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9th July 2018     Atul Kochhar ‘no longer employed’ by Mayfair’s Benares Atul Kochhar is no longer employed by Benares’, according to a  statement from the one-starred Indian restaurant in Mayfair.   The former chef-patron, who was fired by Dubai’s JW Marriott Marquis Hotel in June after he sent a series of allegedly anti-Islamic […]

8th August 2018   The Royal China Club in London has reopened. During its four-month renovation by Stiff and Trevillion, the restaurant has doubled in size to 180 covers, having acquired the former building society site on the corner  of Baker Street and Blandford Street. The restaurant has also added five elegant private rooms suitable

6th August 2018   The owner of a curry restaurant in Derby has been banned from running companies for five years after he falsely advertised a five-star food hygiene rating in a local magazine.  Rushan Ahmed, 31, of Walsall was the sole director of Four Brothers (Derby) and ran Moza Derby, an Indian restaurant on

30th July 2018   The India Club in London that dates back to the Indian independence movement in the 1930s and 40s was recently saved from closure. Westminster City Council have refused to give permission to the Marston Properties for a luxury hotel on the Strand site.   The decision to save the Club was

30th July 2018   The UK’s takeaway food sector is avoiding the turmoil hitting the restaurant sector, according to research by Funding Options, the online business finance firm. Funding Options research shows that the turnover of the UK’s Top 100 takeaways has risen 10% in just a year, up to £2.7b from £2.46b.  Profits at

24th July 2018   London’s Chinatown was came to a standstill today, as businesses closed in a mass protest against recent enforcement raids by the Home Office.  At noon, whistles signalled the beginning of a protest led by businesses and community leaders in the capital. Restaurants were shut for five hours as they marched on

17th July 2018   Boutique travel operator Pandaw is offering a Lower Ganges sailing from December 2018.  Pandaw’s  plans for India include deploying more ships to the region, adding four new itineraries and launching a range of new pre and post cruise tours.   A spokeman said: “Pandaw will place two further river cruise ships

17th July 2018 Kensington-based Indian restaurant Chakra has opened a second site in Kingston-upon-Thames. The restaurant, set on the banks of the river, offers  contemporary fine-dining take on Indian cuisine.   Arjun Varma launched Chakra’s Kensington restaurant seven years ago. The site underwent a refurbishment and reopened last month with a new look and menu.

16th July 2018   Peter Joseph, former exec chef at Tamarind, the world’s first Michelin-starred Indian restaurant, is to launch his first solo venture. Joseph, who spent 10 years in charge of the kitchen at Mayfair’s Tamarind, will launch Kahani in Chelsea in September.   Inspiration for the 90-cover restaurant comes from the chef’s upbringing

15th July 2018 East London Thai restaurant Som Saa has sacked chef Shaun Beagley — author of the @BoringThai Twitter and boring.thai Instagram accounts — when the chef’s conduct and language was deemed racist, misogynistic, homophobic, Islamophobic, gross and shameful. Instagram user @midnightbakerliz highlighted a number of Beagley’s offensive posts, imploring Som Saa to consider