Fine Dining

Time Out shortlists best London restaurants and bars

12-Aug-2008 By Becky Paskin

The nominees for this years Time Out Eating and Drinking Awards have been announced, with Tom Aikens restaurants making a double appearance

Local food could save businesses, and the economy

01-Aug-2008 By Becky Paskin

Restaurants should realise the benefits of sourcing seasonal food locally extend further than environmental issues

Steve Lowy's BigTalent

28-Jul-2008 By Becky Paskin

BigH meets Umi Hotel’s founder Steve Lowy in the first in a series of exclusive interviews with the best of Britain’s rising talent

Alternative Meat company spreads its wings

25-Jul-2008 By Emma Eversham

A supplier of exotic and rare meats signs a contract to supply hundreds of pubs and restaurants across the Midlands and Wales

Chefs to sign contract over sticky toffee pudding recipe

22-Jul-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Sharrow Bay hotel forces staff to sign document to prevent leaking of its famous Sticky Toffee Pudding recipe

Young Paragon apprentice breams at Dorset seafood event

21-Jul-2008 By Becky Paskin

Trainee Paragon Skills chef impresses judges Mark Hix and Tom Cull at Young Seafood Chef of the Year

Skills for Chefs winner employed by Ramsay’s Maze

16-Jul-2008 By Becky Paskin

The winner of the competition’s senior heat has been offered a job working in the kitchens of Gordon Ramsay’s London restaurant

Helene Darroze opens for business at The Connaught

14-Jul-2008 By Emma Eversham

French chef Helene Darroze officially takes over as Executive Chef of the Connaught hotel in Mayfair, London today.

Chad Sarno gives raw cooking classes at Saf

10-Jul-2008 By Becky Paskin

The ‘raw chef’ hosts a range of culinary workshops at his London restaurant

Wine and chocolate matching competition launched

09-Jul-2008 By Emma Eversham

Roussillon wines launches its third Roussillon Dessert Trophy

Time for tea?

03-Jul-2008 By Emma Eversham

Emma Eversham finds that with little effort and time, but plenty of ideas and enthusiasm, putting afternoon tea on the menu can help boost profits

Taste of London sweet with success

23-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

This year’s Taste festival in the capital was a big hit with consumers and chefs alike

FSA pushes nutritional info on menus

23-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Agency plans to work with the catering industry to find ways to introduce nutritional information on menus

Bay Restaurants employee raises £10k for charity

20-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Bay Restaurant Group matched donations received from employee’s London marathon run

Stoke Place re-opens

19-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

The restored Queen Anne manor house re-opens with new restaurant The Vyse Room

Ex-Savoy employees move on up

18-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

Two previous employees of London’s Savoy hotel, have now been appointed at the Landmark London, and the Balmoral in Edinburgh

Craft Guild of Chefs: Award winners

17-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

The chefs association hands out awards to industrys finest

New Feature Rising Star: Sergejs Ivanovs

16-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

Cornwall College student Sergejs Ivanovs tells BigHospitality about his plans to work in the hospitality industry

Artisan's shock nomination

16-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

Artisan Restaurant near Hull has been nominated as one of the Top 40 restaurants outside London in the London Restaurant Awards

Caviar pizza goes for £350

13-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

Notting Hill pizzeria defies the credit crunch and launches UK’s most expensive pizza

YOGO-a-go-go

12-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

New frozen yogurt brand hits UK and opens outlet in Kingston

Labour shortage threatens fruit and veg supply

11-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

The National Farmers Union warns restrictive immigration laws are threatening UK fruit and vegetable harvests

EU allows UK flexible working hours

10-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

UK workers have been given the right to work longer than 48 hours a week if they wish

Chef Factor competition finds new Zilli chef

10-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

Aldo Zilli appoints young pasta chef after a rigorous cook-off competition for his new Brighton restaurant

Gary Rhodes to open two new restaurants in Dorset

09-Jun-2008 By Becky Paskin

The celebrity chef will open two restaurants in the area, to coincide with major restoration projects on harbour-side hotels.

Cornish resort wins family business award

09-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

Banking firm Coutts names Hotel and Extreme Academy Best UK Family Business

Caines comments

04-Jun-2008 By Paul Wootton

Chef Michael Caines tells Restaurants editor Paul Wootton his thoughts on his fellow chefs

Brad Pitt to design hotel

03-Jun-2008 By Emma Eversham

The Hollywood star to be key in the design of a luxury eco hotel in Dubai

Great British Menu winners prepare for feast

30-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Winning chefs from the BBC series prepare to cook their dishes for top chefs from across the globe

Liverpool names tourism champions

29-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

The citys best venues and people are rewarded at the Mersey Partnerships annual tourism awards

Ark highlights addiction warning signs

28-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Charity helps industry professionals spot possible alcohol and drug addictions

College teaches fish sustainability

28-May-2008 By Becky Paskin

Cornwall College’s workshop for local chefs teaches fish sustainability

Matthew Tomkinson quits Goose for Montagu

28-May-2008 By Andy Lynes

Roux scholar leaves fine dining pub four months after winning Michelin star

Trade urged to serve sustainable fish

27-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Loch Fyne Restaurants leads call to preserve worlds fish stocks

Knorr National Chef of the Year finalists announced

23-May-2008 By Becky Paskin

The competition announces chefs going through to the Restaurant Show final in London

Hix announces Lyme Regis and New York openings

23-May-2008 By Andy Lynes

Rapid growth for ex-Ivy chefs restaurant empire

Fourth site for Zerodegrees

23-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Restaurant microbrewery chain signals expansion with opening of fourth site in Cardiff

McCoys team moves on

21-May-2008 By Carina Simon

Tyneside restaurant to close as owners set sights on city centre

FSA launches chef cards for allergy sufferers

19-May-2008 By Becky Paskin

The Food Standards Agency has created interactive chef cards to enable allergy sufferers to eat out safely

Chester Racecourse in restaurant collaboration with Heathcote

19-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Heathcotes Outside, the catering company launched by Paul Heathcote, has joined forces with Chester racecourse to open Restaurant 1539

Third branch for Napket

16-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Upmarket cafe chain, Napket has opened its third site in London.

New Chief Executive for Paramount Restaurants

15-May-2008 By Claire Miller

Mark Phillips is leaving Whitbread to take over as Chief Executive of Paramount Restaurants from next month

Heston style mind management

14-May-2008 By Claire Miller

A survey has shown music can affect the taste of wine which could lead to more chefs following Heston Blumenthals example and serving food and drink with accompanying tunes

Vegetarian Japanese menu comes to London

13-May-2008 By Claire Miller

An unusual and traditional vegetarian Japanese menu is launching in London

Art Deco hotel to re-open in Morecambe Bay

12-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Morecambe Bays Midland Hotel will re-open next month following a £10m restoration project

Outlaw out-of-season produce, says Ramsay

09-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Gordon Ramsay suggests fining British restaurants for serving fruit and vegetables that are not in season

Triple launch for Ford in May

07-May-2008 By Andy Lynes

Dominic Ford extends Butcher and Grill and Bincho Yakitori concepts and opens Food Inc food market in one month.

Restaurant winners quit the Thatch

06-May-2008 By Emma Eversham

Jeremy and Jane Hooper, the winning couple in Raymond Blancs TV series The Restaurant, have quit Eight at the Thatch because they do not want to run it as a pub.