The Landmark Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong will open a new pop-up bar this autumn, BAR HIGH FIVE HK. Following the success of its first pop-up bar, PDT (Please Don’t Tell) earlier this year, the hotel and its partners, Attire House and Peroni, will host a temporary recreation of legendry Tokyo bar, BAR HIGH FIVE, which achieved third place in Asia’s 50 Best Bars 2016. With … [Read more...]
The Rise of Real Cider
More ciders and perries than ever before are available to drinkers visiting CAMRA’s Great British Beer Festival. The festival is again dedicating two bars to cider and perry as the demand for both traditional drinks continues to grow within the beer festival community. This year one of the cider bars, B1, is named after the current National Cider Pub of The Year, the … [Read more...]
Ground-breaking US pizza brand Mod Pizza coming to Brighton
MOD Pizza is bringing their superfast, made-to-order pizza and salad offering to Britain’s favourite seaside city. Landing today in the Brighton Marina, MOD’s second location promises something utterly unique for the Brighton food market. To celebrate its grand opening, MOD will host a weekend of activities including pizza and beer giveaways and raffles, dance performances by … [Read more...]
The Elephant announces new guest chef dates
The Elephant in Torquay is continuing its Guest Chef series with two top chefs this autumn. Recent guest chef events have been sellouts and there are only a couple of tables available for Adam Bennett’s dinner on Wednesday 17 August. Adam will be serving a delicious five course menu: Smoked eel, roast cauliflower, capers, sultanas and sorrel Chicken liver … [Read more...]
Macdonald Hotel Group Board appointment
Macdonald Hotels and Resorts, one of the UK’s largest independent hotel groups, have added Simon Jackson, Group Sales Director and Chief Executive of Macdonald Resorts to its Group Board which operates 55 hotels and resorts across the UK, Ireland, Spain and Portugal. Mr Jackson joined the Group in 2003 as Marketing Director of Macdonald Resorts, having previously worked … [Read more...]