• Zuma Opening

  17th April 2018   Rainer Becker, co-founder of Zuma restaurant group, has revealed  details of a first UK site for his Japanese robatayaki concept Inko Nito, which will open in Soho next month. The 90-cover site, will open in Broadwick Street following the concept’s launch in Los Angeles in December. Group executive chef Hamish Brown’s […]

  April 18, 2018 / George Shaw / Comments Off

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• Leicester Lounge

  16th April 2018   Leicestershire-based Indian restaurant Cinnamon Lounge is to open two new sites.  Owner Naz Abdul is building on the launch of the concept in Market Harborough by opening a venue in the nearby village of Middleton, and another in the Rutland town of Uppingham.   The restaurant in Middleton will be in […]

  April 18, 2018 / George Shaw / Comments Off

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• Nano Lunch

  15th April 2017 A Wagamama report has revealed a rise in the “nano lunch” trend, where people take fewer than 15 minutes for their lunch break. The “Lunch Report” follows the company’s launch last month of Wagamamago, the world’s first walk-away payment app, which will save its customers an average of 12 minutes at every […]

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• Lemongrass Group seeks investor

  9th April 2018     Lemongrass Group opens 13th branch Seeks equity partner for continued growth   The award-winning group Lemongrass Group of Thai restaurants has announced it is seeking a business partner, following the successful opening of its 13th branch, this time in Hove in Sussex.   Led by Minhaz Nasir, who opened his […]

  April 7, 2018 / George Shaw / Comments Off

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• Chef Magazine to launch in Thailand

  29th March 2018 Chef Publishing, the owner of UK-based Chef Magazine, focused on Michelin-starred dining, is to launch Chef Magazine Thailand in want it regards as the street food capital of Asia – Thailand. Believing that perhaps only  London has a more diverse and eclectic food scene, the first edition will focus on the thriving food […]

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• Faith Hope and Charity

  28th March 2018     Customers of The Rajdani Indian restaurant in West Kingsdown, near Sevenoaks in Kent, raised £1185 at a special charity lunch on Sunday 15th March.    The restaurant which was named Best Indian Restaurant in the South East at last year’s prestigious Asian Curry Awards, served a selection of its acclaimed […]

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• Kanda-Ya

  28th March 2018   London-Japanese ramen restaurant Kanada-Ya has opened its third eponymous site in the capital.  The company, led by Tony Lam and Aaron Burgess-Smith, has launched the venue in Upper Street, Islington.   The restaurant offers the same selection of ramen as its Covent Garden and Soho sites such as Tonkotsu X and […]

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• Kyseri opening

  27th March 2018   The founders of Oklava in Shoreditch, Selin Kiazim and Laura Christie,  are to open in Fitzrovia, their second site.  The pair will launch Kyseri in May in Grafton Way, near Warren Street tube station.   The restaurant will feature modern Turkish plates and take inspiration from the Kayseri region as well […]

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• Aktar Islam to open Opheem

  26th September 2018   Chef Aktar Islam is to open his first solo restaurant, in Birmingham in May.   Islam, former chef-director of Birmigham-based Lasan group said his 70-cover restaurant “will take diners on an intoxicating culinary journey”, exploring the “diverse culinary heritage of Indian and the foundations of the grand cuisine,” in reference to […]

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• Benares plant-based street food

  22nd March 2018     Atul Kochhar’s Michelin-starred Indian restaurant and bar, Benares in Mayfair, will launch a unique plant-based ‘street-food’ style menu to it’s repertoire, taking guests on a culinary journey from the east to the west corners of India.   The  new dishes will each be designed by a chef in the Benares […]

  March 24, 2018 / George Shaw / Comments Off

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