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Casual Dining Group (CDG) has appointed financial advisers with all restructuring options understood to be on the table, The Caterer first reported. CDG, which owns restaurant chains such as Las Iguanas, Café Rouge and Bella Italia, and operates around 250 UK restaurants in total, is to work with AlixPartners to look at how best to […]
Meat once destined for top restaurants has been made available to keen cooks at home. With produce at risk of not finding a home, Philip Warren Butchers, from Cornwall, has launched “On the Pass”, a delivery service for consumers. “From whole free-range ducks reared and aged for Michelin-starred Paul Ainsworth at No.6 in Padstow, to […]
Yotam Ottolenghi is reopening two of his delis to keep business ticking over in lockdown. The TV chef has long called for rent relief to help the hospitality sector and has pushed hard for the Government to provide further support to businesses. He relaunched his Notting Hill shop on May 20, while his Islington branch […]
Marcus Wareing has launched a survey to help restaurants strategise for reopening as lockdown eases, and to help diners feel comfortable and relaxed when out to eat in a new era. The chef’s anonymous survey aims to assess what measures consumers would like to see in place when they return to restaurants, and also asks […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics writing about, for the week ending 17 May 2020; the country remains in lockdown, with restaurants, cafes and bars officially closed due the coronavirus outbreak, possibly until July. Green shoots of recovery are showing, however, with fast-food chains opening drive-thru branches and more cafes […]
Wright Brothers, the leading London-based seafood specialists, has launched Wright Brothers At Home, offering home delivery of sustainable fish and shellfish. Since 2002, Wright Brothers has been supplying more than 300 of London’s restaurants, sourcing via Billingsgate and Brixham fish markets as well as local fishermen and markets in Devon, Cornwall, and Scotland. Due to […]
The Government this week announced its ambitions to open some hospitality businesses from July 4. A glimmer of hope, then. Ministers confirmed the news that “foodservice providers, pubs and accommodation” could relaunch in July if its five tests for controlling the spread of Covid-19 are being met. Guidance has been chequered and relatively unclear to […]
A ministerial taskforce has been established by the Government to plan how and when pubs and restaurants will be able to safely open. The Prime Minister last week announced hospitality businesses can begin to relaunch on July 4, but little detail was given as to how. The leisure sector is expecting to have to open […]
Nearly two thirds of diners plan to return to restaurants once lockdown restrictions are lifted, according to a new poll by Square Meal. The numbers are positive, though four in five people also said they would be reassured by widely spaced tables and visible hygiene practices, which is a tricky subject in the sector today. […]
The London bakery Bread Ahead has launched interactive baking tutorials for budding artisans. The group has long been conducting Instagram Live sessions but will now take to Zoom to offer further instruction. After all, baking has been an abundantly popular pastime during Covid-19 lockdown. There are four courses online ranging between three to four hours: […]
