Chester-based tapas bar Porta has opened its latest branch in the former premises of TV chef Simon Rimmer’s well-known West Didsbury venue Greens, the veteran vegetarian restaurant which closed down earlier this year with debts of about £600,000. Founded by brothers Joe & Ben Wright, Porta also has branches in Altrincham and Salford, and wins […]
Prominent vegetarian restaurant Greens, of Didsbury in south Manchester, has closed down after 33 years following a 35% rent hike – while Copper & Ink in Blackheath, southeast London, is another New Year casualty of rising costs. Greens’ founder Simon Rimmer, a regular on television, announced the closure in a video posted to social media […]
TV chef Simon Rimmer has shut down his Liverpool restaurant The Viking. A notice has been placed on the restaurant’s website citing “recent challenging times” as the reason for the sudden closure. It reads: “The Viking opened in 2016 with the goal of bringing a modern British pub to West Kirby. “During the first two […]
In the wake of Channel 4 documentary Tricks of the Restaurant Trade which claimed to be ‘lifting the lid’ on industry secrets, Harden’s – the survey-driven restaurant guide and review site – asked consumers what they really think about outsourced food preparation. The Ch 4 programme, presented by Simon Rimmer along with Kate Quilton and […]
This week there’s been quite the hubbub about a new Channel 4 documentary series Tricks of the Restaurant Trade that claims to be ‘lifting the lid’ on restaurant industry secrets. The programme, which aired on Tuesday 19 January, discussed how many UK chains (like PizzaExpress, Leon and Frankie & Benny’s) use pre-prepared food from centralised kitchens and […]
This week the catering industry media was in a big flap about a new documentary series which is airing on Channel 4: Tricks of the Restaurant Trade. The first episode revealed the ‘shocking’ truth that restaurants give better tables to more attractive diners. Surely this is not really news? Beautiful people getting preferential treatment is […]
