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The Oxford Kitchen will relaunch as 215 Kitchen and Drinks after lockdown, with chef Paul Welburn stepping away from a more formal tasting menu concept. Welburn, who trained for a time under the late Gary Rhodes and appeared in the 2014 series of Great British Menu, indicated he will offer a more casual approach in […]
The trade body UK Hospitality has again underpinned its belief that a “unified” approach to reopening restaurants after lockdown restrictions are lifted. After the Welsh government put forward its criteria, and Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, outlined what a phased lifting could look like, UK Hospitality warned that a confused message could damage the […]
Results revealed today from a survey of hospitality businesses paint a gloomy picture of low trading expectations from operators in a sector that is the UK’s third highest employer. The findings have prompted renewed calls from the trade body for urgent commitments from Government to extend support for the hospitality sector, as it examines the […]
Shake Shack has started testing delivery services in London. It has begun serving customers via takeaway and delivery in the West End and Docklands, joining a number of other small- to medium-sized groups in looking at ways to plug the gaps until things return to normal. Shake Shack Tottenham Court Road resumed trading earlier this […]
Our weekly round-up of what the national and local restaurant critics writing about, for the week ending 26 April 2020; the UK is in lockdown, with restaurants, cafes and bars officially closed over a month ago, due the coronavirus outbreak. You can still support your local and favourite restaurants; many are offering takeaways or deliveries, […]
Some of Britain’s top celebrity chefs including Nigella Lawson, Tom Kerridge, Angela Hartnett, Michel Roux Jnr, Thomasina Miers, and Yotam Ottolenghi have warned of a restaurant meltdown without government action. With Cabinet Minister Michael Gove declaring that pubs and restaurants will be the last to reopen after the coronavirus crisis, the traditional British local pub […]
Two thirds of hospitality businesses have said they won’t survive if the Government doesn’t approve a rent holiday. A survey of 211 pubs, bars, restaurants, cafés and street-food vendors, conducted by industry analysists KAM Media, found that 66 per cent of respondents did not think they could survive a further three months of lockdown measures. […]
The charity Springboard has launched a £500,000 appeal to raise funding for food and drink manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors in order to support disadvantaged people when the hospitality industry comes out of the Covid-19 crisis. A letter has been sent to 90 of the UK’s biggest food businesses asking them to donate either £25,000, £10,000, […]
An extended period of social distancing measures could cost one million jobs unless measures to protect hospitality businesses are put in place, according to UKHospitality. On the day that Professor Chris Whitty warned that social distancing measures could last beyond 2020, UKHospitality wrote to Cabinet Office Minister, Michael Gove MP, recommending a six-point plan to […]
The team at the Cricketers on the Green, in Pirbright, Surrey, have developed non-profit essential grocery boxes for those in need. The boxes are distributed safely from the pub car park and are available on a first come, first serve basis. Delivery is also an option. The boxes are designed for two or four people […]
