Unfiltered: Damien Trinckquel
The head sommelier of Number One at The Balmoral, Edinburgh on Latin dancing, drinking drams in “an old man pub”, and a hankering to plant vines in Mexico…
What could plans to end Covid restrictions a month early mean for hospitality businesses?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday announced that plans to abolish all Covid regulations, including the requirement to isolate after testing positive, would be pushed forward by a month. But how will this affect the UK’s hospitality industry? db investigates.
Diageo spends £73 million on London-based Guinness brewery and venue
Diageo has invested £73 million into building a Guinness microbrewery and culture hub in London’s Covent Garden.
The strange law people break every time they go to the pub
Great Britain has many proud traditions, and a visit to the pub for a pint with pals is surely among them. However, did you know that there’s a bizarre law you may well be breaking every time you go?
January drinks sales down from pre-pandemic levels
Hospitality continues to suffer the effects of the pandemic with drinks sales in British pubs, bars and restaurants down 11% in the week to 22 January 2022 compared with the same period in 2019, the CGA Drinks Recovery Tracker has found.
Man reveals how bartender warned him of woman’s actions midway through date
A man has revealed how a bartender warned him about what his date had done during their evening together.
Could botched Asia expansion be to blame for The Wolseley’s woes?
Restaurateur Jeremy King says “scattergun” approach to expanding The Wolseley brand in Asia was “completely inappropriate”.
Unfiltered: Sonal Clare
“Stagnation is anathema” for the samosa loving, colour blind head sommelier at Birmingham’s disruptive 18 seat restaurant, The Wilderness.
Unfiltered: Daniel Stojcic
Located in a former drovers’ inn, Raby Hunt is the first restaurant which the ambitious oenophile has worked at as head sommelier.
Aldi’s Cuthbert The Caterpillar lives to crawl another day
Aldi has been allowed to keep selling its caterpillar cake with a new look, following a legal dispute with M&S over copyright infringement.
