Bar + Kitchen to open in Manchester this August
Wilderness Bar + Kitchen, a three story eating, drinking and lifestyle venue will open in the Northern Quarter, Manchester, on Thursday 15 August. The venue has been described as a “welcoming, relaxed space” with a “modern” approach to flavour, and the food and drink menus at Wilderness Bar and Kitchen…
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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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Feb- 2019 -7 FebruaryPeople
Pidgin appoints new head chef
Hackney restaurant, Pidgin, has announced it has appointed Greg Clarke as its new head chef. Clarke will takeover from Adolfo De Cecco on 11 March, with De Cecco preparing to open his own restaurant. The restaurant’s owners James Ramsden and Sam Herlihy, who also run Heddon Street’s Magpie restaurant, said…
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Jan- 2019 -8 JanuaryRestaurants
Michelin-starred Imperial Treasure debuts in London
Imperial Treasure, Chinese restaurant group and holder of four Michelin stars, has made its European debut in a Grade II listed building on St James’s Waterloo Place. Award-winning restaurateur, Alfred Leung has curated seasonal ingredients, sustainably sourced fish and live seafood to serve his customers, including Gillardeau oysters from France,…
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Oct- 2018 -23 OctoberRestaurants
Leonardslee Lakes & Gardens launches Restaurant Interlude
A new dining destination, Restaurant Interlude, has been launched at Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens – the historic 200 acre estate, with Grade I Listed gardens, near Horsham in West Sussex. Hospitality entrepreneur Penny Streeter OBE, owner of vineyards in the UK and South Africa, bought the Leonardslee estate in 2017.…
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Sep- 2018 -10 SeptemberProduct Releases
Tommy Heaney to open new Pontcanna restaurant
Great British Menu chef Tommy Heaney is to open a new restaurant named Heaney’s in Pontcanna, Wales. The Great British Menu chef will open the 50-cover restaurant on 10 October after successfully raising £40,000 via a Kickstarter page. The restaurant will also feature a bar area with custom-made decor with…
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