Oline food ordering platform, hungryhouse has revealed the ten best takeaway restaurants in Britain, with an unassuming Lebanese restaurant in London’s Maida Vale, The Cedar (pictured below), taking the top spot. The results use an algorithm developed to analyse data from over 9,000 restaurant partners and millions of customer reviews to rank Britain’s best takeaways. The tool … [Read more...]
Easter madness at the Ape & Bird
Last month, The Ape & Bird Public House, the 5000 square feet, three-storey pub, restaurant and bar on Cambridge Circus, announced its new Head Chef Alex Windebank. Windebank, previously of The Sportsman near Whitstable and most recently head chef at The Plough Inn, Stalisfield Green, Kent joined as head chef of the 120-cover pub and restaurant in March. Since then, he … [Read more...]
The Footprint “People’s Choice” Award: every vote counts
Nominations are now open for the coveted “people’s choice” sustainability award, an accolade left in the hands of the public to determine the ultimate winner of the 2014 Footprint Community Vote. Each year the hospitality and catering industry disposes of 3 million tonnes of packaging waste, emits 12.5 million tonnes of CO2 and consumes 34 million litres of water, and the … [Read more...]
The new Marcus at the Berkeley
The past few months have seen Marcus Wareing and a skilled team of craftsmen busy transforming his home of the last ten years at the Berkeley Hotel into a stunning new, contemporary space that is now open. The new Marcus Stripping away the formalities and barriers that are commonly associated with top-end dining, the new Marcus offers guests an all-new, accessible, … [Read more...]
Foodservice growth in small chains as entrepreneurs seize their moment
As the UK’s foodservice market looks forward to growth in 2014, entrepreneurial operators are seizing the opportunity to rollout new eating out concepts at a faster rate than the sector has seen for several years. Ones To Watch report: growing number included Horizons’ latest Ones To Watch report, which tracks the rate of expansion of emerging eating out brands, lists 35 … [Read more...]