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StarChefs, a new food platform founded by chef-turned-businessman David Swann, has launched “to connect people across the country with their favourite chefs”. It is another food box enterprise, partnering with chefs to produce ready meals, meal kits, and to provide specialist ingredients across the UK. StarChefs’ first product comes courtesy of Andrew Wong and has […]
Rosa’s Thai will continue its rapid UK expansion with a site in Birmingham. The new 80 cover restaurant is scheduled for spring and will launch at Two Chamberlain Square in the Paradise development in the city centre, following Dishoom and Vinoteca, two other London groups making waves outside the M25. Rosa’s Thai Cafe, which was […]
Endo Kazutoshi – you know, the chef behind Endo at Rotunda, “a sensational sushi experience” – has opened a new restaurant in Westbourne Grove. His new spot is Sumi, a classic upmarket Japaneses restaurant. Plans were originally in place for December, but restrictions put an end to the launch proper until post-lockdown. For now, there’s […]
Core by Clare Smyth and Hélène Darroze at the Connaught have been awarded three Michelin stars apiece. It’s always good to see Michelin catch up with Harden’s. It only took the famous French tyre company three years in this instance. In 2018 the restaurant was named Harden’s Diner’s ‘Top Gastronomic Experience’ in our own annual […]
Here is our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 24 January 2021; the first few round-ups of the year are often short due to reviews being replaced by articles on Veganuary and Dry January, but reviews are especially thin this year with so many […]
It is the worst of times. No-one can go out to restaurants. Evidently what this country needs… is an online restaurant awards! So, on Monday 25 at 6pm, the emissaries on earth of the great Tyre God will unveil this year’s Delphic results and reveal the new custodians of their precious stars. How do you […]
UKHospitality has written to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of his March Budget statement outlining the additional action needed to revive the industry. The trade body has said the Government must extend the VAT cut – from 20 to 5 per cent – for a further 12 months and to also continue the business rates […]
The company behind restaurant brands including Richoux and Villagio has entered administration, with 147 jobs lost. Dining Street together with its subsidiaries Richoux and Newultra operated 15 site in London and the south of England. It follows a number of other businesses to close due to the coronavirus pandemic. Its other brands included Zintino, Friendly […]
The Indian restaurant group Dishoom has launched a delivery-only site in Cambridge, expanding its brand to new parts of the country by growing its kitchen-only business. Dishoom, one of the hospitality industry’s greatest success stories of recent years, with restaurants in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh, has been working on its takeaway service throughout the pandemic […]
A vegan restaurant in France has become the first of its kind in Europe to be blessed with a Michelin star. ONA – an acronym for Origine Non Animale (animal-free origin) – was launched by Claire Vallée in Ares, near Bordeaux, in 2016, after a crowdfunding campaign and investment from a ‘green’ bank. Vallée told […]
