In Turkish culture, the term Baraka translates to an old wooden home where people socialise, live and eat. Baraka will be an all-day Anatolian restaurant and bar opening January 2020 located in the City, with open flame Mangal cooking and ancient recipes from across the Ottoman Empire. Located in Finsbury Avenue Square, adjacent to Liverpool St Station, Baraka is set in a … [Read more...]
SALT launch restaurant division with Neil Rankin and Handley Amos
SALT have announced today they are to launch restaurant division The PEPPER Collective headed by restaurateurs Neil Rankin and Handley Amos. The duo will join SALT – the leading partnership and experience agency specialising in food & drink – to head up their new restaurant division The PEPPER Collective. The PEPPER Collective has brought together a team of people with … [Read more...]
London to see fourth pizzeria from Zia Lucia opening next month
Independent pizzeria, Zia Lucia, has announced it will be opening its 4th permanent site in Aldgate East in February 2020. Following on from the launch of the first Zia Lucia in Islington in 2016 founders, Claudio Vescovo and Gianluca D'Angelo bring their latest authentic Italian neighbourhood pizzeria to the heart of East London. Since its inception, Zia Lucia has become … [Read more...]
Vegan focus 2020 for caterer serving 10 million visitors a year
Catering company Amadeus has pledged to put an increasing focus on vegan throughout its venues in 2020. As one of the UK’s leading venue caterers, serving 10 million visitors a year, the business has seen vegan options double over the past two years, increasing its vegan offering to cope with demand. Research suggests that there has been a fourfold rise in the number of … [Read more...]
2019 growth and bumper festive period sees Signature Group looking for new openings
Signature Group, Nic Wood’s Scottish bar and restaurant collection are celebrating a bumper December. The Edinburgh based company, that currently owns 21 properties across Scotland, reported a 7% increase in like-for-like business in December after a year of expansion and development. Director of Sales and Marketing at Signature, Louise MacLean said investment in staff and … [Read more...]