The UK arm of Karen’s Diner, the Australia-founded restaurant group known for its rude service and staff with attitude, has gone into liquidation amid ‘mounting financial pressure’.
TGI Fridays’ future in the UK is in doubt as Hostmore, the UK franchise owner, scrambles to sell its 87-strong estate after abandoning plans to acquire its US counterpart.
Ayo Adeyemi has left his role as executive chef at West African tasting menu restaurant Akoko in London's Fitzrovia, with Alain Ducasse alum Mutaro Balde set to take his place.
Francesco Mazzei will launch an Italian restaurant at the Corinthia London next summer in the space that was previously home to the hotel’s The Northall brasserie.
In the first of a flurry of new restaurant openings, Jason Atherton has relaunched his Pollen Street Social flagship as a more casual grill-focused restaurant and bar.
Hawksmoor's aim to double its rate of expansion, the restaurants taking up residence at Fulham Pier, and Hostmore abandoning its acquisition of TGI Fridays lead this week's top news stories.
Maison François founders François O’Neill and Ed Wyand have opened a second London restaurant that combines their vision for a modern-day French canteen with their love of merch.
High-profile Scottish chef Nick Nairn has closed his eponymous Nairn’s restaurant in the Bridge of Allan little more than a year after he relaunched the site following a devastating fire.
Hospitality job vacancy have fallen below 100,000 for the first time since the pandemic with one of the sector’s leading trade bodies hailing it as a ‘positive milestone’.
The general manager and sommelier at London’s Legare on Vega-Sicilia Valbuena 5°, pairing Californian Chardonnay with Butterkist popcorn and upselling Pinot Grigio.
The majority of consumers support the new Tipping Act that will come into effect early next month and see 100% of tips and service charges go to staff.
The team behind highly-rated Islington Indian food pubs The Tamil Prince and The Tamil Crown will venture south of the river for the first time early next month with a new casual dining concept.
With five London restaurant projects coming online in as many months, including his most ambitious to date, the chef and restaurateur is embarking on the busiest period of his career.
Neat, the vegan QSR brand backed by Lewis Hamilton and Leonardo DiCaprio, has shuttered its outposts in New York and Dubai in an apparent set back to its international ambitions.
From a well-tailored Savile Row restaurant to one located within a church crypt in Mayfair, here's a list of the forthcoming significant launches to have on your radar.
Restaurant groups including Burgerism, Kricket, Fat Hippo, Hawksmoor, JKS Restaurants, LSL Capital and Dishoom have been shortlisted in this year's R200 Awards.
Baton Berisha's departure from The Wolseley Hospitality Group, debut regional openings for Big Mamma and Lina Stores, and David Thompson's long-awaited return to the capital were among this week's most read stories.
After years spent tackling Kitchen Nightmares and searching for the next MasterChef, Gordon Ramsay is turning the camera back on himself to chronicle his biggest restaurant opening ever.
