William Thomson, 30, head concierge at the iconic Macdonald Randolph Hotel has been crowned as the UK’s Young Concierge of the Year by the elite global association Les Clefs d’Or. The Society of the Golden Keys (Les Clefs d’Or ) is the world’s premier association of concierges and only the very best are admitted. Identified by the Concierge Clefs d’Or keys they display on … [Read more...]
CAMRA calls for a beer duty freeze ahead of the Autumn Statement
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is calling on the Government to protect the beer and pub sector by maintaining a freeze in beer duty in the upcoming Autumn Statement and consider an additional cut in next year’s Budget. CAMRA is concerned the effects of the beer duty escalator from 2008-2013, which led to thousands of pub closures and job losses, continue to be felt across … [Read more...]
A permanent pop up in the Sanbanks Hotel
Customers of the popular Ocean Palace Restaurant were delighted at the prospect of enjoying their favourite Chinese meals once again when the Sandbanks Hotel in Poole took the original kitchen and front of house team from Ocean Palace under its waters’ edge wing! Initially set out as a fashionably desirable ‘pop-up’ restaurant in the beach-side Compass Room in the Sandbanks … [Read more...]
Best Hotels in the UK announced by trivago
trivago, a leading global hotel metasearch, releases the official results of its annual trivago Awards, using over 175 million aggregated hotel reviews and semantic analysis to determine the best-rated hotels in the UK. This year the top ten hotels have been awarded across eight different categories: 3-star, 4-star, 5-star, B&Bs, Value for Money, Breakfast, Guest Service … [Read more...]
M Restaurant’s Mike Reid to make Sunday Brunch debut on Channel 4
Mike Reid, executive chef of award-winning, groundbreaking gastronomic emporiums, M, is to appear as guest chef on Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch on 13th November. During the show Mike will be cooking Wagyu sirloin with parsnip purée & burnt onions and talking to co-host Simon Rimmer about an extraordinary career that has seen him work at some of the world’s most iconic fine … [Read more...]