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The casual dining market has taken the high street by storm. So it's no wonder that some of the most rewarding hospitality careers are available in this fast-paced, exciting sector. Rosalind Mullen gets the lowdown from four restaurant managers
(29 October 2010 18:25:00)
The number of hotel and leisure insolvencies increased slightly last month, although the long-term trend remains positive. According to the latest Insolvency Index from Experian, 113 hotel and leisure businesses went under in September, compared with 105 in August.
(29 October 2010 18:02:00)
Planning permission for a 452-bedroom hotel with a green "living roof" on the Greenwich Peninsula has been granted by officials in the London borough. The luxury hotel, which will have a ballroom, special events space, restaurant, meeting rooms and health spa, is being developed by 02 arena owner AEG.
(29 October 2010 18:00:00)
Holiday Inn owner InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard for all its UK owned and managed hotels. To achieve the standard, IHG had to demonstrate a carbon reduction as well as a commitment to future carbon reduction.
(29 October 2010 17:58:00)
The Government Spending Review has severely damaged environmental initiatives, says Rebecca Hawkins, director of consultancy firm CESHI
(29 October 2010 16:29:00)
All eyes are on the Marquis, a restaurant with rooms in Alkham near Dover, Kent, after it was awarded a rising star by Michelin at the start of this year. Manager Ben Walton gives Neil Gerrard the lowdown on the business
(29 October 2010 16:27:00)
VisitBritain and Nando's both feature in a new list of the top 20 UK brands on Twitter. The list, compiled by Sutro Digital, ranks each brand by the number of followers it has on the popular social networking site...
(29 October 2010 14:38:00)
Prezzo has acquired the first new restaurant for its Caffe Uno brand, which it acquired from Paramount Restaurants in August. The firm has snapped up a 25-year lease on a 3,100sq ft site in a former Chicago Rock Café...
(29 October 2010 14:38:00)
Restaurant and pub operators have increased prices and trimmed portion sizes in the past year to protect profits. New research from Horizons covering menu trends at 115 hotel, restaurant and pub brands, shows the cost of an average dish across all outlets has risen 4.8% since January to £6.61.
(29 October 2010 14:17:00)
The Government has appointed Conservative MP Bob Neill as community pubs minister. The move follows pressure from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) to create a similar position in Government to that created for John Healey in the last Labour Government.
(29 October 2010 12:59:00)
The TUC will tell the Low Pay Commission (LPC) to recommend raising the adult national minimum wage next year by 21p to £6.14 an hour when the two organisations meet on 1 November. The TUC will put the case to the LPC, which advises the Government on the minimum wage.
(29 October 2010 12:43:00)
Having delivered a comprehensive plan for hospitality’s economic prosperity to the Government after three months as British Hospitality Association chief executive, Ufi Ibrahim is already setting the agenda. She tells James Stagg how the industry can shape its own future
(29 October 2010 11:05:00)
The British food and restaurant scene has never been in better health. More Michelin stars were handed out to UK restaurants in 2010 than at any other time in the 35-year history of the gastronomic award...
(29 October 2010 11:05:00)
Our seasonal recipe for pumpkin curry comes courtesy of Wagamama while Ronan Sayburn, director of wine and spirits at Hotel du Vin, recommends the best wines to accompany the dish.
(29 October 2010 10:57:00)
'Setting the Table' by Danny Meyer is the most significant book on restaurants I have read. It inspires and also articulates beliefs and values that I found difficult to communicate.
(29 October 2010 10:57:00)
For 60 years, The Good Food Guide has been directing consumers to the best establishments for great food, up and down the country. The eating out environment has changed hugely from the culinary desert that existed in 1951 to the exceptional quality cooking we have today.
(29 October 2010 10:57:00)
The shortlist of nominations for the third annual Caterersearch.com Web Awards has been unveiled. The awards, launched in 2008, recognise and reward the organisations and individuals involved in designing, managing, marketing or promoting them.
(29 October 2010 10:51:00)
Online booking site TripAdvisor has added a third date to its hospitality roadshow series as it attempts to win over industry operators. The third free date, and first in Scotland, is at the Apex International hotel in Edinburgh on 25 November, and will offer operators online marketing strategies and tips.
(29 October 2010 10:50:00)
Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK) owner Clapham House has announced the departure of two directors, following the takeover of the company by Nando's owner Capricorn Ventures. Non-executive directors Tim Woodcock and Nick Donaldson, a former investment banker, have tendered their resignations.
(29 October 2010 10:37:00)
How do you build a management team that works well together? Suppose you bring together a group of talented and proven heads of department, stand back and expect great things - and then find it doesn't all go to plan.
(29 October 2010 10:29:00)
Around the UK, mid-market independent operators have had to be creative to maintain trending levels during the downturn. Daniel Thomas discovers what measures they have taken to keep business brisk
(28 October 2010 16:13:00)
Matthew Buckingham has been appointed general manager of the Anthologist. He joins the City of London venue from the Restaurant Bar and Grill in Leeds, a restaurant-bar with a turnover of £5m.
(28 October 2010 15:53:00)
Rachel Tebble has been appointed director of spa at Waldorf Astoria Hotels' Syon Park property in west London, where she will be responsible for a team of 16 at the Kallima luxury spa facility.
(28 October 2010 15:53:00)
Hayley Cummings has joined the Giraffe restaurant group as its recruitment manager, assuming responsibility for overseeing staff at the global group's 37 venues around Britain.
(28 October 2010 15:53:00)
The UK's traditional game - birds, hare and deer - is limited by the hunting seasons. However, Stephen Carter, head chef at Boodle's, still manages to serve 2,000 roasted grouse in three months. Joanna Wood reports
(28 October 2010 15:35:00)
Created by Rachel Seed, 37, the Hotel Exchange aims to provide busy operators of independent hotels, bed and breakfasts, and pubs with rooms with the opportunity to take a well-earned break - for free. It works in the same way as house-swap programmes, but is available only to those who own a hospitality business.
