Catering & Hospitality News

Author: Hannah Thompson

Minute on the clock: Damien Davenport, 1847 vegetarian restaurant group

1847 is a vegetarian restaurant group that was started in 2011 by Damien Davenport, former GM at Malmaison and Hotel du Vin. He talks about his most recently opened site, expansion plans and the backlash agains ... Read more

Minute on the clock: Mark Birchall

Mark Birchall, former executive chef at Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume and winner of the Roux Scholarship in 2011, talks about his new restaurant with rooms at the historic Moor Hall in West Lancashire, due to open th ... Read more

Benugo Hampstead Heath café contract sparks community row

A row has erupted in north London after café group Benugo was awarded a new contract at the Parliament Hill Café on Hampstead Heath this week. Read more

Des McDonald to open Japanese-style Rofuto in Park Regis Birmingham

Restaurateur Des McDonald is to open Rofuto, a £3m Japanese izakaya-style restaurant on the roof of the new four-star, 253-bedroom Park Regis Birmingham hotel. Read more

Darwin & Wallace to open fifth site at Battersea Power Station in 2017

Bar and restaurant group Darwin & Wallace is to open its fifth site in 2017 named No29, at the multi-million pound Circus West development at Battersea Power Station in south London. Read more

The Swan@Hay names former Ynyshir Hall chef Jerry Adam as head chef

Jerry Adam, former chef at the Michelin-starred Ynyshir Hall and Llangoed Hall, is now head chef at the 18-bedroom the Swan@Hay hotel in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. Read more

Minute on the clock: Artem Login, L’Eto managing director

Artem Login speaks to Hannah Thompson about expansion, competition and doing it all by the age of 24 Read more

Search is on for the NECTA Future Chef of the Year 2016

Continental Chef Supplies (CCS) and the North East Culinary Trade Association (NECTA) have launched the search for the NECTA Future Chef of the Year 2016. Read more

Itsu apologises after new delivery app crashes on first day

Noodle and sushi group itsu has been left apologising to customers via Twitter after its smartphone app crashed when a first-day discount for deliveries went viral. Read more