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Amuse-Bouches: This week’s best restaurant and bar news
We round up the latest bar and restaurant news, including a hot Sri Lankan collab, an 18th-century-inspired den of debauchery, and a new offering by one of Scotland’s finest chefs…
Hospitality hails ‘freedom day’ as Boris Johnson confirms lockdown lifting
Pubs, bars, nightlife venues and industry leaders are hailing the confirmation that “freedom day” will go ahead as planned on 19 July, a move it’s anticipated will enable 2,000 pubs to reopen.
Amuse-Bouches: This week’s hottest restaurant and bar news bites
In exciting restaurant news: a Hollywood powerhouse pop-up, a 1950s Cuban cocktail haven and the first fine dining restaurant inside a Scottish distillery…
12-year-old foodie publishes culinary tome for charity
Alfred Moisan, a 12-year-old aspiring chef, has published a book of interviews with 70 of his culinary heroes to raise money for a charity tackling food waste.
Table Talk: Jun Tanaka
The New York-born Japanese-British chef on memories of his grandmother cooking spider crab in Okayama, making the worst omelette Albert Roux had ever tasted, and why Anthony Bourdain is his culinary hero.
Bar flooded with bad reviews after US$16,000 tip sparks furious debate
A bar and grill in the United States has suffered a flurry of negative reviews after it was thrust into the spotlight when a generous customer left his server a $16,000 tip. However, the kind gesture has lead to a furious debate as to what is happening to the tip money now.
Chaine de Rotisseurs announces Young Chef and Young Sommelier winners
Chaine de Rotisseurs has announced its Young Chef and Young Sommelier winners and Great Britain’s outstanding young winners have ‘bright futures’ ahead, say judges.
UK Government study shows events are safe – so let them take place
The UK Government’s research on the Covid transmission risk of large events was finally released last week, and it showed that they are safe – so let them take place, cries a hamstrung festival and nightclub sector.
Brit moves entire Yorkshire pub to Germany piece-by-piece
A homesick ex-pat has painstakingly shipped every part of a Yorkshire pub to his hometown in Germany.
Table Talk: Peter Sanchez-Iglesias
With his brother Jonray, Peter Sanchez-Iglesias turned his family’s Bristol trattoria into one of the UK’s most revered Spanish restaurants, winning a Michelin star in 2009, which it has held ever since. In October 2019 he opened his first London venture, Decimo, on the 10th floor of The Standard hotel. His Paco Tapas venue in Bristol also boasts a star.