The Observer’s Jay Rayner has a puntastic time in a shipping container at Pop Brixton’s Only Food and Courses.
Hilton Bracknell sold for £17.5m
The Hilton Bracknell hotel in Berkshire has been sold to an affiliate of travel and leisure investor KSL Capital Partners for £17.5m by Tabamara.
Signature Living’s Lawrence Kenwright to lodge CVA plans to save property business
Hotelier Lawrence Kenwright expects to lodge a recovery plan with his company’s administrators “within weeks” after working with creditors to regain control of the property side of the business, which fell into administration last year.
ETM Group founders raising £4.3m to finance seven new London bar openings
The founders of London’s ETM Group are planning to raise £4.3m to fund the opening of seven new bars in the city centre.
Asma Khan on her admiration for Vivek Singh and the Cinnamon Club
Asma Khan celebrates the innovation of the Cinnamon Club as it approaches its 20th anniversary.
Indoor hospitality reopening marred by staffing shortages
Hospitality businesses reopening in England and Wales have warned that staffing shortages, the rising cost of ingredients and coronavirus restrictions are among issues posing a major challenge to their recovery.
Matthew Sherry takes up head chef position at the Balmoral’s Number One restaurant
Former Northcote head chef Matthew Sherry has joined the Michelin-starred Number One restaurant at the Balmoral hotel in Edinburgh.
Great British Menu final sees banquet hosted at Jodrell Bank Observatory
This year’s Great British Menu final will see contestants cook for 70 guests outdoors in a marquee erected at the UNESCO world heritage site of Jodrell Bank in Cheshire.
Tributes paid to visionary operator and first Scottish Michelin-starred chef David Wilson
David Wilson, former chef-proprietor of the Peat Inn in Fife for 35 years and believed to have been the first Scottish chef awarded a Michelin star, died on 15 May peacefully in his sleep.
Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester not affected by end of partnership with Hôtel Plaza Athénée
The Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester restaurant in London will not be affected by the ending of Ducasse’s management of the restaurant at the Dorchester Collection’s Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris.