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20th January 2016   The owner of  The Purple Olive, Atik Sheik, who has a restaurant in Ellesmere Port and a takeaway in Prescot, has  opened a third site on Merseyside, this time in the Hunts Cross suburb of Liverpool   The restaurant in Speke Road claims to offer authentic Indian cuisine.   “We’ve had the restaurant […]

19th January 2017     The Cinnamon Collection, part of by Boparan Restaurants, has announced “Cinnamon Starts”, a chef de partie training programme. Aimed at novice chefs who have completed an NVQ Level 2 or equivalent, the programme will train young chefs for jobs across all four of the group’s London restaurants – The Cinnamon Club,

18th January 2017     Rickshaw Travel has announced a new three day, two night bite sized trip to Munnar, India, a small town nestled in India’s emerald tea plantations, in the Western Ghats mountain range in India’s Kerala state.   Visitors can enjoy the fresh mountain air, a trip to the famous Munnar tea

13th January 2017   The Lalit London, the first overseas property from 11-strong luxury hotel portfolio of Lalit Suri Hospitality Group is opening a £50 million venue in Tooley Street, near Tower Bridge.   The Grade II listed property was designed by Edward Mountford (who also designed the Old Bailey) has also housed St Olave’s Grammar School

11th January 2016 Wholesaler Booker Group has reported non-tobacco like-for-like sales grew 5.1% in the 16 weeks to 30th December 2016. Group non-tobacco sales rose by 4.8% as tobacco sales fell by 1.3% with tobacco like-for-likes down 1.0%. Total sales were up 2.9% and like-for-likes were up 3.2%. The company reported that: “Both the catering

10th January 2017   A legal firm Leigh Day is talking to Deliveroo delivery riders about a “potential legal action” against the food delivery firm, attacking its current business model as “absurd”. Deliveroo deems its delivery staff to be “self-employed”, but solicitors Leigh Day suggests they should be entitled to further rights like a minimum

9th January 2016 The Whitbread pub and restaurant chain has issued an apology for adding pork to its ‘beef lasagne’ without informing customers. Hundreds of Brewers Fayre, Table Table and Whitbread Inn restaurants have been serving up the altered dish for months. But menus at some outlets had not been changed. The revelation has angered

4th January 2017   Indian small plates concept Kricket, which launched at Pop Brixton, Lambeth Council’s space dedicated to startup businesses, has opened in Soho. The new 70-cover split level restaurant in Denman Street, has an open kitchen and counter dining for walk-ins. There is also a communal dining area for 14 people downstairs that can be hired for

3rd January 2017 Two Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar, a pioneer in Indian fine dining, is to open his first restaurant focused on British gastronomy. He will open 50-cover venue Hawkyns at the Crown Inn in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, on 15th January, championing locally sourced and seasonal produce. The menu will combine British classic cuisines with aspects of Kochhar’s