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Be Inclusive Hospitality (BIH) has announced the finalists for the fifth annual BIH Spotlight Awards, which recognise exceptional Black and ethnic minority talent across hospitality, food and drink in the UK.
Independent pizza brand Doctor Dough Pizza will open is first permanent restaurant next month following a three-year search for a site.
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Hospitality management software provider The Access Group is set to acquire applicant tracking system Talent Funnel.
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Restaurant is looking to identify the best brands and suppliers in the hospitality sector with its annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
London’s dining scene will benefit from £500,000 of investment this summer to boost business.
Top Champagne house Gosset has launched its annual Gosset Matchmakers competition.
Restaurant teamed up with Foster and Gamko to take a group of restaurant operators on a tour around Soho that took in ALTA, Khao Bird and Three Sheets.
Online restaurant reservation platform OpenTable has announced the winners of its inaugural London restaurant awards, including a list of ‘Icons’ highlighting venues shaping the capital’s dining scene.
The S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy is returning with the UK regional final taking place in October.
Charity StreetSmart has raised more than a million pounds for its latest campaign to help tackle homelessness across the UK.
Former Moor Hall and Whatley Manor chef Manuel Ribiero has joined Birmingham restaurant 670 Grams following a refurb at the venue.
Ahead of their panel at next month’s UK Food & Drink Shows representatives from The SRA, BBPA and UKHospitality discuss the challenges the food and drink sector faces and how to address them.
Denmark has won the Bocuse d’Or Europe 2026 following a two-day cook-off in Marseille.
Some of the UK’s best-known chefs stepped into the boxing ring last night (2 March) and raised over £150,000 for food education charity Prept.
The future stars of the hospitality sector were recognised this week at the annual National Restaurant Awards Rising Stars awards.
The Roux Family has revealed the names of the 18 chefs who have reached the regional finals for The Roux Scholarship 2026.
Birmingham venue Couch has topped the 2026 Top 50 Cocktail Bars list, sponsored by Franklin & Sons.
Restaurant took a group of operators to check out three of Soho’s top new places to eat.
London-based ‘fine fast food’ brand Yolk has seen its estate reduced from 10 sites to seven following a trio of closures having undergone a company voluntary arrangement (CVA).
A 32-day aged Irish angus striploin that is available in Lidl in Ireland has been named as the World’s Best Steak following the results of the 2025 World Steak Challenge.
TGI Fridays UK has been sold to Sugarloaf, the global manager of the TGI Friday’s brand.
StreetSmart, the UK-based charity which tackles homelessness, is back for its 27th year this November and December.
Twenty chefs including Angelo Sato, Kim Ratcharoen, John Chantarasak, Sujan Sarkar, John Williams, and Adam Byatt have been confirmed as cooking at next year’s Northcote Obsession.
Michelin has announced that it will launch its Guide for Great Britain & Ireland 2026 edition on 9 February.
The team behind Soho super pub The Devonshire are heading to Covent Garden for their next venue.
Up to 36 street food businesses in the West Midlands will receive free training, mentoring, and live trading opportunities as part of a new six-month programme to develop the next generation of traders.
Restaurant took a group of operators to check out three of the west London area’s best places to eat and drink.
Restaurant groups are being urged to sign up to support charity StreetSmart, which helps homeless people in the UK, this winter.
Scott Hallsworth is rebranding his Casual Leopard restaurant in Balham, with the creation of a new Japanese concept.
Adam Simmonds’ restaurant within The Megaro Hotel in King’s Cross has closed with immediate effect less than a year after its launch.
High-profile cooking competition National Chef of the Year (NCOTY) has revealed its 10 finalists for this year.
South African chefs Luke Moody and Layla Morris have been announced as the winners of Brixton Kitchen 2025, the London-based restaurant incubator competition that relaunched this year.
Restaurant is once again on the hunt for the best brands and suppliers in the hospitality sector with its annual Readers’ Choice Awards.
The Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed the 40 chefs that have been selected to go through to the semi-final stage of its 2025 National Chef of the Year competition.
Maido in Lima, Peru, has been named the best in the world at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards 2025.
The Ritz in London has been named the Best Restaurant in the UK 2025 at this year’s National Restaurant Awards.
Entries have opened for the return of Brixton Kitchen, the London-based restaurant incubator competition that is relaunching this summer having not taken place since its inaugural run in 2019.
Charity event Too Many Critics, where the tables are turned on food critics, will return for its 18th year next month.
The list of the best new openings of the past 12 months has been revealed.
Craig Johnston has become the first-ever chef to win both The Roux Scholarship and MasterChef: The Professionals.
The mind behind the wine offer at Roe in London’s Canary Wharf on how studying for a degree in neurodivergence led her to a career in hospitality.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants has announced the return of its 50 Best Restaurants Scholarship programme after a five-year hiatus.
Amid wider ongoing conversations about female representation in the industry, here’s a round-up of the events and dinners being held to mark International Women’s Day this weekend
50 Best is to launch a new restaurants awards this year that will highlight dining destinations in North America including across the United States, Canada and parts of the Caribbean.
Restaurant networking organisation Ladies of Restaurants (LOR) will host a ‘one-day celebration of hospitality’ next month in London.
Chris and Jeff Galvin are this year celebrating the 20th anniversary of their restaurant group.
Sam Buckley, chef-patron at Where The Light Gets in Stockport, has launched a pop-up burger restaurant that ‘explores the notion of fast food through one cow’.
Earlier this month Restaurant, in partnership with the European Union, gathered a group of meat specialists to discuss the European beef sector and the trends, challenges, and opportunities it presents.
The EU’s rich confectionery landscape is perfect for adding both sweet and savoury notes to your menu.
A guide to some lesser-known European Union cheeses that can add a point of difference to your restaurant’s cheese offer.