New data released by food pre-ordering service TellTheChef shows that more people are identifying themselves as gluten and lactose intolerant when dining out, but guests identifying themselves as vegetarian seem to be on the wane. The data is drawn from all dishes ordered through TellTheChef - a start up that makes it simple for restaurants to process group bookings and … [Read more...]
Competing pubs team up to donate to The Tower of London Remembers Project
Five pubs from competing pub companies have teamed up to make a joint donation to The Tower of London Remembers Project. A total of £38,000 has been donated from the Hung, Drawn and Quartered (Fuller’s), The Oyster Shed (Youngs), the New Moon (Greene King), The Liberty Bounds (J.D. Wetherspoon) and All Bar One, Byward Street (Mitchells & Butlers). Having experienced … [Read more...]
Return of The Lickfold Inn
Chef Tom Sellers has re-opened The Lickfold Inn, a much-loved local pub near Petworth, in West Sussex. Tom is the chef/patron of Michelin-starred Restaurant Story in London, which opened in 2013. The Lickfold Inn has been a public house for more than a century, and the plot on which it sits is mentioned in historical literature dating from 1314. It was previously owned by … [Read more...]
Department of Health reports alcohol units down
As part of the Public Health Responsibility Deal (PHRD), the government has been working with the alcohol industry and partners to create 11 collective pledges and 10 individual pledges (see links below) to support a culture of responsible drinking. The Department of Health has now published its second interim report - Responsibility Deal: Monitoring the number of units of … [Read more...]
Wetherspoon acquires Head of Steam, Lime Street
The Head of Steam in Liverpool’s Lime Street railway station has been sold to JD Wetherspoon in an off market deal which concluded 18 December 2014. This unit was retained by Carolyn and Tony Brookes when he sold the other seven units in the Head of Steam Group to Camerons Brewery in December 2013. As part of the terms of the deal, the unit will now be renamed. Tim Martin … [Read more...]