The Evolv Collection acquires Vinoteca as it plans Sartoria brand integration
The Evolv Collection has bought wine bar group Vinoteca’s two London venues with plans to bring them under its Italian Sartoria brand.
Archives for October 30, 2025
Noble Inns to open Bistro Sablé on its former The Smokehouse site
Noble Inns is transforming the site of its The Smokehouse restaurant into a new French bistro.
Daniel Rogan to reopen his fine dining restaurant in Southampton in new digs
Daniel Rogan will reopen his eponymous fine dining restaurant in a new site in Southampton next month.
Latest opening: Taro Brighton
The Soho-founded Japanese casual dining group has headed to the seaside for its first restaurant opening outside the capital.
Urban Pubs & Bars buys bar and restaurant group Albion & East
Urban Pubs & Bars has acquired neighbourhood-style bar and restaurant group Albion & East for an undisclosed sum.
Ardy Ferguson wins S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition
Chef Ardy Ferguson has been crowned the winner of S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25.
Out on good flavour: Natty Can Cook’s journey from inmate to restaurateur
After serving time in prison for drug offences, South London-born chef and Instagram star Nathaniel Mortley wants Caribbean food to get the respect it deserves.
Pastures new: Dan Cox leaves Cornwall’s Crocadon Farm
Dan Cox has closed his Michelin-starred farm-to-table restaurant Crocadon and is leaving Crocadon Farm in Cornwall after eight years.
Uncorked: James Craig Lewington
The general manager at north London’s Cinder on Petrus, the Mantonegro grape and Bordeaux’s Maison Advinam.
“Times are too hard to make ends meet”: Hackney’s Sesta to close
Drew Snaith and Hannah Kowalski are to close their Hackney restaurant Sesta just over a year after it opened.
Thierry Laborde to lead the kitchen at new Mayfair seafood restaurant Mazarine
Another high-end seafood restaurant is coming to Mayfair, this time headed up by renowned French chef Thierry Laborde.
Bloomsbury responds to trademark infringement claims over its use of ‘Sabzi’ in cookbook title
Bloomsbury has responded to claims from a deli chain owner that its use of the word ‘Sabzi’ in a recently published cookbook written by Yasmin Khan infringes her intellectual property rights.
Adam Byatt partners with BM Caterers to take his sandwich concept Outside permanent
Trinity chef Adam Byatt is teaming up with contract caterer BM Caterers to make his sandwich concept Outside a permanent fixture.