
Flash-grilled: Ian Webber
Ian Webber, formerly head chef of Gidleigh Park, is executive chef of the Grade-II-listed Farmer’s Arms pub in Devon.

Ian Webber, formerly head chef of Gidleigh Park, is executive chef of the Grade-II-listed Farmer’s Arms pub in Devon.

The regional Aqua restaurant group closed three of its sites this week.

The highly-regarded game chef, who co-owns the Michelin-starred Harwood Arms in Fulham, has just opened meat-focused restaurant The Woodsman in Stratford-upon-Avon's Hotel Indigo.

The Ivy Collection saw turnover double to £98.4m last year as it continued its expansion outside London.