This week's main hospitality news stories include Minor's plans for Corbin & King, Jonathan Ferguson wining the Roux Scholarship 2022, and foodservice price inflation hitting double digits.
The chef behind zero-waste restaurant Silo in London’s Hackney has launched a new bi-monthly dinner series that champions the use of invasive ingredients, from the grey squirrel to Japanese knotweed.
Average consumer spend on dining out declined by 9% per visit in the 12 weeks to 20 March, the latest data from Lumina Intelligence Eating & Drinking Out Panel reveals.
Year-on-year inflation in the foodservice sector hit 10.2% in February 2022, the latest edition of the Foodservice Price Index from CGA and Prestige Purchasing reveals.
Rick Stein restaurants and Soho House are among hospitality businesses that have launched fresh initiatives to tackle the staffing shortage in the sector.
While social media continues to be a cost-effective way of targeting consumers, it is increasingly being used by restaurant businesses as a tool to recruit prospective employees.
This month's jobs moves include a raft of new appointments and promotions at Wiltshire's Whatley Manor and a new chef for Eldr Dining Rooms at Pantechnicon.
Restaurant, pub and bar leaders are increasingly optimistic about prospects for 2022, CGA and Fourth’s Business Leaders’ Survey reveals, but remain concerned that cost pressures could threaten the sector's recovery.
Front-line teams in hospitality are feeling under increased pressure as the sector emerges from the Covid pandemic with industry staff shortages a major contributor, a new study shows.
This week's main hospitality news stories include warnings of double-digit price increases as VAT rises, SushiDog's plans for expansion, and Jeremy King losing control of Corbin & King.
The chef behind Chelsea’s Myrtle talks to BigHospitality editor Stefan Chomka about her high flying cooking career and what makes Irish dairy so special.
Our most read news stories this week include Asma Khan's to relocate her Darjeeling Express restaurant for a second time, a disappointing mini-Budget and the full reveal of the brands that will go into JKS Restaurants' Arcade Food Hall.
Recovery in the UK eating out sector will be slower than than industry would have hoped with its value forecasted to reach only 79% of its pre-pandemic level.
Soaring energy costs are forcing some hospitality businesses to raise their prices and cut trading hours, according to a new survey by four leading trade bodies.
Just Eat for Business orders have doubled since the online food order and delivery group rebranded it from City Pantry last year, with more and more operators joining the platform.
This week's main hospitality news stories include Rudy’s Pizza's plans for expansion, Soho House heading to south London and Manchester, and Casa do Frango's first central London site.
Delivery and takeaway sales continue to run at more than twice the level seen before Covid-19, the latest CGA & Slerp Hospitality at Home Tracker reveals, though growth has slowed.
Pret A Manger, McDonald’s, KFC, Tortilla, and Itsu will deliver keynote sessions at technology-focused conference Hostech, which returns on 27 April 27.
The lifting of all Covid-19 restrictions helped Britain’s managed restaurant, pub and bar groups to raise sales above pre-pandemic levels in February, according to the latest Coffer CGA Business Tracker.
This week's best-read hospitality stories include chefs and restaurateurs marking International Women's Day and JKS Restaurant's eagerly awaited relaunch of Arcade Food Theatre.
The value of the UK food to go sector is expected to reach £23bn by 2025, driven by accelerated physical expansion, new product development and growth in channels such as delivery, according to Lumina Intelligence.
Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) is to trial the use of two service robots in one of its restaurants, with a view to expanding their use across its wider estate.
This week's main hospitality news stories include operators ditching Russian products following the invasion of Ukraine, the closure of Mãos in London's Shoreditch, and energy supply worries for hospitality firms.
Chef George Ryle’s self-published debut cookbook features a selection of fresh, seasonal recipes straight out of the kitchen of his Garden Museum Café in south London.
A new Lumina Intelligence report reveals the use of delivery has become 'habitual to consumers', with the market forecast to grow by £0.7bn in 2022 to a value of £13.3bn.
Hospitality businesses in major British cities including Bristol and Manchester are 'recovering their vibrancy' as Covid restrictions come to an end, according to new research.
This week's most read news stories include a debut solo restaurant for ex-Pétrus head chef Larry Jayasekara, Tinie Tempah's fried chicken play and a new look and feel for PizzaExpress.
The Burnt Chef Project has launched its annual industry survey that focuses on stress and the impact it has upon those working within the hospitality sector.
According to the new Lumina Intelligence UK Restaurant Market Report 2021/22, the UK restaurant market is set to recover to 94% of its 2019 value in 2022.
Year-on-year foodservice inflation reached 3.5% in December 2021 with further prices rises forecast over the next three to six months, a new report from CGA and Prestige Purchasing shows.
