Heston Blumenthal has decided to close his two Michelin star London restaurant, Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. The restaurant will be closed from Sunday 2 February 2014 for one week after an outbreak of norovirus. The Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park website home page simply published this notice – ‘Dinner by Heston Blumenthal will be closed from Sunday 2 February 2014 for one … [Read more...]
Spectacular Line Up at NRB 2014
Northern Restaurant & Bar 2014, the largest hospitality trade show outside London, returns to Manchester Central on 18 - 19 March with its most exciting line-up yet. Highlights amongst the 50 tastings, talks and demos include superstar chefs Michael Caines and James Martin cooking live, the launch of the NRB Debate, and a cocktail competition with a top prize of a trip to … [Read more...]
Elior UK introduces new leadership as growth accelerates
Elior UK has won £80m of new business and £60m of contract extensions since October last year, a period of rapid growth which is now seeing the introduction of new leadership with Tim Hammond handing over the Chief Executive’s baton to another member of the successful Leadership Team, Catherine Roe. There will be an extended handover from Tim to Catherine over the next few … [Read more...]
Business Innovation Award for Whiting & Hammond
Whiting & Hammond, the West Kent based pub company, has won the Business Innovation of the Year Award of the Budweiser Budvar Top 50 Gastro Pubs 2014. Based in Chiddingstone Causeway, Whiting & Hammond operates seven, soon to be eight, pubs in the South East of England. The award, organised by leading pub industry magazine The Publican’s Morning Advertiser, recognised … [Read more...]
Benjamin to drive forward £1bn hotels operation for Topland
Topland Group has appointed Lionel Benjamin as Director of Hotels to lead its strategy to build a £1bn hotel business. Benjamin joins from Ability Group where for three-and-a-half-years he headed its hotel and leisure division. Prior to that he was Senior Director of Asset Integration at Hilton Worldwide where he was involved in the sale of 13 Hilton hotels including a … [Read more...]