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. 

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New scores for 2020 to be published in May

Wine worth over £112,000 stolen from Michelin-starred restaurant

Between 50 and 60 bottles of wine worth around one million Danish kroner (£112,000) have been stolen after thieves smashed through a wall in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Copenhagen. 

Hotel offers £2k reward for return of stolen wines

The UK’s smallest five star hotel, Hillbark Hotel in Merseyside, is offering a £2,000 reward for the safe return of a stash of wine stolen last weekend, including three bottles of 1942 Perrier-Jouët.

Thieves steal wine worth £65k from luxury New Forest hotel

Thieves broke into the Lime Wood Hotel, owned by billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, earlier this week, stealing around 80 bottles of wine worth approximately £65,000. 

Virginia vineyard victim of $50k grape theft

Firefly Hill Vineyards in Elliston, Virginia has reported losses of US$50,000 after thieves stole two and a half tons of soon-to-be harvested grapes over night from the 37-acre family-owned estate.