Dan Keeling and Mark Andrew MW, the duo behind the Noble Rot wine bars and magazine, have announced that they have signed the lease for a second Shrine to the Vine shop site.

Cask Ale Week, the annual campaign to drive footfall into pubs and bars and highlight cask ale, began on Thursday.

Big Mamma, the French-owned restaurant group behind kitsch Italian-inspired restaurants such as Ave Mario and Circolo Popolare, has sold a majority stake to private equity McWin.

Chef Michael Wignall, who has won Michelin stars in every kitchen he has headed since receiving his first star in 1993, has turned his hand to gin, employing his culinary expertise to blend the flavours of Japanese yuzu, kaffir lime and Yorkshire elderflower into a new spirit.

Douglas Blyde hears how Matilda Ruffle authors a compelling wine and sake selection alongside the “boundary-pushing” cuisine of her chef husband, Tom Tsappis, at Killiecrankie House in Perthshire.

Half of millennials in the UK include drinking and dining out within their essential spend, with 46% of people of all ages would happy to spend up to £60 on a meal, a new report has revealed.

Mayfair hotel The Connaught will host a £4,950 dinner next month to celebrate legendary Pomerol wine Pétrus.

One person has died and eight are in hospital following an outbreak of food poisoning allegedly caused by sardines in a popular Bordeaux bar.

Eight of London’s best chefs will be coming together for a one-off gala dinner in support of industry charity Hospitality Action this November.

A pub landlord is locked in a planning permission dispute with Coventry City Council because his beer garden fence is 20 centimetres too tall.

Stonegate Group, the UK’s largest pub operator, has announced it will charge 20p more for drinks in peak business hours to cover rising costs, in a move described to WLC as “potentially fatal” to the trade.

Fans of the Green Bay Packers were served a dose of karma when they had to pick up a huge bar tab following former player Aaron Rodgers’ departure to the New York Jets.