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25th June 2017   Hony Capital, owner of Pizza Express to launch its Chinese brand Beijing Hehegu to the UK. Hony Capital,  one of China’s biggest private equity firms, aims to boost its global network of 850 outlets to more than 10,000 over the next decade, in its  bid to be a top world food and beverages player. Operating through […]

22nd June 2017     Adding to its venues in South Kensington and Soho, Tombo is to open a third Japanese inspired poké and matcha bar, with a 38-cover venue in Windmill Street, in London in July, with ambitions to more than double its existing estate in the next three years.   Behind the design and creation of the new

15th June 2017   Indian Accent, the New Dehli restaurant, ranked as one of the best in the world, is to open in London.  Chef Manish Mehotra is currently recruiting a general manager, assistant manager, head chef, sous chefs and chefs de partie, sommeliers, and a front of house team.   The company also has

  10th June 2017 Street Feast resident Rola Wala is to open its debut London site in Spitalfields.  The restaurant will offer a menu of healthy everyday Indian fast food, including handmade sourdough naan rolls and seasonal grain bowls. Meaning ‘man that rolls’ in Hindi, Rola Wala’s menu is inspired by founder Mark Wright’s travels

9th June 2017   Sino-Japanese fusion Restaurant Mei Ume has opened in the Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square.   The kitchen is led by head chef Tony Truong, previously of Royal China, alongside former Sake No Hana sushi chef Mun Seok Choi and dim sum chef Liang Kian Cheng.   The venue

8th June 2017   North west-based Indian restaurant Barton Rouge is to launch its third site, in Liverpool. Following a half million pound investment, the company is opening in Exchange Street on the site of the former Anderson’s Bar.  The two-storey 5,650 square foot restaurant, which is due to open this month, will have 180 covers.   “When

4th June 2017   The Taiwanese restaurant Bao team has launched upmarket concept Xu in Soho.   Bao launched its Soho restaurant in 2015, offering Chinese snacks, steamed buns and sharing dishes, followed by its second site, in Fitzrovia, in July the following year. The enterprise is backed by JKS Restaurants, whose venues include the Michelin-starred Gymkhana

3rd June 2017   D&D London chairman and chief executive Des Gunewardena has said the eating-out market still has long-term growth as he looks to build a 50-strong restaurant portfolio in the UK. Gunewardena added the company, which has 29 restaurants in London and eight outside the capital, also plans to add to its sites

 2nd June 2017 The Mayor of London, Saqiq Khan, has announced his team to help cut food waste and tackle food poverty across the capital. Chaired by Rosie Boycott, the new London Food Board will advise the Mayor on food policy, the GLA’s own Food Programme, and developing and delivering the new London Food Strategy, to be

27th May 2017   Street food restaurant group Indian Tiffin Room, which operates two venues in Greater Manchester, has submitted a planning application for a 100-seater restaurant in Park Row, in Leeds’s financial district, which is home to a number of well-known restaurants.   Indian Tiffin Room, which has restaurants in Cheadle and Manchester city