(28 October 2010 15:14:00)
The UK's traditional game - birds, hare and deer - is limited by the hunting seasons. However, Stephen Carter, head chef at Boodle's, still manages to serve 2,000 roasted grouse in three months. Joanna Wood reports
(28 October 2010 14:54:00)
When budgets are tight and food costs are on the rise, why not boost profits by revisiting some dependable classics? Michael Raffael suggests some margin-building dishes to try
(28 October 2010 14:20:00)
Restaurant group Tragus, the firm behind the Café Rouge and Strada brands, expects to open around 20 new restaurants in 2011. The announcement came as the company unveiled a 2.6% rise in underlying earnings before tax...
(28 October 2010 10:35:00)
From today, hospitality's only pan-industry title brings you more inspiration, solutions and opinions than ever before.Time has never been more precious...
(28 October 2010 10:30:00)
The UK's traditional game - birds, hare and deer - is limited by the hunting seasons. However, Stephen Carter, head chef at Boodle's, still manages to serve 2,000 roasted grouse in three months. Joanna Wood reports
(28 October 2010 10:29:00)
Contract staff at South London and Maudsley NHS Trust are being asked to consider industrial action in a dispute over disparities in their terms and conditions. Supervisors, who are employed by contractor Aramark, are on less favourable terms and conditions than the cleaners, catering staff and domestic staff
(27 October 2010 16:25:00)
Harrison Catering has announced an operational restructure with the promotion of three members of the management team. Nicola Turk has been appointed to general manager group schools and will assume management responsibility for the caterer's local authority contract
(27 October 2010 16:25:00)
A recovery is evident within hospitality according to exclusive new Caterer research, conducted in association with Kenco. But with Government cuts looming operators are cautious about the future, reports Chris Druce
(27 October 2010 15:53:00)
Hotel and restaurant operator the Maypole Group has today gone into administration. The news follows a turbulent two years for the business in which it suffered cash-flow problems and saw its chief executive step down.
(27 October 2010 15:48:00)
A recovery is evident within hospitality according to exclusive new Caterer research, conducted in association with Kenco. But with Government cuts looming operators are cautious about the future, reports Chris Druce
(27 October 2010 15:30:00)
Last week Chancellor George Osborne set out his plans to reduce Government spending by £81b by 2014/15. Government departments suffered cuts averaging 19% over the next four years...
(27 October 2010 15:10:00)
Confusion surrounds the future of Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH) following last week's departure of its chief executive officer, Chris Hutcheson. Ramsay's father-in-law, who has masterminded...
(27 October 2010 14:43:00)
Aggi Sverrisson chef-director of Texture in London, creates two dishes for Caterersearch: Beetroot salad with goat cheese snow and a traditional Scandinavian dish Gravlax. Xavier Rousset, Sverrison's partner at Texture and the restaurant's sommelier matches the dishes with wine.
(27 October 2010 12:43:00)
Hertfordshire Catering has worked with a county secondary school to revamp its sixth form café. Rob Rees, chair of the School Food Trust officially opened the facility, now known as Café JWS, at the John Warner School in Hoddesdon.
(27 October 2010 11:06:00)
Michelin has released its 2011 guide to San Francisco, the Bay Area and Wine Country and has awarded the Restaurant at Meadowood in Napa Valley its top accolade of three stars. Located in St Helena, the Restaurant at Meadowood serves a modern fine-dining menu overseen by chef Christopher Kostow.
(27 October 2010 10:40:00)
London brewery Meantime has launched a new golden lager called London Lager. The company said that its brewer, Alastair Hook, has spent 20 years developing the beer...
(27 October 2010 10:38:00)
The first working hotel to be run and staffed by students - the Edge Hotel School - is to open in Essex, in spring 2012. Being developed within a grade II listed building, Wivenhoe House, at a cost of £10m, the school will provide practical and vocational learning for students whilst also functioning as a commercially sustainable four star hotel.
(26 October 2010 17:47:00)
A new Manchester hotel whose construction ground to a halt when an 80 tonne mobile crane collapsed on the site is finally set to open. The four-star Holiday Inn Express on Oxford Road is the first of the brand's new-look hotels in the north of England.
(26 October 2010 17:47:00)
Andrea Briccarello and Daniel Fancett, head sommelier and pastry chef at London restaurant Galvin La Chapelle, have won this year's Wines of Roussillon Dessert Trophy.
(26 October 2010 17:36:00)
Amy Dignon, restaurant manager at the Cameron House hotel in Loch Lomond has won the Savoy Gastronomes’ Olive Barnett Award 2010. Dignon won the award at a ceremony in the newly-refurbished Savoy hotel in London, beating seven other finalists.
(26 October 2010 15:32:00)
The UK has been the most active market for hotel transaction in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), so far this year, according to hotel investment services firm Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels.
(26 October 2010 12:57:00)
Chelsea Football Club has become home to Compass Group's second installment of its Levy Restaurants brand in the UK. The first UK example of Levy's was launched at the O2 in June 2007 and a further six sites are currently under consideration.
(26 October 2010 12:57:00)
Hoteliers across the UK experienced a strong September with room rate, occupancy and rooms yield all increasing, according to PKF Hotel Consultancy Services. The...
(26 October 2010 11:23:00)
Chefs from independent caterer Talkington Bates have clinched two prestigious industry awards, including the coveted Association of Catering Excellence (ACE) Ready Steady Cook! title. Team Talkington Bates saw off competition from 15 other caterers to win.
(26 October 2010 10:31:00)
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