This year’s honours for distinguished members of the UK hospitality sector include: Christopher John Corbin. Restaurateur. For services to the Hospitality Industry and voluntary services through Leuka. (London) Jeremy King. Restaurateur. For services to the Hospitality Industry and voluntary service to the Arts. (London) John David Longden. Founder, Pub is The Hub. … [Read more...]
New York’s Brad McDonald takes over at The Lockhart
Born in Mississippi, became a chef and cooked in Brooklyn, now Brad McDonald takes the helm at The Lockhart in Marylebone, London. American chef Brad will re-launch The Lockhart on Seymour Place in January 2014 with a new menu of regional ‘Deep South’ dishes that are fundamentally contemporary, innovative and well crafted. The origin of the dishes is from the Southern States … [Read more...]
Bocuse d’Or unveils its competitors for 2014
Bocuse d’Or has announced the 20 delegations – including the UK – that will go to Stockholm to compete during the GastroNord trade show on 7 and 8 May 2014: Austria Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Hungary Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Russia Spain Switzerland Turkey UK … [Read more...]
Green light to start construction on Bradford’s Broadway Shopping Centre
Westfield will unconditionally start construction works on the £260m Bradford Broadway development and has completed the sale of its interest to pan European retail real estate investment manager Meyer Bergman. Final site enabling works are being completed in December in preparation for major construction works starting in January 2014. The new centre in the heart of the city … [Read more...]
ALMR 2013 Operations Managers Awards winners
Will Fotheringham of JD Wetherspoon and Barrie Robinson of Greene King Pub Partners have been named Area Manager and Business Development Manager of the Year respectively in The ALMR’s Operations Managers Awards, 2013. A third award, 'Rising Star', was made to Helen McKenna of Enterprise Inns in recognition of the excellent potential she has displayed throughout the … [Read more...]