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Hospitality professionals have criticised new government plans to implement a points based immigration system, which could leave UK restaurants even more short staffed. After Brexit, the UK’s new model will encourage employers to move away from “cheap labour” from Europe and will push businesses to hire people on higher salaries and with high level qualifications. […]
Hawaiian poké specialist Island Poké will expand internationally, launching 13 sites across Europe in 2020. The first site, opening this April, will be located on Rue Saint-Honoré in the bustling 1er arrondissement of Paris. Other France openings include Nice, Lyon, Montpellier, Marseille, and Nantes in 2020. Island Poké will also open restaurants in Belgium and […]
Nuno Mendes has departed the Michelin-starred restaurant Mãos. Neither he nor Blue Mountain School entrepreneur James Brown have given a reason for the move. Mendes, one of London’s most famous chefs, opened the restaurant on Redchurch Street in Shoreditch in 2018. The chef joined having made waves at Chiltern Firehouse and immediately struck a chord […]
Irish chef Adrian Martin will open Wildflower, a new fine dining restaurant, in Camden on March 2. The 30-cover restaurant will be Martin’s first in London, and will be housed in a shipping container in Camden’s new eco market on Buck Street. Martin, from Cavan, has been hailed as one of Ireland’s young up and […]
A new Portuguese taberna called Claro is due to open on Bateman Street in spring. The focus will be on small seafood plates and wines by the glass. The 26-cover venue is a joint venture between Leandro Carreira and Alex Hunter, co-founder of Bonnie Gull, and The Sea The Sea in Chelsea, where Carreira is […]
Harden’s weekly update of where the critics are eating, recommending and avoiding, for the week ending 16 February 2020. Muse, London SW1 Grace Dent for The Guardian has declared it early this year: “I’ve found my restaurant of the year.” Not all of the critics who have reviewed Muse so far have enjoyed it this […]
Gizzi Erskine has opened The Nitery in Covent Garden, a three-month residency taking the place of St Martin’s Lane Kitchen, housed in its eponymous hotel. The restaurant features classic dishes from Britain, France and America, all given “playful” twists, while the name is inspired by early 20th century Parisian ‘niteries’ – a name given to […]
Smoke & Salt has announced the closure of its Brixton pop-up before opening its first bricks and mortar site in Tooting later this year. The final service at the lauded restaurant concept – Marina O’Loughlin called it “properly exciting” – which serves small plates centred on “modern dining/ancient techniques”, will be Saturday February 29. The […]
A pub that has been in the same family for 250 years has awarded the Campaign for Real Ale’s (CAMRA) Pub of the Year accolade. The Bell Inn in Aldworth, which is owned and managed by Hugh Macaulay, scooped the top prize after judges praised its beer selection, relaxed atmosphere, and its community focus. The […]
Jamie Oliver may have put an end to his UK restaurant operations for now, but he is still acutely present around the world, particularly on cruise ships, where his Jamie’s Italian brand lives on. The celebrity chef is getting back in the game a little closer to home too now, though, and with international restaurant […]
