Already £70K in and Usher’s £200K, month-long, Kickstarter campaign is only just under way, with followers snapping up an amazing array of pledges, from the ultimate wedding breakfast for £8000 to Christmas dinner for 20, for just 500 quid! Chef and restauranteur, Gary Usher, launched a £200k crowdfunding campaign, in a bid to open a fourth restaurant, Wreckfish on 2nd May. … [Read more...]
London student wins training with top Peruvian chefs in Lima
A London-based student has taken first place in the Young Chef of the Year Peru competition to create a Peruvian inspired menu. 20 year-old Farah Smith, a student at Westminster Kingsway College, won the nationwide competition which aims to provide young chefs with a deeper understanding of Peruvian ingredients and recipes. Farah will fly out to Lima, Peru for a week to … [Read more...]
Hollywood Bowl invests £325,000 in the refurbishment of Cribbs Causeway centre
The UK’s largest tenpin bowling operator, The Hollywood Bowl Company, has invested £325,000 in the refurbishment of its Hollywood Bowl centre in The Venue at Cribbs Causeway. Completed prior to the Easter holiday, a key operating window for the company; the centre remained open for the duration of the project, and celebrated its new look with a VIP event on Thursday 4th … [Read more...]
Three Cheers Pub Co. announce eighth site
Tom Peake, Mark Reynolds and Nick Fox of Three Cheers Pub Co. are pleased to announce they have acquired the lease of The Bedford in Balham from hospitality entrepreneurs Karl Harrison and Scott Illman. This is the eighth site acquisition by the award-winning south London pub group whose portfolio also includes The Abbeville, The Avalon and The Stonhouse in Clapham, The … [Read more...]
Grazing strengthens senior management team with McEwen appointment
Grazing Catering, the flexible workplace and venue food company,has today announced the appointment of Ben McEwen as Head of Business Development. As part of a newly created role, McEwen will be responsible for developing the company's sales and marketing activity, as well as leading on relationship management and offer development. He joins from OfficeServe where he was … [Read more...]