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Independent restaurant group Tattu has confirmed its expansion into London and will open its fifth site at Outernet’s The Now Building located in the heart of the city on Denmark Street this winter. Established in 2015, the group opened its first restaurant in Manchester’s Spinningfields district, followed by sites in Leeds, Birmingham and most recently […]
Tom Shepherd will open the much-anticipated first restaurant under his own name on October 8. Upstairs by Tom Shepherd will be a permanent home for thechef’s contemporary cooking, and will be situated on a first-floor restaurant above his father’s jewelry shop in Lichfield, a city on the outskirts of Birmingham in Staffordshire. “The restaurant will […]
British restaurant Rabbit on the Kings Road will be partnering with Double Dutch and premium gin brand Hendricks to launch a bespoke menu paired with these two iconic British drinks brands in celebration of the acclaimed Chelsea Flower Show. The Gladwin Brothers will transform Rabbit for inclusion in Chelsea In Bloom. The design will reflect […]
Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen will oversee Stafford London’s Game Bird restaurant from September 14. She will continue her role as executive chef at the Michelin-starred Northcote in Langho, Lancashire, also in the collection. Goodwin-Allen has worked with the Stafford’s executive chef, Jozef Rogulski, to launch a new menu that best showcases British produce. Starters include gala […]
Gordon Ramsay is returning to Scotland to open a branch of Bread Street Kitchen in Edinburgh, some 17 years after his Glasgow restaurant closed. The chef’s company has taken on the former Refinery site at 4-8 St Andrew Square to launch the first in the Bread Street group outside of London. Andy Wenlock, chief executive […]
Chef Dean Banks has launched a crowdfunding campaign to reopen his St Andrews restaurant Haar. The MasterChef: The Professionals 2018 finalist launched Haar at the Kinettles hotel in 2019 but the site closed last April. The chef said he had been unable to reach an agreement with the landlord and is now searching for a new location, but needs […]
The acclaimed Istanbul chef Esra Muslu will open her debut London project, Zahter, just off Carnaby Street in October. Zahter will encompass true “Istanbulite” cuisine, a statement said, “through the lens of home cooking”, and will open for lunch and dinner before offering breakfasts. Esra was previously head chef at Ottolenghi Spitalfields and Istanbul’s Soho House, as well […]
Pan Pacific London, the first European outpost of the Singaporean hotel group, has announced the launch of its signature restaurant, Straits Kitchen, which will incorporate the various cuisines that represent multicultural Singapore. The hotel sits just north of Liverpool Street, and its opening in the City had been postponed by the effects of the pandemic. […]
The London coffee brand Grind has raised £22m ($30m) of investment off the back of “explosive growth in its at-home coffee products during the lockdowns”. The investment round is led by entrepreneur and author Richard Koch, known for his bestselling book The 80/20 Principle, as a founder of L.E.K. Consulting, and as the first investor […]
Fin and Flounder, one of London’s top fishmongers and supplier to the city’s finest restaurants, is to launch its own seafood shack, Bar Flounder, at Netil Market on Friday September 3. Located just around the corner from the Broadway Market shop, Bar Flounder will be housed in a stunning custom-built modern shack designed by Richard […]
