Lincoln’s bar and Kitchen, London’s latest park restaurant, set to open summer 2013 Benugo, the award winning British landmark restaurant and catering group, has announced plans for Lincoln’s Inn Fields, a new park restaurant and café, set to open in July 2013 in conjunction with Camden’s historic Sir John Soane’s Museum. The unique partnership will see the launch of an 88 … [Read more...]
LDC backs £50 Million MBO of Restaurant Group D&D London
LDC, the leading UK mid-market private equity house, has backed the £50 million management buyout of premium restaurant group D&D London, which owns over 30 restaurants in London, Leeds, Paris, New York, Istanbul and Tokyo. The deal will enable the company to fund further domestic and international expansion as well as invest in and enhance its diverse portfolio of outlets, … [Read more...]
Drake & Morgan buyout proceeds with Bowmark
The Financial Times reports that Private equity group Bowmark Capital – already behind the Las Iguanas chain - has backed a £30 million bid by Jillian MacLean, the founder of Drake & Morgan, to buy out original backers Imbida Partnership – as well as providing capital for expansion plans. Drake & Morgan already has restaurants in the City of London that include The … [Read more...]
Adam Gray joins Skylon as Executive Head Chef
Skylon restaurant has appointed Adam Gray as Executive Head Chef, replacing Helena Puolakka. Adam joins after a period developing the restaurant at The Red Lion, an award-winning pub which he co-owned, and previously to this spent many years working alongside Gary Rhodes where he maintained a Michelin star for over a decade. He comments: “My aim at Skylon is to produce … [Read more...]
Win Pop up Summer Seating for your hospitality venue
With summer approaching it’s time to start thinking about using outdoor areas and getting out the summer furniture, storage is always costly and dusting everything down again time consuming, not so for sofas from Sofair™. Especially not when you have a chance to win one of three Sofair™ sofas up for grabs exclusively through H&C News. All you have to do is in no more … [Read more...]