Flat Iron is opening the doors to their Kings Cross restaurant on Thursday 4th October and to celebrate they will be butchering and giving away all the cuts from an entire 30-day aged Dexter steer. Each week Charlie & the Flat Iron team taste all the beef that comes in and score it for tenderness, juiciness and flavour. To date the highest scoring animal was a memorable … [Read more...]
Papa John’s appoints new UK Managing Director
Leading pizza franchise, Papa John’s, has announced the appointment of its new UK managing director: Liz Williams. Williams, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the food industry, will now be responsible for UK operations including overseeing the success of the Company’s network of more than 400 franchised stores throughout the country. Liz Williams, managing … [Read more...]
Chinese restaurant group with four Michelin stars coming to London
Opening this November and located in London’s Waterloo Place in a Grade II listed building, Imperial Treasure Group is set to make its UK debut. The award-winning group owns restaurants in Singapore, Hong Kong and China with authentic fine dining Chinese cuisine and has received numerous accolades and awards. The Shanghai restaurant has two Michelin stars and both … [Read more...]
Whitbread to open four new Bar + Block sites
Whitbread’s contemporary high street steak brand, Bar + Block is set to open four new restaurants, bringing the portfolio up to nine. The first opening in Aldgate this October is the group’s second in London, with Leamington Spa opening in November and Wimbledon and Reading scheduled for early 2019. All four sites are located next to existing and new Premier Inn hotels … [Read more...]
Ellis and Liam Barrie to open Liverpool restaurant
Ellis and Liam Barrie, the owners of The Marram Grass restaurant on Anglesey, have announced plans to open a restaurant in Liverpool. The brothers, who transformed a former chicken shed on their parents' caravan park in Newborough, Anglesey into an award-winning restaurant in 2011, will return to the city they grew up in to launch the restaurant at Albert Dock next … [Read more...]