A look at the latest food, drink and equipment to hit the market.
The latest vegan and vegetarian innovations for your restaurant menu
Plant-based foodstuffs that deliver all the richness, texture and depth of flavour of animal products are helping caterers target the growing customer demographic of flexitarians.
Independent Hotel Show London announces speaker line-up
Independent Hotel Show London presented by James Hallam, the trade event for the UK’s luxury and boutique hotel industry, returns to Olympia London on 4-5 October 2021 with an impressive array of speakers.
Chef revelations: Sam Smith, head chef, Caffè Rojano, Padstow, Cornwall
Sam Smith, head chef at Caffè Rojano in Padstow, Cornwall, reveals his likes and dislikes.
St Pancras’ Booking Office to relaunch under Patrick Powell’s culinary direction
The Booking Office bar and restaurant at the St Pancras Renaissance hotel in London is to relaunch in October following a redesign and under the culinary direction of chef Patrick Powell.
Pathways: Jackson Britton, duty and security manager, Waldorf Hilton London
Jackson Britton, duty and security manager at the Waldorf Hilton in London, took a circuitous route to management, with a detour for Rio de Janeiro bars and a postgraduate degree along the way.
The Old Course hotel reveals its refurbishment ahead of the Open Championship
The good times are returning to the Old Course hotel, as it gears up for St Andrews to host next year’s Open golf championship.
Coldeast Mansion aparthotel sold off guide price of £3.5m
Aparthotel and wedding venue Coldeast Mansion in Sarisbury Green, Hampshire is to reopen after being bought out of administration off a guide price of £3.5m.
Operators encouraged to take part in first ever National Hospitality Day
Operators are being urged to get involved with the first ever National Hospitality Day on 18 September.
Chef Tom Shepherd to open first restaurant in Lichfield
Chef and 2018 Acorn Award winner Tom Shepherd is to open his first solo restaurant on 8 October.

