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Jungmin Seo

Jungmin Seo

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Reporter at The Caterer, covering hotels, restaurants, foodservice, pubs and the latest openings.

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Brian Turner, David Mulcahy and Steve Munkley take top honours at Springboard awards

12 April 2024 by

Twenty winners of the Springboard Awards for Excellence 2024 were revealed at the InterContinental Park Lane, with Brian Turner among those honoured with the Chris Beaumont Outstanding Contribution Award.

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Paradise Soho to swap sharing plates for set dinner menu

12 April 2024 by

Dom Fernando’s Paradise in London’s Soho is set to reopen after a two-week refurbishment in May with a new £59 six-course evening menu.

‘Au revoir and good bye’: Phil Howard closes French ski resort restaurant News

‘Au revoir and good bye’: Phil Howard closes French ski resort restaurant

12 April 2024 by
Hospitality Rising pauses recruitment campaign due to shortage of funding News

Hospitality Rising pauses recruitment campaign due to shortage of funding

12 April 2024 by
Finalists revealed for Young Chef Young Waiter and Young Mixologist England 2024 News

Finalists revealed for Young Chef Young Waiter and Young Mixologist England 2024

11 April 2024 by
Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ College Community programme secures £300,000 boost News

Royal Academy of Culinary Arts’ College Community programme secures £300,000 boost

11 April 2024 by

Big Fang Collective to launch first London site amid trio of openings News

Big Fang Collective to launch first London site amid trio of openings

11 April 2024 by

The Liverpool-based Big Fang Collective, the group behind Golf Fang, Big Fang Karaoke, Big Fang Arcade[...]

Revolution Bars to close 18 sites under proposed restructuring plans News

Revolution Bars to close 18 sites under proposed restructuring plans

11 April 2024 by

Revolution Bars has announced plans to restructure the business through an emergency fundraising backed by Luke[...]

Book review: Doma by Spasia Pandora Dinkovski Recipes

Book review: Doma by Spasia Pandora Dinkovski

11 April 2024 by

Spasia Pandora Dinkovski, the chef behind second-generation Balkan restaurant Mystic Burek in London’s Sydenham, explores the[...]

The Counter’s Kemal Demirasal to open second London restaurant News

The Counter’s Kemal Demirasal to open second London restaurant

10 April 2024 by

Turkish chef Kemal Demirasal is set to launch his second London restaurant, the Counter Soho, next[...]

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Hadley Park House hotel sold to new owners after over 20 years

Hadley Park House hotel in Telford has been sold following over 20 years of ownership under business partners Mark and Geraldine Lewis. "

10 April 2024 by
Motel One valued at £3.5b as founder takes back full control News

Motel One valued at £3.5b as founder takes back full control

10 April 2024
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Budget hotel chain Motel One has been valued at £3.5b after a deal to return control of the company to its founder.

Hospitality ‘squeezed from both sides’ after National Living Wage rise News

Hospitality ‘squeezed from both sides’ after National Living Wage rise

10 April 2024
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Hospitality businesses have had to introduce service charge or increase menu prices to cover the substantial rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) introduced on 1 April.

Why Pophams Pasta head chef Rae Arends wears marathon trainers to work People

Why Pophams Pasta head chef Rae Arends wears marathon trainers to work

10 April 2024 by

The head chef of Pophams Pasta restaurant in London’s Hackney talks to Jungmin Seo about how[...]

Langham's Bob van den Oord: 'We expect to be managing 100 hotels by 2040' Hotel

Langham's Bob van den Oord: 'We expect to be managing 100 hotels by 2040'

10 April 2024 by

The chief executive of Langham Hospitality Group oversaw the most profitable year in the company’s history[...]

Monica and David Galetti to close Mere after seven years News

Monica and David Galetti to close Mere after seven years

09 April 2024 by

Monica and David Galetti are to close their Mere restaurant in London’s Fitzrovia next week after[...]

'We have mad queues': The Salad Project aims to reach 20 sites by 2027 News

'We have mad queues': The Salad Project aims to reach 20 sites by 2027

09 April 2024 by

The Salad Project has revealed plans to open three new London restaurants this year, with the[...]

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Michel Roux to open new restaurant at the Langham, London

Michel Roux is to take over Dom Taylor’s Good Front Room restaurant space at the Langham, London, with the launch of Chez Roux next month. "

09 April 2024 by
Flight Club owners acquire £60m bank facility News

Flight Club owners acquire £60m bank facility

09 April 2024
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Red Engine, the owners of Flight Club Darts and Electric Shuffle, has secured a £60m loan to support its global expansion plans.

Gladwin brothers to open first London pub News

Gladwin brothers to open first London pub

09 April 2024
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The Gladwin brothers, who are behind the Local and Wild restaurant group, are set to launch their first pub in London’s Chelsea.

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The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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