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Leon is launching an experimental “digital-first” restaurant in London. The 28-cover, 1,340 sq ft site will launch on Kings Road in Chelsea in October. The restaurant will include McDonald’s-style kiosks for digital ordering and payment, which Leon said would free up team members to offer an “elevated level of service”. The menu will include “plant-based […]
Fast casual chain Leon is close to reaching its £1m target to fund thousands of hot meals for NHS staff battling Covid-19. The brand launched in March a campaign called #FeedNHS to raise the sum together with Tortilla, Dishoom, Wasabi, Tossed, and more. It has been backed by actors Damian Lewis and Helen McCrory, and […]
Allegra McEvedy has bought the Shepherd’s Bush wine bar Albertine, founded by her mother, and will reopen it after a spruce-up later this month. Originally opened in 1978, Albertine became a favourite watering-hole for staff from the BBC’s White City studios further up Wood Lane – it even suggested the name Albert Square to the team […]
The Chancellor’s budget for 2016 has proved rather divisive since its unveiling last week. From Jeremy Corbyn’s calls for George Osborne to resign over a purported £4.4 billion black hole in the numbers to Iain Duncan’s Smith’s dramatic exit, it has split opinion among the general public, politicians and the catering industry. One aspect of […]
In the wake of Channel 4 documentary Tricks of the Restaurant Trade which claimed to be ‘lifting the lid’ on industry secrets, Harden’s – the survey-driven restaurant guide and review site – asked consumers what they really think about outsourced food preparation. The Ch 4 programme, presented by Simon Rimmer along with Kate Quilton and […]
This week there’s been quite the hubbub about a new Channel 4 documentary series Tricks of the Restaurant Trade that claims to be ‘lifting the lid’ on restaurant industry secrets. The programme, which aired on Tuesday 19 January, discussed how many UK chains (like PizzaExpress, Leon and Frankie & Benny’s) use pre-prepared food from centralised kitchens and […]
