A look at the latest food, drink and equipment to hit the market.
High steaks: quality wins when it comes to choosing meat and poultry
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), a levy board funded by farmers and growers in the UK, says home cooking during lockdown has rekindled a love of meat.
Vices York hotel to open in former Victorian police station
A former Victorian police station in York is being transformed into a three-suite luxury hotel with a restaurant and bar as well as a boutique wine shop.
Man fatally stabbed at Birmingham hotel
A 20-year-old man has been fatally stabbed at a hotel in Birmingham.
Bill to streamline planning approval for outdoor seating passed
Applications for outdoor seating licences will be determined in a maximum of 10 working days and cost businesses no more than £100, under legislation passed last night.
The price is right: Setting your room rates at the right level after coronavirus
Hotels across the UK are finally opening again following the coronavirus lockdown. But with a mix of strong staycation demand, fragile confidence and subdued activity in other business areas, how should hoteliers set their room rates?
Benares team to launch street food restaurant at Camden Market
The team behind Benares fine dining restaurant in London’s Mayfair is set to launch street food restaurant the Indian Alley at Camden Market next month.
Chef Emily Scott to sell St Tudy Inn in Cornwall
Chef Emily Scott has announced plans to sell the St Tudy Inn restaurant with rooms in Cornwall.
Recipe of the week: Ravinder Bhogal’s Keralan crab-stuffed courgette flowers with coriander chutney
Taken from Jikoni, by Ravinder Bhogal.
Book review: Jikoni, by Ravinder Bhogal
Ravinder Bhogal’s second book, Jikoni, is both the name of her restaurant in London’s Marylebone and means ‘kitchen’ in Kiswahili.

