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Italian chef Massimo Riccioli is to leave the Corinthia Hotel in London just a year after opening Massimo's Restaurant & Oyster Bar. The chef, who also runs La Rosetta in Rome, will depart after the hotel decided not to renew his contract...
Posted: 10 April 2012 | 11:10
The Beer Academy has appointed Nigel Sadler, operations and commercial manager at Essex-based brewery Wibblers Brewery, to its board. The academy, an educational body designed to help people understand beer, runs a range of courses and qualifications.
Posted: 10 April 2012 | 10:44
Brian Paddick, the Lib Dem candidate for the post of Mayor of London, has proposed a scheme to fund youth clubs across the capital through a voluntary £1 levy on the 50,000 three- to five-star hotel rooms in London. The scheme would also be funded by banks, according to The Metro.
Posted: 10 April 2012 | 10:28
Private equity firm Piper has made a £16m investment in cafe-bar chain Loungers. Loungers, which was founded in 2002 in Bristol by Alex Reilley, Jake Bishop and Dave Reid and now has over 20 Lounges from Plymouth to Birmingham, will use the investment to fund its plans to open 50 more outlets over the next three to five years.
Posted: 10 April 2012 | 10:17
The Magdalen Chapter in Exeter - the second property which is soon to be opened by Chapter Hotels - has announced its first two key appointments. Fiona Moores is to return to the 59-bedroom hotel as general manager, after having previously run the property when it was known as the Hotel Barcelona .
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 18:13
The administration of Von Essen Hotels has been extended by six months to allow time to dispose of the group's two as-yet-unsold hotels. Permission was granted to Alan Bloom, Angela Swarbrick and Christopher Marsden of Ernst & Young by the High Court of Justice to extend the administration period to 18 October.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 17:33
Catering network Ethical Eats is calling on London restaurants to get involved in its Nose-to-Tail Fortnight promoting offal and lesser-known cuts of meat. The event, which will run from 30 April to 14 May, is designed to raise awareness both among chefs and consumers about unnecessary food waste.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 17:22
Education caterer Innovate Services has renewed its contract with Cox Green School in Maidenhead, in a deal worth in excess of £650,000. The school was the first of the company's education clients to take Innovate's restaurant-style catering model on board after the business launched.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 16:14
Andrew Turner has announced that he is to join the Café Royal as executive head chef. Turner, who resigned from celebrated restaurant Wiltons in St James earlier this week, joins the Regent Street property a month prior to its official opening in June, following a three-year refurbishment.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 15:05
Hotel management company Legacy Hotels and Resorts is to add its first golf resort to its portfolio of more than 30 properties. H & P Neil, owners of the newly named 32-bedroom Legacy Highbullen Hotel and Resort in Chittlehamholt, Umberleigh...
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 13:41
Millwall Football Club has signed sports stadia specialist Lindley Venue Catering to deliver match-day services on the public concourses at the Den for a further five years. Lindley's sports stadia division will continue to operate the kiosks at the 20,000-capacity football ground as part of the new deal, worth £3m.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 13:22
Almost a year after Von Essen Hotels went into administration with debts of nearly £300m, 26 out of 28 of the company's properties which were put on the market have now been sold, with three hotels being disposed of in the past week. Bath's Royal Crescent hotel, Seaham Hall in County Durham and Congham Hall in Norfolk (pictured) all now have new owners.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 12:26
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli has sold his two remaining London restaurants to Bill's Produce. The chef, who formerly ran seven outlets, has decided to bow out of the London restaurant scene after selling Zilli Fish and its adjacent Zilli Café on Brewer Street in Soho. He still has four sites at Center Parcs.
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 11:22
Education catering specialist Cucina Restaurants has extended two school meals contracts worth in excess of £2m, keeping its 100% retention record intact. Cucina has signed a new £1.15m deal to operate at the Harefield Academy in Middlesex for a further five years...
Posted: 05 April 2012 | 09:52
Klaus Kabelitz, who is leaving his position as general manager at London's Berkeley hotel tomorrow, is to join the Dorchester Collection as general manager of Le Richemond in Geneva. Kabelitz takes up his new post on 23 April and will be based in Switzerland at the 109-bedroom hotel.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 18:38
Alyn Williams, Ben Spalding, Jose Pizarro, Russell Brown, Phil Thompson, Mickael Weiss and Mark Poynton are among the big-name chefs that will cook at a fundraising dinner for mental health charity CALM, it has been revealed. The event will be held at Floridita in London's Soho at the end of the month.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 18:01
Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor hotel has completed a major restoration and upgrade programme. Hilton Worldwide has invested £1.3m in refurbishing the property, located in Glasgow's bohemian West End. The hotel now offers 97 fully revamped bedrooms.
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 16:00
The National Association of Care Caterers (NACC) has launched How to Comply with CQC's Outcome 5: Meeting Nutritional Needs, a best-practice guide for people working in the care sector...
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 13:53
Casual-dining chain Harvester opened its 200th restaurant yesterday as the business continues its ambitious expansion plans. The new restaurant in Peterborough marks a major milestone for the Mitchells and Butlers-owned business...
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 11:00
Casual-dining group Prezzo saw sales leap 18% to £123.9m last year, driven by new openings in prime locations, with more planned for 2012. The company, which grew its estate to 184 restaurants, reported adjusted pre-tax profits were up 14% to £16.4m (2010: £14.4m) for the 52 weeks to 1 January 2012. Gross profit increased to £18.7m (2012: £16.2m).
Posted: 04 April 2012 | 10:48
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