Jo Bruce
OpinionElite approach
Martial Chaussy, owner of Kent pub operator Elite Pubs, talks expansion plans, Brexit, the power of pizza and its growing people focus, with Jo Bruce.
InterviewsProfile: Wild things
Mac & Wild’s co-founder Calum Mackinnon talks to Jo Bruce about plans for a new experiential brand, US expansion and capitalising on its retail arm.
OpinionNew adventures
Tom Kidd, managing director of Adventure Bar Group, talks to Jo Bruce about expansion plans, its Leicester Square opening, and a new name.
OpinionKaizen chiefs
Southeast cuisine is seen as one of the few areas where demand still outstrips supply in casual dining and one of the rising stars in this field is Tonkotsu. Stephen Evans, managing director of the ramen restaurant brand, talks to Jo Bruce about expansion plans, engineering gizmos and buddies
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Booker passing on price deflation benefit
Wholesaler Booker says the benefit it is seeing from food price deflation is being passed on to customers
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New executive chef for City Pub Co
Pub companies City Pub Company East & City Pub Company West have appointed a new executive chef.
NewsOpening menu for Duck & Rice revealed
The new menu at Alan Yau’s hotly anticipated new Chinese gastropub has been announced.
NewsNew Big Plate Specials for Hungry Horse Menu
Greene King Pub Company has launched a new menu in its Hungry Horse sites
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Former Blumenthal protégé joins Lidl
The former head chef of Heston Blumenthal’s Hinds Head pub has become chef in residence for discount supermarket chain Lidl.
OpinionKerridge pub is no slow coach
Chef Tom Kerridge’s Coach pub in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, opened earlier this month. Jo Bruce spoke to him and head chef Nick Beardshaw about the concept
NewsETI hopes new Kerridge pub will be inspirational
Enterprise Inns’ regional manager for Tom Kerridge’s new pub says he hopes the Coach’s format will inspire others in the trade and newcomers into the industry
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Anglian Country Inns wins Gastropub of the Year award
Anglian Country Inns’ site the Fox at Willian has been announced as Gastro Pub of the Year for England in the inaugural Food Awards England and Wales 2014
NewsSalisbury Pubs wins inaugural allergen award
Salisbury Pubs’ site the Alford Arms in Frithsden, Hertfordshire has won an award for being the most allergen-aware eatery in the UK.
Analysis & InsightGastropub’s virtuous circle
As Tom Kerridge’s Hand & Flowers is named top UK gastropub for the third year running, Jo Bruce asks whether it is time the phrase gastropub was brought in from the cold
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Publican Awards - enter now
Entries are now being sought from pub companies large and small to the Publican Awards 2014