Former National Chef of the Year and Roux Scholar Frederick Forster has joined the Gore London hotel as head chef of its F&B outlets, including 190 Queen’s Gate restaurant.
Pathways: Laszlo Kovacs, head baker, St John Bakery
A lifetime spent in bakeries in Hungary and the UK means the head baker at St John Bakery has a vast store of specialist knowledge to pass on. He talks to Victoria Miller
How to price a hotel room
With myriad considerations about location, type of guest, running costs and your competition, Ben Walker outlines the best way to calculate whether you’re charging the right price for your rooms
Prezzo appoints new CFO amid ‘strategic review’ of its restaurants
Jo Harrison has been appointed chief financial officer of Prezzo amid a restructuring plan that will likely see the closure of almost a third of the group’s restaurant estate.
Michael Caines: Chefs are ‘driving’ sustainable change
Michael Caines has urged chefs to continue to play an “important” role in making sustainable food tourism more accessible to customers.
Suffolk drinks brand partners with Nando’s to launch non-alcoholic beer
Suffolk drinks brand L.A Brewery has partnered with chicken restaurant chain, Nando’s, to launch Citrus Hops into all venues across the UK and Ireland.
Labour says review of business taxes would ‘include hospitality’
A planned review of business taxes under a Labour government would include the hospitality industry, the shadow business secretary has said.
Fuller’s ‘optimistic’ about future after buoyant trading update
The chief executive of pub group Fuller’s is “more optimistic” about the future than he has been “since before the pandemic” after the company reported a 33% boost in revenue.
Recipe: Courgette patties with feta and dill
Recipe from the new cookbook Pomegranates & Artichokes: Recipes and Memories of a Journey from Iran to Italy by Saghar Setareh
Book review: Pomegranates & Artichokes by Saghar Setareh
Saghar Setareh is an Iranian food writer, photographer and blogger who moved from Iran to Italy as a student aged 22

