Category: The Caterer

The line-up for the 15th series of BBC2’s Great British Menu, which will run for nine weeks from Wednesday 18 March, has been announced.

Sir Frederick Barclay, the billionaire co-owner of the Ritz London hotel, says he has received competing bids to buy it for more than £1b.

Hotel demand in Edinburgh will be insufficient to fill new rooms set to enter the market, resulting in the off season being “even more challenging” for businesses, the chairman of the Edinburgh Hotels Association (EHA) has said.

Nominations for the fifth Edition of the annual Basque Culinary World Prize, that celebrates chefs who ‘transform society through gastronomy’, are open until 4 May 2020.

The coronavirus could cost the global business travel industry $47b (£37b) a month, according to the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA).

Grab-and-go chain Greggs has reported record sales for 2019 with turnover up 13.5% to £1.2b and like-for-like sales up by 9.2%, however it has warned of uncertainty surrounding the future impact of coronavirus.

Renewed calls for the banning of online travel agents’ (OTAs) rate-parity clauses have been made after research by Which? showed they can see room rates increase by up to 12% when booked through websites.

A restaurant business has been ordered to pay more than £44,000 after a judge found poor housing had exposed employees to “a serious risk of loss of life”.

Tom Clarke is stepping down as head chef at Michelin-starred L’Ortolan, with junior sous chef James Greatorex stepping into his shoes this month.

TGI Fridays has named Alan Clark as its new chief financial officer, among a raft of new appointments.