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Le Gavroche has been forced to stop lunch service due to a lack of skilled staff. Michel Roux Jr announced the decision this week and partly blamed both Brexit and the pandemic for the move. He said the alternative would be to overwork existing employees “which we are not prepared to do”. Roux’s statement said: […]
UKHospitality and the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) have joined forces to promote jobs in hospitality, with the sector facing a shortage of workers following more than a year of closures and severely restricted trading (and Brexit issues, though the Government wouldn’t admit to that). The Home Office told us previously that it wanted […]
Some 17 years after Nigel Haworth first opened the door to The Three Fishes in Mitton, he’s back “with a vision of taking the pub to new heights and regaining its title as the ‘Best Dining Pub in the UK’” (it was pretty good, but we’re not sure who gave it that title…) Haworth first took over the […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 30 May 2021. ***** The Sunday Times “In years of doing this gig I don’t think a week has gone by without someone complaining — via whatever platform — about the bill.” After a quick detour about […]
Deadline: June 26 At last, we’re back to doing what we love: finding out from diners what they think of their favourite restaurants. In case you are new to Harden’s, the ratings and reviews on our website, app and print guides are based on our Annual National Diners Poll. And your vote is invited! Please […]
Miguel Angel Major has been appointed head chef at Glasgow’s Rioja restaurant. The Spanish chef previously led the team at Sucede in Valencia, steering the kitchen to its first Michelin star in 2017. He comes with yet more peigree, having worked as a research and development collaborator at Ferran Adrià’s El Bulli foundation until 2015. […]
Jikoni expects to be certified as carbon-neutral by June 30, its team has announced. The Indian restaurant, in Marylebone, has been powered by solar, wind, and ‘green gas’ since September 2019, and the process of certification has been underway for some time. Jikoni founders Nadeem Lalani Nanjuwany and Ravinder Bhogal, who is also head chef, […]
The perpetually struggling chain Prezzo has announced its latest drive to survive: more vegan options. A classic move for an Italian restaurant stuck in the ‘90s. Prezzo has teamed up with the plant-based meat company Jack & Bry and the partnership will see vegan pepperoni on pizzas across all 150 UK sites. Jack & Bry […]
The Good Food Guide is no more after Waitrose announced it would not be printing any more. Waitrose bought the guide from Which? for an undisclosed fee in 2013 and ceased publication last year due to the pandemic. But it was believed the guide, founded in 1951, would start back up again once restaurants had […]
