Restaurants News – Page 466
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Martinez to open Lima Floral
Peruvian chef Virgilio Martinez, whose Lima-based restaurant featured on last year’s World’s 50 Best list, has confirmed he will open a second site in London’s Covent Garden
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Curzon sets out expansion plans
Curzon Cinemas has announced plans to open up to 25 new outlets in the next five years
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Flat Iron secures second site
Flat Iron, the ‘single-steak’ dining concept, has secured a second site in London, after the success of its debut unit in Soho’s Beak Street
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Details revealed of Blumenthal’s Heathrow launch
Heston Blumenthal’s new ‘nostalgic British restaurant’ will be called The Perfectionists’ Café and will open at Heathrow’s newly redeveloped Terminal 2 in June
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Todd plans to stay in sector
Former Mitchells & Butlers managing director Kevin Todd has told M&C Report that he would like to stay in the industry when he returns to the UK following his resignation as chief executive of Rosinter Restaurants, one of Russia’s largest casual restaurant chains
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NewsM&C20 flat but outperforms All Share index
Growth for the M&C20 slowed to a halt this week, although it still outperformed the FTSE All Share index, which fell by 0.5%
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NewsMasala World secures Wheeler’s of St James’s
Masala World, the operator of high-end Indian restaurants Chutney Mary and Veeraswamy, has exchanged on the original Wheeler’s of St James’s restaurant and bar in London’s Mayfair
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NewsTiger Bills to expand across India
Lifestyle Hospitality Group (LHG) has announced a major expansion drive in India, with plans for “upwards of 150” sites to be opened in the country under its Tiger Bills restaurant concept over the next three and a half years, M&C Report has learnt
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NewsCote exchanges on Cobham site
Cote, the French brasserie chain, has exchanged on a site in Cobham
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Pan Chai closes in on first franchisees
Pan Chai, the luxury pan-Asian restaurant currently located at Harrods in Knightsbridge, has told M&C Report it has identified some potential franchisees to aid its expansion and is currently at the signing stage
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Hummus Bros launches pop-up events
Hummus Bros have launched a new series of pop-up sites with a pitch at City University, London
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Casual Dining Show to be expanded in 2015
The new Casual Dining Show attracted 3,655 attendees (excluding revisits) across the two days last week, and there are plans to expand it for next year, its organisers have said
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Foodilic eyes expansion
Restaurateur Peter Ilic plans to open at least 30 outlets for his healthy fast food brand Foodilic over the next five years, according to M&C Report’s sister title BigHospitality
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NewsFiddler named Cote chairman
Nick Fiddler, the co-founder of Strada and Cote, has been appointed the new non-executive chairman of the latter, M&C Report has learn
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Kerbisher & Malt to double up
Kerbisher & Malt, the London-based contemporary fish and chip shop concept, is set to double its estate over the next two months with openings in East Sheen and Clapham
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Burger Bear reaches funding target
Burger Bear has achieved its target of raising £30k through online-funding platform Kickstarter to open a permanent site in two stacked used cargo containers in Shoreditch
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NewsYO! secures further London site
YO! Sushi has secured its second site in London within a couple of weeks, after taking on the former Italian restaurant L’Ulivo, which forms part of Baker Street underground station.
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NewsPanda Yummy appoints former Itsu head development chef
Panda Yummy, the noodle restaurant concept, has appointed Kylie Lester, former head development chef at Itsu, as it looks to develop its food offer ahead of the rapid expansion planned for 2014, M&C Report has learnt
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La Sala rollout details revealed
Sala Group Holdings, the James Horler-led group that operates the La Sala restaurant concept, has given more details of its plans for the brand in the UK, with an ambition to open circa six sites in the next two years
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Ford joins Byron board
Gerry Ford, founder and chairman of Caffè Nero, has joined the board of Byron, after his private equity group Palladin confirmed it had invested £5m in the Tom Byng-led chain