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Friday Wrap: A round-up of the week's hospitality news

Amanda  Afiya
Friday 28 August 2009 17:59
Pierre Gagnaire

Story of the week: Three-star Michelin chef Pierre Gagnaire is opening his first US restaurant at the new Mandarin Oriental in Las Vegas this December. 

Troubled chef Jean-Christophe Novelli will join ITV's This Morning as a showbiz reporter as the popular daytime show is revamped for its 21st series.

The number of diners reserving restaurant tables online has more than doubled in the past year.

The chairman of Malmaison and Hotel du Vin chains remains cautious about the short-term future after its group revenue remained unchanged and pre-tax losses continue for the first six months of the year.

A great night's sleep beats great sex, according to a new global survey of sleeping habits by Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

Staff and managers of a hotel in New York City's Meatpacking District are being encouraged to strip off and pose provocatively in the building's floor to ceiling windows in order to draw attention to the hotel.

Chairman of pubs-with-rooms chain Merchant Inns, Robert Breare, has been fired following a shareholder review, Caterersearch can reveal.

The Little Chef in Popham, Hampshire has made it into next year's Good Food Guide following three-Michelin-starred chef Heston Blumenthal's makeover of its menu.

One in five (22%) parents on a low income are not checking to see if they are entitled to free school meals worth £1,140 a year, according to the School Food Trust.

Contract caterer Compass Group has opened its first post office at the University of Surrey in Guildford and plans to extend the retail business over the next two years.

Internationally acclaimed chef Heinz Beck is set to come to London and will open a restaurant at the Lanesborough hotel next month, Caterersearch can reveal.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is set to expand his high street restaurant chain Jamie's Italian to Asia.

Win an on-site water filtration system worth more than £3,500 from EcoPure Waters
 

Editor's Pick 
See our interview with rising star Nathan Outlaw
Chef Conference 2009 - we have an amazing line-up for this year's conference with two three-Michelin-starred chefs topping the bill, Heston Blumenthal and Elena Arzak
Caterer's Equipment and Supplies Excellence Awards 2010 - enter now!
Table Talk - win, win win! It's the start of the Glorious Twelfth. Share your recipes and tips for grouse and win one of two Amazon vouchers worth £50. Plus, Table Talk has two tickets to the Chef Conference and lunch to giveaway.

 
Quote of the Week 
"I would have to be a potato. Something that could be fantastic or quite simple"
Nathan Outlaw on what ingredient he would be

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