Flash-grilled: Yasuda Akinori
The head chef at recently-launched sushi restaurant Sumi in Notting Hill on learning his craft from his father, getting his start in the industry, and his love of the seaside.
Archives for May 21, 2021
Northern Ireland hospitality gets go ahead to reopen for indoor service
Restaurants and pubs in Northern Ireland will be able to reopen for indoor service on Monday (24 May) for the first time since before Christmas.
Friday Five: the week's top news
This week's main hospitality news stories include the reopening of indoor trading, more expansion for Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, and the return of the Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards
Latest opening: Harrods Social
High profile chef restaurateur Jason Atherton has taken on the former Harrods Brasserie site under a management contract.
Hard Rock Cafe heads to Newcastle
Hard Rock Cafe is to open its first outpost in the north-east of England later this month, having secured a site at the Quayside’s historic Guildhall in Newcastle.
Télémaque Argyriou to launch Greek concept Kalimera as permanent restaurant in Crouch End
Chef Télémaque Argyriou is to launch his contemporary Greek concept Kalimera as a permanent restaurant in London's Crouch End next month.
App launches offering young people discounts on healthy food
Major restaurant brands including Zizzi, Tortilla, YO! and Wahaca have signed up to an app that offers 13 to 24-year-olds up to 20% off healthy foods.
One-metre rule on course ‘to be scrapped next month’
The ‘one-metre plus’ social distancing rule is still set to be scrapped next month, Boris Johnson has told Conservative MPs.
Electra plans to demerge Fridays onto FTSE
TGI Fridays’ backer Electra Private Equity has said it plans to list the business on the FTSE Main Market late in the third quarter of this year.
Pret to pilot stores in petrol stations after signing partnership with MFG
Pret A Manger is to open its first store in a petrol station forecourt next week, under a new partnership agreement with Motor Fuel Group (MFG).