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, […]
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1st June 2018 London-based sushi and bento business Wasabi has been ranked the top hospitality operator in The Sunday Times’ latest International Track 200. The list ranks the fastest-growing overseas sales among Britain’s mid-market private companies, measured from firms’ last two years of accounts. Wasabi entered the list for the first time at
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31st May 2018 Indian small plates concept Kricket has launched its second London site, in Brixton. The 40-cover restaurant has opened in one of the railway arches in Atlantic Road, with a standalone bar in one arch. The opening sees Kricket founders Rik Campbell and chef Will Bowlby return to their roots – having launched
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30th May 2018 Managers of the Sizzling Palate restaurant in Bolton where ceiling collapsed, rendering two customers unconscious, say it was ‘not a major incident.’ Firefighters and police were called to the restaurant, on Bradshawgate, at around 10.30pm after part of the ceiling collapsed. Customers and staff had to lift the a
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29th May 2017 Fine dining Indian for multi-million-pound K2 development Sham Alom, the former owner-chef of the popular Rumi’s Indian restaurant in Beverley which closed in April, is to return to the North East dining scene, with Arisi, set to open this summer, in the centre of Hull. The restaurant
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20th May 2018 North West-based Turkish restaurant Ella Grill plans to open a second venue. The company, which launched its first venue in Prenton, has applied to Wirral Council to convert a former Lloyds TSB site in Old Chester Road, Bebington. Agent Paul Doughty, said: “It’s a well-located building in a prominent position. There’s a
20th May 2018 Lebanese restaurant operator Meejana is to open a third site, this time in Windsor. The company has acquired a site near the castle gates formerly home to Indian restaurant Dhinchak, operated by Sai Charan Hospitality. Meejana operates restaurants in Kensington and Weybridge in Surrey Meejana director Edward Terry said: “Eleven years
18th May 2018 Restaurant investor Imbiba is featuring in a new BBC Two series, Million Pound Menu. The first episode of the six-part series aired on 17th May. The show is hosted by Fred Siriex, general manager of the Galvin At Windows restaurant at London Hilton Park Lane, who is known for his appearances
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17th May 2018 Chef Atul Kuchhar UK-based double Michelin star-winning Indian TV chef Atul Kuchhar, is to give live cooking demos at the year’s Pub in the Park festivals organised by Tom Kerridge. Pub in the Park will visit Marlow, Bath, Tunbridge Wells and Knutsford for four weekends over the summer, to celebrate the best
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8th May 2018 The owners of an award-winning Brighton restaurant are to open a second premises as part of a crowdfunded expansion plan. Husbandand wife team Alun and Dawn Sperring hope to repeat their success with the Chilli Pickle, in Jubilee Street, Brighton, at a new location in Guildford in July. The Sperrings opened the
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