Well-known Cheshire-based chef Aiden Byrne and his wife Sarah have launched a crowdfunding campaign to open an “intimate” fine-dining restaurant near their home in Knutsford. Due to launch in October, the restaurant will be called Li-Ly and will open for three lunches and four dinner services a week – “creating a work-life balance for us, our […]
The team behind Deptford’s Jerk Off BBQ have opened their first bricks-and-mortar bar-restaurant, Mauby in Brockley, following a successful crowdfunding campaign. Vowing to bring “a bit of Soho energy to Brockley”, the team has kicked off with an offer of cocktails, drinks and snacks, to be followed by a full menu taking in home-style Caribbean […]
Jazz saxophonist and entrepreneur YolanDa Brown is to open her restaurant and music venue Soul Mama in Stratford this September. Originally slated for Islington, Soul Mama is set in the Gantry hotel, opposite Westfield, and will offer a menu inspired by Caribbean, African and South American cooking. The project is funded by a Kickstarter campaign […]
Chef Merlin Labron-Johnson has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds so his high-achieving but tiny Somerset restaurant, Osip, can move into new, much larger premises. The new Osip will be a “country auberge” offering accommodation as well as meals, set in a restored historical building in the countryside a few miles from the current […]
Chef-entrepreneur Gary Usher, who has used record-breaking Kickstarter campaigns to fund the expansion of his northwestern group Elite Bistros, has turned to crowdsourcing in a new direction – this time to find a new name for his Liverpool restaurant, Wreckfish. In a video posted on X (formerly known as Twitter), Gary has appealed for suggestions to […]
Musician YolanDa Brown has broken global fundraising records on Kickstarter to launch a new restaurant and music venue in Islington. Soul Mama is set to open this autumn with a menu inspired by recipes handed down through generations of mothers across the Caribbean, Africa and South America. Launched in partnership with her manager Adetokunbo ‘T’ […]
Three high-profile but very different London dining destinations whose futures have all been in doubt are set to reopen in the next few weeks: Soho’s historic L’Escargot, smart Islington brasserie Bellanger, and Clapton’s funky wine bar P Franco. L’Escargot in Greek Street, the city’s oldest French restaurant (est. 1927), is to open on Wednesday 24 […]
An independent restaurant faces closure after losing £50,000 in a bank account scam. Natalia Ribbe and Jackson Berg of Barletta, at the Turner Contemporary Gallery in Margate, say they have been “totally crippled” by the fraud. A friend has launched a crowdfunding campaign to help keep them in business. Natalia noticed suspicious activity in their […]
Chef/entrepreneur Gary Usher of Cheshire-based Elite Bistros is launching another crowdfunding campaign next week – after admitting defeat in his most ambitious fundraiser yet, an attempt to sell shares in the company to help bankroll a suite of projects. Gary will return to familiar – and highly successful – ground in next week’s new launch, aimed at raising […]
Cheshire-based chef and crowdfund wizard Gary Usher is to launch his most ambitious round of fundraising yet, with a £2 million Crowdcube drive next month to finance a new round of expansion for his Elite Bistros empire. In a series of tweets, he unveiled plans for a new brand and three new sites, including one […]
