21st March 2019 Delivery-only kitchen concept Taster, founded by ex Deliveroo executives Anton Soulier, has begun a UK roll-out following a 3-month trial in Hackney, east London. Operating out of delivery-only kitchens, Taster works with third-party online food distribution channels such as Deliveroo. Taster offers its own restaurant brands and works with chef […]
20th March 2019 The Tonkotsu ramen chain founded by Emma Reynolds and Ken Yamada in 2012, is seeking investment funding from Leeds-based investment firm YFM Equity Partners, to fund further growth. Tonkotsu, led by Stephen Evans, ex former development director of Gourmet Burger Kitchen, appointed advisers last year. The group appointed Grant Thornton and Dow
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19th March 2019 YO! Sushi has extended its YO! To Go range. The company has added ten new takeaway dishes, which are available from fridges at the front of Tesco stores. The move follows a trial with Tesco late last at two UK stores. Under the agreement, YO! will operate a manned kiosk
19th March 2019 The team running Chinese restaurant Xi’an Impression in Highbury, north London, has in opened Bloomsbury, its third site in the capital. Master Wei has opened at a site in Cosmo Place formerly occupied by one of London’s oldest restaurants, Cagney’s, which was founded in 1978. As at its sister sites, Master
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17th March 2019 The Indo-Chinese concept Oodles Chinese has launched in Luton, its sixth site. Oodles Chinese has opened its restaurant at a site in Dunstable Road, formerly occupied by a Dixy Chicken. The other Oodles Chinese sites are in Birmingham, two venues in Leicester, Derby and Bolton. The restaurant serves Indo-Chinese dishes
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16th March 2019 Asha’s, the Indian restaurant, is to open in Solihull, its third UK site. The company will launch the venue on 27th March on the top floor of the Touchwood leisure complex in Solihull Shopping Centre. The 120-cover restaurant will be on the upper terrace next to Nando’s and offer a bespoke
15th March 2019 Gordon Ramsay’s new Mayfair restaurant, Lucky Cat, due to open in the summer, will serve Asian small sharing plates and robata grills. The menu, designed by Gordon Ramsay and exec chef Ben Orpwood, will feature dishes including seared otoro with house soy, wakame oil and baby kale; Orkney scallop, yuzu and
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14th March 2019 Kababji, a Lebanese grill house chain concept that operates in 26 restaurants across the Middle East, is to make its UK debut later this month with a tweaked format, in Wimbledon. The business, which is led by Hylton Patterson, formerly of Tortilla, and backed by Ziad Joumblat and industry veteran Douglas
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13th March 2019 Lonely Planet Food Travels has published Around The World in 80 Food Trucks, featuring recipes from chefs on the road including Japan, China, Lebanon and India, priced at £14.99. In her introduction Commissioning Editor, Christina Webb, writes: In the past 10 years, the culinary landscape of cities all over the world has
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12th March 2019 A curry house owner has been fined more than £3,000 in fines after failing to meet requests for peanut-free meals. Trading standards officers requested peanut-free dishes when visiting Mozalicious Indian restaurant in Langley, Oldbury, but investigations revealed a butter lamb meal contained enough of the nut to induce a potentially
