More than 100 leading operators have met to establish an industry-wide campaign to promote the petition for a minister for hospitality.
Langan’s Brasserie to be relaunched next year
London institution Langan’s Brasserie in Mayfair is set to be relaunched as a British-French brasserie de luxe overseen by Graziano Arricale and James Hitchen next year.
Emily Scott Watergate Bay residency to go permanent
Emily Scott’s pop-up at the Watergate Bay hotel in Cornwall is to become permanent and the chef will take over the space that previously housed the Watchful Mary bar (pictured).
Birmingham restaurateur to launch legal challenge to Tier 3 restrictions
A Birmingham restaurateur is to launch a legal challenge to the imposition of Tier 3 restrictions on hospitality.
Minute on the clock: Paschalis Loucaides, UK manager, Too Good To Go
The UK manager of food waste app Too Good To Go and founder of Cut + Grind speaks about fighting food waste in the hospitality industry to meet sustainability goals, protect margins and enhance the quality of kitchen output.
All in it together: restarting the wholesaler to buyer journey during Covid
While media and government have focused on the challenges caused by the pandemic for restaurants, hotels, cafés, pubs and bars, there has been less support for the producers, manufacturers, suppliers and wholesalers.
David Smithson retires from Winterhalter after 24 years
One of the hospitality’s much-loved personalities, David Smithson, will be retiring from his role as chief executive of the Winterhalter Group of Companies at the end of this year.
Some business travellers to be exempt from quarantine
From 4am on Saturday (5 December) some business travellers arriving in England will not have to self-isolate even if they are arriving from a country that is not included on the travel corridor list.
Revelations: Anshu Anghotra, executive chef, the Connaught, London
What do you do to relax? “Long walks in the British countryside when the weather is good, or I watch documentaries with a hot cup of tea”
Hospitality’s confidence shattered with fewer than one in five optimistic about market’s prospects
The Covid-19 pandemic has wrecked confidence across hospitality, with fewer than one in five (18%) leaders optimistic about the market’s prospects for the next 12 months.

