Celebrity chef and restaurateur Rick Stein has come under fire after it emerged that those asking for sauce at Stein’s Fish & Chips in Padstow, Cornwall would be charged an extra £2.

Chef Marcus Wareing and The Berkeley hotel in Knightsbridge have “mutually agreed” to end their 20 year partnership and close Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus this December.

Restaurateur Jeremy King has announced the resurrection of famed West End dining institution Le Caprice, and that former maître d’ Jesus Adorno will be returning as manager.

Summer may be on its way out, but there’s plenty of new openings to keep the September blues away, including a new Forza Wine at the National Theatre and a Calcutta-inspired restaurant from a 23-year-old prodigy.

Punch Room at The London Edition has announced that it will be hosting Barcelona bar Paradiso, which currently sits at number one on the World’s 50 Best Bars list, for two nights.

Lympstone Manor, chef Michael Caines’ Michelin-starred Devon restaurant, hotel and wine estate, has announced the release of its 2020 Classic Cuvée.

Aquavit, the Scandinavian-themed restaurant in St. James’s that once held a coveted Michelin Star, has unexpectedly shut.

In spite of difficult trading conditions, optimism among leaders in the UK’s hospitality sector continues to rise, according to the new Business Confidence Survey from CGA by NIQ and Fourth.

Former Leinster Rugby players Sean O’Brien, Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney and Dave Kearney will be tackling the bar business with the opening of Little Lemon in central Dublin.

Wine bar group Vinoteca has been purchased out of administration by private equity firm Breal Capital, saving 150 jobs.

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) has estimated that around 57 million pints were poured at UK pubs over the long weekend, but suggested that staff shortages prevented even better sales figures.

Head chef Stephane Delourme has announced that he is leaving Rick Stein Group after 25 years to undertake a new “gastronomic adventure”.