10 London restaurants to look forward to in 2021
While London restaurants remain shuttered, we’ve rounded up 10 new openings we’re looking forward to this year, from seafood sanctum Manzi’s to the Batman-themed Park Row.
Local council looks into Jeremy Clarkson’s farm restaurant
The broadcaster may have beef with an authority he cannot beat in an investigation over planning permission for his all-meat restaurant.
Mexican beauty queen accused of €1.6m wine theft appears in court
The 29-year-old Mexican beauty queen and 47-year-old Romanian-Dutch male arrested over the theft of 45 exceptionally rare bottles, including one from 1806 valued at €310,000, appeared in court last week.
Number of bars and restaurants in ‘critical financial distress’ rises by 70%
The latest Red Flag report from financial advisory Begbies Traynor Group has found that hospitality is the sector with the greatest year-on-year percentage increase in the number of businesses in “critical financial distress”.
64% of the UK’s top 100 restaurant companies are now making a loss
Research from national accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young has shown that the UK’s hospitality industry has reached a bleak new milestone as a record 64% of the top 100 restaurant companies are now making a loss.
Chef Alastair Little dies
Alastair Little, the self-taught chef who opened his eponymous Soho establishment in 1985 and is credited with setting a new standard for London restaurants, has died at the age of 72.
UK heatwave dented on-trade drinks sales
Though we might consider a chilled glass of something to be the ultimate remedy for beating the heat, on-trade drinks sales fluctuated during July’s hottest fortnight as many consumers avoided going out to pubs and restaurants.
Beer-drinking pony-mayor barred from local pub
Patrick the stout-drinking pony-mayor of Cockington, Devon, has had a mare and been left long-faced after Torbay Council said ‘nay’ to the unauthorised pub garden pen he used to frequent.
Oisín Rogers leaves The Guinea Grill
Leaving the Mayfair institution after six years, the publican told WLC about what makes a great pub, the challenges the hospitality sector faces, and what’s next for him.
Unfiltered: Jan Konetzki
The Director of Wine of Four Seasons at Ten Trinity Square talks to Douglas Blyde about being his own mentor, finding meaning in “The Soul of Money” and the fact hospitality means “never being finished”…
The Laughing Heart closes
The Hackney restaurant, bar and wine shop has been forced to shut its doors due to adverse trading conditions, with its final service having taken place on 31 July.
