With the closing date for National Chef of the Year entries looming, the team at KNORR® has a piece of advice for would be competitors. Can’t live without… KNORR has been asking what top chefs, including current National Chef of the Year Hayden Groves and Young National Chef of the Year Ben Champkin, can’t live without in the kitchen. And it seems the magic ingredient … [Read more...]
Giggling Squid for Horsham, Maidstone and Sevenoaks
Giggling Squid, the fast growing restaurant chain which introduced the ‘Thai Tapas’ concept to Britain, is to open in Horsham, West Sussex on 17 April. The new restaurant located on Horsham’s “Eat Street” at the site previously operated by Giraffe, will by followed by additional venues in Maidstone and Sevenoaks in Kent this summer. The move represents a long-held ambition to … [Read more...]
T.G.I. Friday’s new burger range and children’s menu
T.G.I. Friday’s has launched its new handcrafted burger range featuring seven tender and juicy burger experiences. The new burgers – which are high on both taste and quality – have been developed by T.G.I. Friday’s award-winning burger expert Terry McDowell, who has just been recognised as the leading chain-restaurant development chef in the UK. As the original casual dining … [Read more...]
Enact rescues West Cornwall Pasty Company
More than 200 jobs have been saved after Enact, the £7.5m SME fund launched by private equity house Endless, agreed to buy 35 West Cornwall Pasty Company outlets and stores, together with the brand, following the appointment of administrators over the company. The investment in West Cornwall Pasty Company is the first completed by Enact and comes just three months after the … [Read more...]
Celebrity chefs to host Culinary Journeys on Belmond British Pullman
A new series of pop-up evenings aboard Belmond British Pullman will be hosted by an array of award-winning celebrity chefs, together with Executive Head Chef Robbie Gleeson. The line-up includes household names and will bring cuisine from all over the globe to the 1920s vintage carriages of London’s iconic train, sister train to the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. ‘Pub food’ … [Read more...]