Flat Iron to launch Cambridge restaurant next month
Steakhouse group Flat Iron will open a huge, 120 cover restaurant next month on Market Street in Cambridge – its first site outside of London.
Archives for June 9, 2023
Nightcap buys bar group Dirty Martini
Late-night bar operator Nightcap has bought the 10-strong bar group Dirty Martini as well as its Tuttons Brasserie brand.
Tommy Banks: “It’s been great to go back to our pub roots”
Twenty years after first wanting it, the Banks family has finally taken over The Abbey Inn pub a mile or so down the road from their acclaimed The Black Swan at Oldstead restaurant.
The Lowdown: Five Star Chef
A baker’s dozen of professional chefs are battling it out for a chance to take on The Langham, London's Palm Court restaurant.
UFC star Meatball Molly to open Polpetta at Baltic Market
UFC flyweight Molly McCann and friend Joel McCarthy will launch Italian inspired kitchen and deli brand Polpetta in Liverpool next month.
Flash-grilled: Dan Lee
The former MasterChef: The Professionals winner, who's just launched a new residency at Hockley Social Club in Birmingham, on what wine to pair with KFC, and avoiding the ‘Michelin trap’.
Friday Five: the week's top news
This week's top news stories include Bancone announcing its third London site, the first London restaurant for high-profile sushi chef Shinji Kanesaka, and the closure of Carlo Scotto's Amethyst.
Latest opening: Bossa
Acclaimed Brazilian chef Alberto Landgraf is bringing ‘the soul of Brazil to the British capital’ with this casual yet gastronomically ambitious restaurant.
Inclusive policies in hospitality demanded by customers, new survey shows
Almost two-thirds of customers think a venue’s equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) policy is important, according to the latest Future Shock survey by UKHospitality and CGA by NIQ.
Tom Heywood to open Pignut in Helmsley
Chef Tom Heywood and his partner Laurissa Cook are to open their debut restaurant in Helmsley this month.
The Coconut Tree delays paying wages as it struggles with ‘unforeseen costs’
Sri Lankan restaurant group The Coconut Tree has told employees that payment of their wages for May have been delayed because of ‘unforeseen costs to the business’.