Yorkshire
From bustling cities like Leeds and Sheffield to the market towns and coastal gems of North, South, East, and West Yorkshire, this captures all our editorial coverage focused on Yorkshire’s dynamic foodservice landscape. Here you’ll find region-specific reporting on restaurant and pub openings and closures, chef appointments, local supply chain developments, council regulations impacting hospitality, and operational insights from leading independents and multi-site operators alike.
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Feb- 2022 -17 FebruaryNews
The Barn at Moor Hall awarded its first Michelin Star
The Barn at Moor Hall, West Lancashire, has been awarded a coveted Michelin star in this year’s Guide for Great Britain and Ireland. The menu at the restaurant is overseen by head chef Nathan Cornwell who took the helm in 2019. Cornwell works alongside Mark Birchall, chef patron, to ensure…
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Jan- 2022 -21 JanuarySponsored
East Anglia most expensive for ice cream and Midlands cheapest, survey finds
The Ice Cream and Artisan Food Show 2022 (8-10 Feb, Harrogate) surveyed UK ice cream parlours to ascertain the prices of quality ice creams around the country. East Anglia came out most expensive at £4.50 for two scoops of vanilla ice cream, whilst the Midlands was revealed to be the…
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18 JanuaryNews
The Star Inn brought to market for £465k
The Star Inn, a pub-restaurant with letting rooms located in the village of Weaverthorpe, has come to market for £465k. The property is positioned to take advantage of the Yorkshire Wolds region and some of North Yorkshire’s most visited holiday resorts and tourist destinations. It comprises a 55-cover restaurant and…
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12 JanuaryRestaurants
Fridays opens 86th UK site
Fridays has announced it is set to open its latest and 86th UK restaurant in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. The flagship site will be located at The Glass Works, a destination food and shopping centre that is situated near Superbowl UK and Cineworld. Spanning 5,300 square feet, the site will feature…
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Dec- 2021 -22 DecemberNews
Local pub operator acquires York’s Fairfax Arms
Fairfax Arms in York has been sold to a local buyer from South Yorkshire, Derek Gennard, for an undisclosed sum. It revealed the pub is situated in Gilling East, North Yorkshire, among the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Previous owners, brothers Robert and Edward Fawcett have owned the…
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20 DecemberRestaurants
Leon to open 50 new sites in 2022
Leon has announced plans to more than double the pace of its store rollout programme, with more than 50 restaurants to be opened in 2022, creating 1,000 jobs next year and 4,000 jobs over the next three years. Earlier this year, the business announced plans to open 20 restaurants over…
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10 DecemberRestaurants
63rd+1st appoints new operations director
Cocktail bar and restaurant, 63rd+1st, has announced that Graeme Nesbitt has been appointed as its newest operations director. Arriving just two weeks after the opening of the third venue in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Nesbitt brings more than 30 years’ experience to this new role. Formerly an executive chef, he has…
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Nov- 2021 -25 NovemberNews
Michelin-starred Star Inn ‘reduced to ashes’
The Star Inn, a Michelin-starred restaurant headed by chef Andrew Pern, has been “reduced to ashes” following a fire at the site last night (24 November). The fire began when the thatched roof of the 14th Century building in Harome, North Yorkshire, caught fire shortly after 22:00 GMT. According to…
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18 NovemberRestaurants
Leon announces opening date for its first drive-thru in West Yorkshire
Leon has announced it will open its first drive-thru restaurant in Gildersome, Leeds, West Yorkshire on Wednesday 24th November 2021. The new Leon drive-thru has created 30 new jobs for the local area and it is located near Morley on the A650 Wakefield Road, close to the M62 and M621 junctions. …
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9 NovemberRestaurants
The Black Swan appoints new head chef
The Black Swan has announced the promotion of Callum Leslie to head chef at its Michelin-starred Yorkshire-based restaurant. Leslie has spent the last two and a half years at The Black Swan as senior sous chef. Prior to joining The Black Swan, he spent a year and a half at…
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