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 19th September 2016                                                                     Tarana Restaurant in Kent, which opened earlier this year, has been nominated for one of Produced in Kent’s […]

19th September 2016     The curry industry in the UK is worth £4bn, according to World Curry Festival founder Zulfi Karim. He says that £1bn could be attributed to the north of England with its hub – Bradford – worth £500m to the city’s economy.   “The ethnic food sector in the north of

17th September 2016           Adam Webb, the former Giggling Squid marketing manager, has announced the opening of ThaiWorks takeaway restaurant in Bournemouth. It will occupy the Seamoor Road site vacated by Tasty Moment Chinese takeaway in the Westbourne area of the seaside town, close to the affluent Sandbanks Peninsula.   ThaiWorks

17th September 2016   The Asian Catering Federation (ACF) which represents 20,000 ethnic restaurants in the UK, has urged its London members to embrace the opportunity all night tubes.   London Mayor Sadiq Khan introduced the through-the-night Underground service on 16th August.   With reports of over 50,000 Londoners a night taking advantage of the

16th September 2016   Wholesaler Booker Group has reported group sales, including Budgens and Londis, up by 15.2% in the 12 weeks to 9 September 2016, with non-tobacco sales up 15.5%. Like-for-like non-tobacco sales, excluding Budgens and Londis, grew by 0.9%.   In a statement, the company said: “ Our balance sheet remains strong with

15th September 2016   Michelin-starred chef Atul Kochhar has introduced a street food-style menu at his Benares Anglo-Indian fusion restaurant in Mayfair.   Each of the five new dishes on the menu has been created by a different  chef from Benares’s kitchen and is inspired by the street food speciality of their home town.  Each

14th September 20166 Healthy pan-Asian restaurant group Tootoomoo has opened in Islington, the company’s fourth north London site.   Tootoomoo Islington, which is in St Paul’s Road, also offers takeaway, collection and delivery services and is described as a “relaxed, vibrant and fun Asian tapas restaurant, offering “authentic, open and honest ‘shophouses’ of Vietnam and

14th September 2016 London-based  Franco-Japanese restaurant Wazen, which only opened in King’s Cross last November, is to close blaming the Brexit vote, despite the booming hospitality sector and a surge in tourists to the capital attracted by a fall in the value of sterling.   The  Tokyo-based owners cited “uncertainty” over Britain’s future for the

13th September 2016 Web-based delivery company  Just Eat is to rebrand in the UK before rolling out to 13 other markets. Several new initiatives will see  Just Eat becoming one of the launch apps for Apple Watch Series 2 and WatchOS 3.  Just Eat’s new Facebook Messenger Chatbot will by engaging with customers to inspire their food choices by

11th September 2016 Turkish restaurateur Kilbria Ghulam is expanding his Konya with the launch of a second restaurant in Birmingham  –  this time in the city’s  ‘Jewellery Quarter’. Ghulam operates Konya Grill in Perry Barr, which Just Eat named the best Turkish restaurant in Birmingham.   New venue Konya’s Gold will open in Pitsford Street