- The private equity owner of brasserie chain Côte is looking to launch an auction of the restaurant business. Partners Group, which acquired Côte out of administration for £55m in September 2020, is understood to be working with Interpath Advisory on a search for new investors in the modern French-inspired brand.
- Victor Garvey’s recently launched eponymous restaurant at London’s St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel has closed suddenly. Launched in March, Garvey’s high-reaching restaurant replaced chef Patrick Powells’ The Midland Grand Dining Room. It served an à la carte menu, with guests also having the option to choose from a prix fixe menu of two to three courses, a seven-course tasting menu, and the full 14- course degustation menu.
- Gaucho has responded to a recent offer from rival Hawksmoor with an even cheaper deal that offers a 180g rump steak with chips for just £15. Described as ‘the best steak deal in the country’, the offer is available Monday to Friday from opening until 6.30pm across all of the Argentine-themed steakhouse chain’s 20 locations.
- Top Newcastle chef Kenny Atkinson will make his london debut this month with a French Mediterranean restaurant and bar at the art’otel London Hoxton. Located in a new space on the 25th floor of the East London hotel Solaya will ‘celebrate the vibrant flavours of Southern France and Mediterranean cuisine with a modern touch’.
- Former Restaurant Gordon Ramsay chef patron Matt Abé’s debut solo restaurant project will be called Bonheur by Matt Abé and is set for an autumn launch. As revealed by Restaurant earlier this year, Abé is to launch an ambitious fine dining restaurant within the former Le Gavroche site in Mayfair that’s being backed by Ramsay.
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