Three talented chefs from the City of Liverpool College have been crowned the winners of the 2019/2020 Country Range Student Chef Challenge, run in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs which took place at the Hospitality, Restaurant and Catering Show (HRC) last week.
Snoozebox investor banned for gifting £4m-worth of investments
The director of a company which managed investments into Snoozebox Holdings has been banned for 11 years for gifting close to £4m worth of investments while he was an undischarged bankrupt.
Latest openings: Abbey Strand Apartments, Harbour Light, Vermut
Latest openings: Victorian House hotel, Abbey Strand Apartments, Harbour Light, Vermut, Saffron Summer
Daish’s Holidays acquires former Northern Powerhouse Developments hotel out of administration
Daish’s Holidays has acquired the Esplanade hotel in Scarborough out of administration following the collapse of Northern Powerhouse Developments Hotels last year.
Chef Ruth Hansom leaves Pomona’s with restaurant team
Ruth Hansom has left Pomona’s in Notting Hill less than a year after joining the London restaurant.
Restaurant and pub closures at lowest rate since early 2018
The rate of closures of restaurants, pubs and bars has slowed to its lowest level for almost two years, with a decline of 1.8% in the year to December 2019.
Gainsborough Bath Spa joins Small Luxury Hotels of the World
YTL Hotels’ Gainsborough Bath Spa has joined the Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) marketing consortium.
20 Stories appoints Mike Jennings as executive head chef
Mike Jennings has joined Manchester’s 20 Stories restaurant as executive head chef.
Chestnut acquires the Globe Inn
East Anglian-based Chestnut has acquired its first property in Norfolk, the Globe Inn in Wells-next-the-Sea, from Stephen and Antonia Bournes for an undisclosed sum.
The Old Coastguard to reopen next week
After seven months of renovations following a fire in June last year, the Old Coastguard in Mousehole is set to reopen from next week.