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Restaurateur Roberto Costa is entering the bourgeoning pizza space with a new brand that he says will challenge the dominance of ‘London-style’ pizza. Opening in Exmouth Market at the start of next month, God Save the Pizza will occupy the building that was formerly a site of Costa’s meat-focused restaurant Macellaio RC and is described as being on a mission ‘to flip the script on pizza-making…
The London pasta specialist is entering uncharted territory with a huge hotel restaurant project.
Tom Seller’s search for a London pub and country house hotel Heckfield’s new bar, are among this week’s top news stories. - Tom Sellers is on the hunt for a London pub, asking David Rawlinson’s Restaurant Property to find a site with full extraction. The search is focused on Soho, Covent Garden, Marylebone, Notting Hill and Chelsea, although he is also open to ‘wildcard’ locations across Zones 1…
Jamie Oliver Group says business efficiencies and overhead savings helped drive growth last year. The business reported a 10.87% increase in pre-exceptional EBITDA, although turnover, which covers Oliver’s TV and digital production, book publishing, endorsements, restaurants, cookery schools, and brand licensing, dropped slightly from £28.6m to £28.4m, the group’s results for the year ended 31…
Seven-strong restaurant group Blacklock reported pre-tax profits of £1.1m for the year ended 28 December 2025, up from £44,794 the year before. The massive 2,462.56% increase follows a ‘very good year’ for the chop house group with revenue and underlying EBITDA also showing strong increases and covers growing across all restaurants.
When Charlotte Heyes saw the positive impact a Saturday job had on her 14-year-old son, she realised more people could benefit from early years job experience. Last month, Charlotte Heyes, co-founder of Nell’s Pizza, launched free jobs platform Lenny designed to connect 14 to 17-year-olds with hospitality jobs across Greater Manchester and Salford. Powered by hospitality recruitment platform…
Britain’s top restaurant groups recorded marginal growth in delivery and takeaway sales in July. Sales rose by just 0.3% , according to the latest NIQ Hospitality at Home Tracker, marking the tracker’s lowest figure since February, and the first below-inflation growth since April.
Tom Kerridge will open Georgie’s Bar alongside his revamped eponymous restaurant at Westminster hotel Corinthia London next month.
The chef behind Michelin-starred Korean restaurant Sollip has brought a new Korean fried chicken concept to the capital. Woongchul Park, the chef-owner of Sollip, has created Papa Dak, serving crispy, double fried chicken glazed in Korean sauces in Flat Iron Square in London Bridge.
The managing director and co-owner of recently relocated Glasgow restaurant Celentano’s on OMA sommelier Alessandra Tasca, Greek wine estate Kir-Yianni and Gusbourne’s Blanc de Noirs.
London-based Spanish restaurant group Brindisa Tapas has appointed its first managing director. Kelly Richardson has worked within the now six-strong business since 2018 and has ‘played a central part in shaping its direction’ alongside founders Monika Linton and Ratnesh Bagdai.
The number of hospitality businesses filing for insolvency rose by more than 10% in the past quarter, figures show.
The chef-patron of Hastings restaurant Lury on Gorilla Tits, Phil Howard’s langoustine with gnocchi and mushroom purée, and the scourge of inadequately sized chopping boards.
Tyler King has left Michelin-starred Edinburgh restaurant Condita to become head chef at five-star Dumfries & Galloway coastal hotel Knockinaam Lodge. King joined Condita as head chef at the beginning of 2024 and oversaw the retention of its star in the 2025 and 2026 Michelin guides. Condita has not yet publicly named his successor.
Netherlands-based burger brand Fat Phill’s has opened its third London restaurant, in Sutton.
Barworks founder Marc Francis-Baum is to reopen The Peasant in Clerkenwell as George & Dragon in collaboration with Tom Brown and Brad Carter’s Island restaurant. The 1889 Grade II-listed pub on St John Street will reopen next month as a 110-cover venue spanning two floors. The ground floor will operate as a pub serving elevated classics while the first floor will be the new home for Island, Brown…
