Australian-style burger café Ben’s Canteen has raised more than £400,000 in a crowdfunding campaign towards an ambitious expansion programme from its Battersea base. Ben Walton opened the original café in 2011, adding a branch in nearby Earlsfield in 2015. The next phase begins with a high-profile branch at the new Battersea Power Station development in September, the […]
The Real Junk Food Project has launched a fundraising campaign to open a full-time pay-as-you-feel restaurant in Manchester next year, using only food destined to be thrown out. The project needs to raise £20,000 by January 13 in order to go ahead, with pledges being sought through Crowdfunder. Chef Mary-Ellen McTague, formerly of the Fat Duck and Manchester’s Aumbry, […]
Scottish craft brewer Innis & Gunn will accelerate plans to expand its Beer Kitchen casual dining concept into England after raising £1 million in 72 hours via crowdfunding. The two Beer Kitchens already open in Edinburgh and Dundee will be joined by another in St Andrews in the next couple of weeks, with Glasgow to follow in the […]
Following the success of his £100,000 crowd-funding appeal to launch Heswall restaurant Burnt Truffle, Chester’s Sticky Walnut (pictured) proprietor Gary Usher has announced plans to finance another restaurant through crowd-sourcing. The outspoken chef (Harden’s has been on the receiving end of his wrath so take our word for it!) will unveil his new campaign to raise […]
It was one of London’s top dining destinations, put Bethnal Green firmly on the foodie map, and was the fifth best food in the capital in its price bracket according to Harden’s 2014 survey. So when Nuno Mendes announced almost two years ago that his “thrilling” testament to “gastronomic story-telling” Viajante was to close, it […]
Tom Harris and Jon Rotheram – alumni of such noble institutions as St John hotel, Nobu and Fifteen – will relaunch The Marksman pub in Hackney on 1 June. The pub on Hackney Road will retain many of the original features including wood panelling and bar seating. The menu includes British-loved classics such as cooked […]
Chelsea’s long-established ‘crab shack’ Big Easy (now with a site in Covent Garden too) has announced the launch of a third outpost in Canary Wharf, funded through Crowdcube. Opening in May at the brand new Crossrail Place in London’s financial heartland, the restaurant will be the chain’s new flagship. On 1 May there will be a special Bank Holiday pre-opening party […]
Jasper Cuppaidge, founder of London’s Camden Town Brewery, has launched a campaign to help raise an investment target of £1.5 million for a new brewery project. The ‘Hells Raiser’ campaign, run through equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, started today (9 February) and allows investors to put in as little as £10 all the way up to £500,000. […]
To celebrate the launch of its first restaurant, crowd-funded takeaway concept Pizza Rossa will give away 300 free pizza slices this Friday (6 June). Its signature ‘al taglio’ (square) pizzas will be served from the company’s new home in Leadenhall Market in the City.The pizza place plans to open two more sites in the City, […]
