Friday wrap
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Our weekly round of of the week's hospitality news includes: Story of the week: Volcanic ash cloud creates havoc for hoteliers; Tom Aikens and Compass to launch two restaurants at Somerset House and more...
Posted: 23 April 2010 | 14:27
Story of the week: Industry figures have paid tribute to Ronnie Clydesdale, the iconic Scottish chef-restaurateur and founder of the famous Ubiquitous Chip restaurant in Glasgow, who has died aged 74.
In other restaurant news, we catch up with MasterChef winner Dhruv Baker as he plans a new career.
Posted: 09 April 2010 | 17:25
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal has received £200,000 compensation following a food-poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred Fat Duck restaurant. A young sous chef at the Tate Modern has died after suffering from tonsillitis. Nathan Laity, 23, of Penryn, Cornwall continued to work long hours...
Posted: 26 March 2010 | 17:57
Story of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland.
John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36
Story of the week: A massive fire broke out in a Shoreditch office block which houses a number of bars and restaurants yesterday morning. Owner of two bars affected by the fire, Jonathan Downey, told Caterer it won’t be back in business for at least 18 months.
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 15:39
Story of the week: Industry figures have paid tribute to Rose Gray, the co-founder of the acclaimed River Café in London, who has died aged 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer. It was Hotelympia 2010 this week, and to round off the five-day event, the godfathers of the British culinary scene...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:10
Story of the week: Former restaurant and hotel inspector Gordon Cartwright has spoken out about his decision to leave the AA stating that the guides have become ‘stale’. Meanwhile, Bord'eaux, the all-day French brasserie at London's Grovenor House, a JW Marriott Hotel, is set to close ...
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 16:56
Story of the week: The green shoots of recovery may be proving elusive, but for Oliver Peyton’s concession caterer Peyton and Byrne they were positively blooming as the caterer scooped a £38m deal with the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. In restaurant news this week, North-eastern chef ...
Posted: 19 February 2010 | 15:46
Story of the week: Two major chef departures this week as rumours surround Cliveden and the news that Chris Horridge, star of the Great British Menu and head chef of the property’s Waldo’s restaurant, is to leave, while earlier in the week Michelin-starred chef Ryan Simpson – and his brigade – quit the Goose...
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 14:33
Story of the week: Spanish celebrity chef Ferran Adrià dominated the news this week with the announcement at Madrid Fusion that he is to close his three-Michelin-starred restaurant El Bulli for two years. Still on the theme of iconic chefs, French patissier-chocolatier Pierre Herme...
Posted: 29 January 2010 | 16:01
Story of the week: Last Friday saw the rather unexpected release of the results of the 2010 Michelin Guide for Great Britain & Ireland, which were unveiled five days ahead of schedule after online retailer Amazon accidentally shipped copies of the guide ahead of its publication date.
Posted: 22 January 2010 | 15:57
Story of the week: Alain Ducasse’s restaurant at the Dorchester has been awarded a third Michelin star in an earlier-than expected announcement of this year’s round of awards, while Brett Graham scooped two stars for his Ledbury restaurant and one for his Harwood Arms pub.
Posted: 15 January 2010 | 15:35
Story of the week: It’s been the longest cold spell in 30 years, and Caterer reports on a number of hotels that have provided solace for motorists stranded by the heavy snowfall. Hotels reported buoyant bookings over Christmas and New Year and a year-on-year improvement in business...
Posted: 08 January 2010 | 15:27
Story of the week: Gordon Ramsay has saved one of his restaurants from potential liquidation by clearing its tax debt, it was reported this week, and the celebrity chef’s company, Gordon Ramsay Holdings, also announced that it is to close its Boxwood Café at London’s Berkeley hotel next April ...
Posted: 11 December 2009 | 16:03
Story of the week: Mark Sargeant, Gordon Ramsay’s right-hand man and former head chef at his Michelin-starred restaurant at Claridge’s, has resigned from the celebrity chef’s restaurant group. Recommendations that all Scottish primary school children should be given free meals...
Posted: 20 November 2009 | 15:44
Story of the week: Jonathan Raggett became the latest captain of industry to take the prestigious Hotelier of the Year title at the 2009 Hotel Cateys, which took place at the Lancaster London hotel last Friday, while fellow Hotel Cateys winner, the Michelin-starred chef Kenny Atkinson...
Posted: 13 November 2009 | 17:16
Story of the week: Three-Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud set to open a restaurant at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in London. In more Michelin news, iconic French chef Pierre Koffmann, the former three-Michelin-starred chef patron of the famous La Tante Claire restaurant...
Posted: 06 November 2009 | 16:30
Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal will not face legal action over the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck, Windsor and Maidenhead Council announced this week. Gordon Ramsay has parted company with the chief financial officer ...
Posted: 30 October 2009 | 14:54
Story of the week: UK recession claims three victims in bad week for hospitality. The hospitality industry was hard hit by the recession this week as three businesses collapsed into administration. Tootsies; Merchant Inns; Gold & Brown.
Posted: 16 October 2009 | 17:14
Story of the week: The controversial new law banning restaurant operators from using tips to top up minimum wage came into effect 1 October. Meanwhile restaurant group D&D London is to scrap its 12.5% service charge at all of its restaurants across the capital.
Posted: 02 October 2009 | 16:55
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