This was a question asked and answered by The Sustainable Restaurant Association (The SRA) on June 19th, in a short but impactful film that screened at the World’s 50 Best Talks. With powerful voiceovers from chefs around the world – including Ángel León, Elena Reygadas and Ana Roš – the film emphasised the multi-faceted nature […]
Amidst continuing headwinds for the hospitality industry, a number of high end restaurants, particularly in London, are re-evaluating their prices. Whilst food costs remain high, restaurants are looking at their sales mix and have, in some cases, lowered their pricing in an effort to balance the books. First to capture a wave of PR by […]
One of London’s largest luxury restaurants HIDE will close their Above restaurant and amalgamate the two floors into a single offering. In an effort to maximise the business’s busiest periods of the day and to streamline overall operation, HIDE Above will no longer function as a separate dining space. Instead the ground floor a la […]
The Sustainable Restaurant Association has just launched the new and improved Food Made Good accreditation tool, making it possible for sustainability in the hospitality sector to be standardised across the globe. After 15 years of operating in the UK, The Sustainable Restaurant Association (The SRA) has created a new globally accessible platform to allow hospitality […]
June is a special time of year. Yes, the mercury rises and the hours of sunshine are longer. And yes, there is asparagus. But June is also Pride month and across the UK, people come together to recognise and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. There are however fears of tokenism, of businesses not doing enough and […]
Evelyn’s Table has been a Harden’s favourite since opening and is currently ranked as the third best restaurant in the UK. But with former chef Luke Selby departing the hobs (returning to Le Manoir, another Harden’s favourite) we spoke to the new captain of the ship, chef James Goodyear, to find out a little more […]
Brimming with more British tradition than you could shake Penny Mordaunt’s sword of state at, the Coronation saw tens of thousands of revellers descend upon the capital to take part in the crowning of King Charles III. Whilst the eyes of the world were on Westminster, the hospitality industry across the UK was anticipating a […]
2023 has provided a continuation of the headwinds facing businesses across the industry. In a post-covid era when businesses largely thought the worst was behind them, crisis upon crisis have squeezed some independent operators and national chains to near breaking point. The resilience of the hospitality industry is impressive but the historically high level of […]
Joe Warwick is a man who’s had his fingers in lots of pies in the restaurant scene over the years. In recent years, he’s lent his hand to a number of popular restaurant projects including SoLa in Soho and more recently, the lauded Bouchon Racine. Harden’s Insider has now learned that Warwick is joining Cubitt […]
Here’s our regular round-up of what the nation’s restaurant critics were writing about in the week up to 16 April 2023. ***** The Observer When “the food started to arrive… I knew we were somewhere else entirely.” Jay Rayner received a one-word answer from his counterpart at The Guardian when he announced he was reviewing […]
