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27th June 2018   Sushimania is set to open in Cambridge, its ninth site.  Sushimania is opening the branch in Christ’s Lane, replacing the closed Giraffe eatery on the corner by Drummer Street bus station.   The city centre street with many boarded-up shops  is finally set to see new businesses open – a year […]

25th June 2018   Restaurants, pubs and cafes will be forced to print calorie content on their menus – in a proposed drive to cut child obesity.  New laws are being drafted by the government to ensure parents can make an informed choice about what they feed their kids.   Government advisors believe people will

22nd June 2018   Indian grab-and-go concept Pali Kitchen has opened in the City of London.   The opening follows a six-figure funding package from HSBC. A £300,000 term loan, combined with additional investment from owner Anu Kathuria, has funded the restaurant fit-out, enabling the purchase of new equipment for the Asian-inspired eatery in Bow

20th June 2018   Mark Wright, founder of Indian-inspired ‘twisted’ street food concept Rola Wala, is looking to evolve its format “to the next level”.   The company recently opened its first seated restaurant – at Selfridges in Birmingham – to complement its grab-and-go offer in Spitalfields, London, and the Trinity Centre, Leeds.   Wright

15th June 2018   Greater Manchester-based Cambodian eatery Angkor Soul, which was given a glowing review by restaurant critic Jay Rayner, has opened a second site, in Altrincham. Angkor Soul, described by Rayner as a “little diamond” when he reviewed its Marple restaurant for The Observer newspaper in October, is the only Cambodian restaurant outside

13th June 2018 Michelin-starred chef Atul Kocchar has been fired tweet stating that Muslims have “terrorised” Hindus for thousands of years. The JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in Dubai dropped the chef after he posted the comments, aimed at Indian actress Priyanka Chopra. Chopracame under fire for an episode of her US TV show Quantico, featuring

7th June 2018   Busaba, Alan  Yau’s Thai chain, has signed a deal with hospitality chat app Yapster to bring mobile messaging to staff at its 13 London sites. The app will provide a safe online space for more than 400 Busaba staff to share information through one-to-one and group chats and an “Instagram-style” news

4th June 2018   JKS Restaurants has launched an Indian barbecue and bar concept Brigadiers in the Bloomberg Arcade in the City of London.  Inspired by Indian army mess bars, Brigadiers offers 140 covers with 34 more on a terrace. Live sports are shown in rooms alongside pool and classic card games.   Designed by

3rd June 2018     Aktar Islam, former chef director of Birmingham-based group Lasan, has opened a fine dining restaurant in the city. Islam has launched Opheem in Summer Row celebrating the culinary heritage of India.   The restaurant, located in the former Mechu nightclub, aims to emulate the work of chefs attached to the

2nd June 2018   Turkey-based Doğuş Restaurant Entertainment and Management, led by Umut Özkanca, has launched its first UK venue – Anatolian concept Rüya in Mayfair. The restaurant has opened in Upper Grosvenor Street with “sophisticated, contemporary dishes from the various Anatolian regions”.   Dishes include 24-hour slow-cooked short rib with Turkish chilli barbecue glaze,