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Chef Andrew Sheridan acquires former Fraiche restaurant site

17 April 2023 by

Andrew Sheridan has taken on the former site of Michelin-starred restaurant Fraiche in Oxton, Merseyside for his latest project.

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The Pig to expand with new hotels in Kent and Warwickshire

16 April 2023 by

The Pig hotel group is set to expand its litter with the launch of two new properties in the next two years.

Craft Beer Co accuses Marks and Spencer of 'ripping off' its branding News

Craft Beer Co accuses Marks and Spencer of 'ripping off' its branding

14 April 2023 by
Admiral Taverns puts 44 pubs up for sale News

Admiral Taverns puts 44 pubs up for sale

13 April 2023 by
Essex pub banned from CAMRA guide for displaying golliwog dolls News

Essex pub banned from CAMRA guide for displaying golliwog dolls

13 April 2023 by
Richard Corrigan and Searcys to open National Portrait Gallery restaurant News

Richard Corrigan and Searcys to open National Portrait Gallery restaurant

12 April 2023 by

Herbert Berger to hang up his chef whites after 55 years News

Herbert Berger to hang up his chef whites after 55 years

12 April 2023 by

Chef Herbert Berger has announced plans to retire from the hospitality industry at the age of[...]

TripAdvisor blocked more than one million fake reviews in 2022 News

TripAdvisor blocked more than one million fake reviews in 2022

11 April 2023 by

Over one million fake or paid-for reviews were blocked or removed from TripAdvisor in 2022, the[...]

The Ritz apologises after job applicant told 'Afro-style' hair was banned News

The Ritz apologises after job applicant told 'Afro-style' hair was banned

11 April 2023 by

The Ritz London has said it is committed to creating an “inclusive” environment for staff after[...]

'Hospitality is being so squeezed we cannot see a single sunlit upland' News

'Hospitality is being so squeezed we cannot see a single sunlit upland'

05 April 2023 by

Independent Spanish restaurant Levanter in Ramsbottom has permanently closed after nine years due to a struggle[...]

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PizzaExpress hires new chief operating officer

PizzaExpress has appointed Lawrence Harvey as its new chief operating officer to oversee its c.350 restaurants in the UK and Ireland."

05 April 2023 by
Change in harassment law could see rise in hospitality staff suing employers News

Change in harassment law could see rise in hospitality staff suing employers

05 April 2023
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A proposed change in the law could see a rise in hospitality staff suing their employers if they are harassed by customers at work.

Michelin men, inspector quotas and pastry awards: what we learned from the 2023 Michelin Guide In-Depth

Michelin men, inspector quotas and pastry awards: what we learned from the 2023 Michelin Guide

04 April 2023
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Michelin’s top dogs answer the key questions on exactly how the guide makes its annual star decisions

AA rosette restaurant pulls out of guide due to lack of inspections News

AA rosette restaurant pulls out of guide due to lack of inspections

03 April 2023 by

A chef has withdrawn his restaurant from the AA Restaurant Guide after claiming inspectors failed to[...]

Gusto removes itself from the UK chef recruitment market News

Gusto removes itself from the UK chef recruitment market

03 April 2023 by

An Italian restaurant group has given up trying to recruit chefs in the UK and has[...]

Cafe owner jailed over £400k Eat Out to Help Out fraud News

Cafe owner jailed over £400k Eat Out to Help Out fraud

03 April 2023 by

A former west Yorkshire town councillor has been jailed for trying to steal more than £430,000[...]

Brat chef Tomos Parry to open Soho restaurant News

Brat chef Tomos Parry to open Soho restaurant

31 March 2023 by

Chef Tomos Parry and the team behind Michelin-starred Brat in London’s Shoreditch are to open a[...]

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Hospitality calls for action against 'profiteering' energy suppliers

Thousands of restaurants, hotels and pubs could go out of business if action is not taken to tackle “profiteering” energy suppliers following a cut in government support, a trade body has warned."

31 March 2023 by
Which chef will be cooking the Great British Menu banquet dessert course? News

Which chef will be cooking the Great British Menu banquet dessert course?

31 March 2023
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Adam Handling has been chosen to serve the dessert course at the Great British Menu final banquet this year.

EG Group sizes up £8b Subway takeover deal News

EG Group sizes up £8b Subway takeover deal

29 March 2023
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The billionaire owners of Leon and Asda are said to be planning an £8b takeover of Subway.

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