Wimbledon
Reporting on foodservice and hospitality activity in and around Wimbledon, including Wimbledon Village, Wimbledon Park, and the town centre. This section highlights restaurant and bar openings, event-driven trade around the Championships, premium casual dining trends, and local consumer behaviour. Tailored for chefs, operators, and F&B professionals, it offers insight into running successful venues in a well-connected London district shaped by sport, affluence, and seasonal demand.
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Mar- 2024 -8 MarchRestaurants
Deliveroo announces exclusive Sticks n Sushi partnership
Deliveroo has announced that sushi and yakitori restaurant, Sticks’n’Sushi, will be available exclusively on the platform. Takeaway from the restaurant will now be available exclusively on Deliveroo from all of its 14 sites across the UK. Deliveroo customers will be able to order from Oxford, Cambridge, and from areas all…
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Jan- 2024 -26 JanuaryNews
Today’s news in brief – 26/01/24
New border checks could bring about a resurgence in inflation despite the recent downward trend, CGA has warned. The government is set to implement new paperwork requirements for EU businesses sending animal and plant products to the UK from the end of January, with physical inspections commencing in April. Paddy…
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26 JanuaryCatering Companies
Chartwells announces raft of new contract wins and retentions
Chartwells Independent has announced it has successfully won two new three-year contracts with South Hampstead High School and Wimbledon High School. Both schools are members of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s largest group of independent schools educating 20,000 girls each year. Chartwells Independent will also support both…
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Jun- 2023 -26 JuneRestaurants
Sticks’n’sushi secures two new branches in South West London
Sticks’n’Sushi has announced two further openings, with the first set to open in Kingston-upon-Thames, followed by Richmond in early 2024. The Danish-Japanese restaurant group aims to replicate its success with the Wimbledon branch, which first opened 11 years ago. According to the group, it is revisiting its residential roots with…
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May- 2023 -17 MayComment
How can the hospitality sector prepare for the busy summer months?
Despite current economic headwinds, many businesses in the hospitality sector are looking for new ways of furthering growth opportunities in the upcoming summer months. In their 2023 sector outlook, Barclaycard revealed that consumer card spending on hospitality and leisure increased 10.6% year-on-year in 2022, as the lifting of all Covid-19…
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11 MayRestaurants
Sticks n Sushi to open in Shoreditch
Sticks n Sushi has announced that it will be opening its 11th restaurant in Shoreditch London. The opening in Shoreditch marks the company’s first new restaurant this year after opening its first restaurant in Wimbledon in 2012. The 200-seat restaurant is designed by Diener and Diener, who are longstanding architects…
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Nov- 2022 -10 NovemberFeatures
Andy Lambert: ‘the perfect local restaurant’
Can you tell us a little bit about your career leading up to becoming head chef at the Bistro Union? I’ve been cooking professionally since I was 21, but if you’d asked me what I wanted to be when I was a young boy, I’d have said a chef. I…
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Apr- 2022 -7 AprilRestaurants
Neyba to raise £15m amid plans to open 14 new sites
Neyba, the multi-cuisine kitchen, and grocery concept, has launched a £15m Series A funding round amid plans to further expand its presence in the UK. The unique food concept, owned by Burger and Lobster founder, Misha Zelman and ex Harrods and Heston Blumenthal sales and marketing head, Ben Hedley opened…
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Feb- 2022 -7 FebruaryFeatures
A new direction for sustainability
Founded in 1992 as the International Hotels Environment Initiative (IHEI), The now re-named Sustainable Hospitality Alliance has grown to encompass fifteen world-leading hospitality companies, including Hilton, Deutsche Hospitality and Hyatt. It’s members make up 30% of the global hotel industry by rooms, with a combined reach of over 35,000 properties…
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Sep- 2021 -27 SeptemberFood and Drink
Ramsay’s Street Burger opens new site at Reading’s The Oracle
Gordon Ramsay’s Street Burger has announced the opening of its new site at The Oracle, located in Reading’s town centre, on 24 September. It revealed the new Reading restaurant will be its eighth in total and second outside of London. Overlooking the Riverside, with both indoor and outdoor seating the…
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