International real estate advisor Savills has reported that 30 new restaurant multiple brands have opened sites in Manchester since it last hosted the BCSC conference in 2011. The city now has 140 restaurant units, with 22% of these occupied by new entrants including Hawksmoor, Burger & Lobster and Iberica. Increased demand for restaurant space has pushed top rents in … [Read more...]
New Executive Head Chef launches new menu at 1907 Restaurant, Brooklands Hotel
Surrey’s chic 1907 restaurant, bar & grill has announced the appointment of a new Executive Head Chef and the launch of a new early autumn menu at the Double AA Rosette awarded restaurant at Brooklands Hotel. 1907 is now headed up by experienced Executive Head Chef Dean Williams who will continue the restaurant’s ethos of seasonal cooking with high quality ingredients … [Read more...]
New QSR concept Yum Som from ETM’s Ed Martin
New breakfast and lunch-on-the-go concept, Yum Som, will launch in Leadenhall this October, specialising in Asian-influenced salads, built fast and fresh to order layering rice or noodles with healthy greens, vegetables and fruit, meat or tofu, and finished with Asian herbs, crispy toppings and tailor-made dressings. The menu will also feature grab-and-go options including: … [Read more...]
Chicken comes to Cambridge with Reys
Set to open on in October on the corner of Corn Exchange Street and Wheeler Street, Reys’ specialty is rotisserie chicken, all slowly-roasted, self-basted and sensationally succulent. The Reys team have flame-grilled in Northampton’s tiniest kitchen, fought fire in a garden pit in York and crossed from Cornwall to Carcassonne in search of the best breeds, the perfect recipe … [Read more...]
The humble cheeseburger wins UK’s vote for best burger
Brits may love their fish and chips, bangers and mash and roast dinners but there’s no denying that the burger has become one of the nation’s favourite foods, with new OpenTable research revealing that Britons are consuming an impressive 1,668 burgers over a lifetime. Perfect burger is...the classic cheeseburger With Friday 18th September marking National Cheeseburger … [Read more...]