Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites

In restaurant news this week: Dining out in the UK is predicted to fall by over a third in September, London wine bar Top Cuvée gets ready to open a shop, and a MasterChef: The Professionals finalist prepares to open a West African restaurant in October. 

America

New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Hard seltzer sales in the US on-trade hit $1.2 billion

Having blazed a trail at American supermarkets, hard seltzers are also enjoying dramatic growth in the US on-trade, where sales hit US$1.2 billion last year.