The Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed a new challenge for the competitors of the 2021 Young National Chef of the Year competition.
Owner of Edinburgh’s Caledonian hotel secure £62m refinancing
The owner of Edinburgh’s Caledonian hotel, Twenty14 Holdings, has secured a £62m refinancing package.
Workers to protest lack of government action on tipping in Westminster today
Workers in the hospitality sector will stage a protest outside the Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy in London at midday today (15 July) in protest at the government’s failure to introduce long-promised fair tips legislation.
Viewpoint: It’s time to put on a show, says William Lees-Jones
Cultural events, the final casualties of Covid, are finally opening up, and they’re bringing hospitality with them, says William Lees-Jones.
Hospitality job vacancies drive UK past pre-pandemic levels
Job vacancies in hospitality were one of the major drivers that saw the UK surpass pre-pandemic vacancy levels, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy calls for world-first tax on sugar and salt
Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy has recommended that the government introduces a world-first sugar and salt reformation tax in a bid to improve the nation’s health.
Hospitality staffing shortage: alternative ways to find employees
With the hospitality staffing crisis worse than ever, employers using traditional means of finding staff are fishing in an increasingly small pond. We speak to the charities and schemes offering alternative routes to a new workforce.
Wales expected to move to ‘level zero’ next month
The limits on the number of people who can gather outdoors in Wales will be removed from Saturday (17 July) as the country moves into alert level one, first minister Mark Drakeford confirmed this afternoon.
108 Garage chef Chris Denney to open new restaurant in Notting Hill
Chef Chris Denney is returning to London’s Notting Hill to open a new restaurant and bar later this month.
Menuwatch: Turnips, London
Vegetables go from stall to plate at chef Tomas Lidakevicius’s innovative Borough Market restaurant.

