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Five years ago Michelin launched its "rising stars", which identify restaurants that are in line for a first, second or third Michelin star in the future. But with confusion over their meaning, disgruntled chefs and a conversion rate of just 50%, how useful are they as a gauge? Hilary Armstrong reports.
Posted: 13 January 2010 | 07:00
With 2009 drawing to a close, Caterer asks some of the hospitality industry's greats to share their most memorable festive tales as well as their thoughts for the year ahead. Kerstin Kühn rounds up the best answers.
Posted: 17 December 2009 | 12:47
Tom Aikens is a Michelin-starred chef who combines a bad-boy image with the reputation for original, subtle and intense cuisine. He has suffered from administration and closures but continues to win accolades for his cooking.
Posted: 23 September 2009 | 12:50
Pierre Koffmann is the iconic French chef whose name has been synonymous with the finest French food since 1972, when he cooked alongside Michel Roux at the Waterside Inn in Bray, Berkshire.
Posted: 22 September 2009 | 12:26
Pierre Koffmann’s pop-up restaurant at London department store Selfridges has been extended by two weeks following overwhelming demand for bookings. The former three-Michelin-starred chef patron of the famous La Tante Claire restaurant will now run the temporary eatery on the roof ...
Posted: 22 September 2009 | 11:00
Story of the week: Industry figures pay tribute to Keith Floyd, the legendary chef, restaurateur, TV chef and bon viveur, who has died aged 65. Celebrity chef Tom Aikens has introduced a bring your own (BYO) alcohol policy at his Michelin-starred restaurant in London's Chelsea for two months.
Posted: 18 September 2009 | 16:15
Celebrity chef Tom Aikens has introduced a bring your own (BYO) alcohol policy at his Michelin-starred restaurant in London’s Chelsea for two months. The chef is offering diners the chance to bring their own wine to his eponymous restaurant during lunch service during September and October.
Posted: 17 September 2009 | 08:00
Leading chefs will be treating diners to meals on board the London Eye as part of the London Restaurant Festival this October. The pods, which can accommodate up to 10 diners, are being auctioned off each night of the festival, which runs from 8 October to 13 October.
Posted: 22 July 2009 | 15:19
Nobu has come under fire from celebrity diners who are campaigning against the Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant serving an endangered fish. Protesting actors, musicians and models have started a celebrity backlash against Nobu for selling bluefin tuna ...
Posted: 05 June 2009 | 18:03
Restaurant operators are being urged to back a campaign on sustainable fish as a new feature documentary film about the effects of the worldwide overfishing crisis is released. The End of the Line examines the impact of overfishing and highlights the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna ...
Posted: 04 June 2009 | 07:00
The celebrity chef phenomenon has spawned countless TV programmes, restaurant chains and the occasional David Beckham friendship but, says Richard Harden, the downturn is showing that media-friendliness is no barrier against business failure, and might even be making things worse
Posted: 08 May 2009 | 00:00
The financial contortions that permitted Tom Aikens to re-emerge in control of his business after it failed have infuriated his creditors, but the process - known as pre-pack administration - does have its plus points, as Daniel Thomas explains
Posted: 19 February 2009 | 00:00
Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens has admitted his business collapsing into administration and putting his suppliers almost £1m out of pocket was “a humiliation” for him.
Posted: 30 January 2009 | 17:12
There are only four UK restaurants singled out for attention as “rising stars” in the 2009 Michelin Guide to Great Britain & Ireland.
Posted: 19 January 2009 | 15:00
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Sainsbury's to ban battery eggs; Gourmet Restaurants and FishWorks
face administration; Holiday Inn revamp deadline extended; waiter dies after mass fight in restaurant
Posted: 19 January 2009 | 11:41
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Jamie Oliver and Joanna Lumley champion battery pigs; RBS seeks buyers for its 1,000 pubs; More gloom expected from Punch Taverns
Posted: 12 January 2009 | 11:24
Think you can remember the highs, the lows, the heroes and villains of 2008?
With the help of Caterer's insider blog Kitchenrat.com, Tom Vaughan puts your
knowledge of a busy 12 months to the test - including the tricky question of
whether anyone had to haul in a 13ft whale shark off the Dubai coast
Posted: 22 December 2008 | 13:30
To say 2008 was an eventful year for hospitality would be an understatement. Operators faced the meltdown of the economy, plummeting consumer spending and rising food prices, a high-profile row over tips broke out, while the "Aldi effect" was born.
Posted: 18 December 2008 | 07:00
Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens’s new book, Fish, illustrates his passion for the subject. Having spent time with fishermen around the globe, this book, with over 200 seasonal and simple ideas for cooking seafood, provides an insight into the state of the fishing industry and questions what the future holds for it.
Posted: 06 November 2008 | 16:57
Restaurants in Canary Wharf will be able to succeed despite the banking crisis, a local developer has insisted.
Posted: 04 November 2008 | 07:30
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