Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 1 November 2020. Restaurants and bars in England must close between 5 November and 2 December for a second lockdown, it was announced on Saturday night. Wales and parts of Scotland are also on similar lockdowns. Please […]
A survey of more than 20,000 pubs, restaurants, and other hospitality venues has found only one per cent had been linked to NHS Test and Trace contact incidences. The new study covered members of trade bodies UKHospitality, the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII), and the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and was conducted by […]
Ashley Tinoco has been promoted to head chef at Sam’s Riverside restaurant in Hammersmith, West London. Born in India, Tinoco started his career as a trainee for Taj Hotels in Goa, his hometown. In 2010, he joined the US-based Carnival Cruise Lines, first on the line, before being appointed as a development chef and working […]
In the same week that it celebrated its fifth birthday, Hoppers launched Cash & Kari, a new online and in-store retail platform for meal kits, restaurant-blend curry powders, Sri Lankan spices, ready-to-drink cocktails, and Hoppers’ own-brew beers. Described by the group as a “Sri Lankan ‘corner shop’ for modern times”, the Cash & Kari store […]
Ricki Weston has been promoted to head chef at Whatley Manor in Wiltshire. Weston will be working directly under executive chef Niall Keating and will help to oversee all food and beverage offerings at the hotel, including its signature, two Michelin-starred Dining Room, as well as Grey’s Brasserie, afternoon tea, and room service. Weston joined […]
Harriet Mansell, the chef creator of acclaimed Lyme Regis pop-up Robin Wylde, has opened a permanent restaurant of the same name. The West Country born chef, who competed in the Beeb’s Great British Menu earlier this year, opened the fixture just a few doors down from its original home in a former pottery workshop. Mansell […]
Pizza Express is set to cut a further 1,300 jobs across its 370 restaurants after sales continued to slide amid the coronavirus pandemic. The losses follow an announcement that 1,100 jobs would go in 73 sites around the UK. No additional restaurants will close, Pizza Express said. City centres were again flagged as the worst […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics are writing about, for the week ending 25 October 2020. Restaurants and bars in England now have a 10pm curfew on top of the ‘rule of six’ guidance, and the new tier system is affecting many areas; London is under Tier 2 lockdown, which […]
There has been talk this week that business meetings are permissable in restaurants and bars – a loophole for Tier 2 and 3 enterprises. The policy was written before the tiers system was implemented, so it is now a little grey. UKHospitality chief Kate Nicholls said she was seeking “urgent clarification” as to whether groups […]
The Government has finally announced additional measures to support businesses being placed into Tier 2 coronavirus restrictions. Among the areas are London, Birmingham, Leeds, and other parts of the North and Midlands. Greater Manchester, meanwhile, has joined Merseyside in Tier 3, which comes with cash grants of up to £3,000, and an improved (but still […]
