
Soho House evaluates acquisition offer
Soho House & Co has formed an independent special committee to evaluate an offer from a new third-party consortium.

Soho House & Co has formed an independent special committee to evaluate an offer from a new third-party consortium.

KFC is to launch a new spinoff concept in Orlando, Florida, next week that it says is ‘unlike anything else in the market’ and has the potential for further rollout.

The Kappo-style Japanese restaurant has returned to Belgravia as one of three new ventures within the former Pantechnicon site, which now trades as 19 Motcomb Street.

Ibérica being sold out of administration, Chotto Matte closing its Marylebone site and Isaac McHale’s next venture lead this week’s top news stories.

This year was marked by plenty of big restaurant openings, as well as, sadly, many high-profile closures, as operators faced ongoing cost pressures and an increasingly tough trading landscape.

Hampshire’s Hambledon Wine Estate will launch a new restaurant and tasting room early next year.