Beefeater Grill is one of the UK’s best-loved and well-known restaurant brands, has been welcoming guests for almost 40 years, and now has over 140 Beefeater Grill restaurants up and down the country. On the menu, you can choose from a large selection of freshly char-grilled food, freshly prepared using the finest cuts of prime beef, succulent salmon, as well as burgers. It … [Read more...]
Patisserie Valerie to float on AIM: 250 potential sites
Patisserie Holdings Limited, which operates Patisserie Valerie and other UK branded café and casual dining outlets, has announced that it intends to proceed with an initial public offering and to apply for the admission to trading on AIM of the issued and to be issued ordinary shares in the capital of a newly established holding company of the Group. Research has identified … [Read more...]
Takeaways exposed by Which? report – FSA announces testing
Exclusive DNA testing by Which? has revealed shockingly high levels of adulteration in lamb takeaways: of 60 lamb takeaways in Birmingham and London, no fewer than 24 contained meat other than lamb and seven contained no lamb at all. Which? executive director Richard Lloyd commented: “More than a year on from the horsemeat scandal, our research has uncovered shocking evidence … [Read more...]
GUSTO management buyout and expansion
Palatine Private Equity has backed the management buyout of GUSTO Restaurant and Bar from UK restaurant group Living Ventures, and the Knutsford based restaurant brand, which was founded in 2007 following a rebrand from Est Est Est, is now looking to open more restaurants across the UK over the next three to four years. The Living Ventures Group was founded in 1999 by CEO Tim … [Read more...]
Rhug Estate celebrates partnership with The Magazine Restaurant
Last week saw the official launch of the partnership between Rhug Estate and The Magazine Restaurant at the spectacular Serpentine Sackler Gallery in Kensington Gardens. Rhug Organic Farm in Corwen, North Wales, already supplies some of the top restaurants in the world – including many Michelin-starred restaurants in the UK - and now supplies The Magazine Restaurant with its … [Read more...]