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1 month ago | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | James McAllister |William Reed
In a statement, the UK-listed food delivery business said it decided to exit the Hong Kong market through a sale of certain assets to Singaporean delivery platform Foodpanda and the closure of other assets. Liquidators have been nominated by Deliveroo Hong Kong to manage closure of the Hong Kong business and the remainder of its assets in the most efficient way possible. Delivery Hero, parent company of Foodpanda, has confirmed the acquisition of selected assets from the liquidators.
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1 month ago | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | Sophie Witts |William Reed |growthBy Dojo
The management team, led by CEO Laura Harper-Hinton, alongside fellow co-founders Chris Ammermann and Miles Kirby, now fully own and control the business again. Founded in 2009, Caravan was a pioneer in all-day dining with a focus on specialty coffee and brunch. The brand currently operates nine restaurants, three brew bars and a stand-alone coffee roastery in north London.
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2 months ago | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | James McAllister |William Reed |growthBy Dojo
- A group of 70 female chefs and hospitality professionals have signed an open letter describing the industry as ‘systematically flawed’. The letter, addressed to ‘all those who benefit from the joys of dining out’ and published by The Telegraph, has been spearheaded by London-based chefs Sally Abé of The Pem and Dara Klein of Tiella, and signed by highprofile names including Chantelle Nicholson, Poppy O’Toole and Candice Brown.
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2 months ago | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | Joe Lutrario |William Reed |growthBy Dojo
Goodfellow & Goodfellow and TRUEfoods have launched a competition that gives young chefs a national platform to showcase their plating skills. Plated has a £10,000 price pot and will see chefs under 30 submit their best dish photos to be paper judged ahead of a live final at the TRUEfoods development kitchen in North Yorkshire on 26 April. The competition will be judged by Jason Atherton and Spencer Metzger. The deadline for entries is 10 March and more details can be found here.
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2 months ago | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | Joe Lutrario |William Reed |growthBy Dojo
Isabella Condon, who is originally from Ireland and trained at the Shannon College of Hotel Management, joined the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London hotel more than two years ago as a manager in training before being appointed to her current role at the hotel’s two-Michelin-starred restaurant last year.
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2 months ago | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | James McAllister |William Reed |growthBy Dojo
- Multi-Michelin-starred French chef Anne-Sophie Pic will close her restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel London near Tower Bridge later this month. In a joint statement provided to Restaurant, Groupe Pic and Four Seasons said that they had made a decision to ‘conclude their partnership’ after ‘eight years of culinary excellence’.
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Jan 12, 2025 | 
bostonglobe.com | William Reed
Since Tuesday, wildfires have continued to tear through the Los Angeles area, leaving devastation in their wake. At least 16 lives have been lost, hundreds more have been injured, and countless homes and businesses have been reduced to ash. The coastal Palisades Fire, the largest of the fires, was at least 11% contained as of Sunday morning, but has moved inland toward Brentwood and other communities near the Getty Center and UCLA, prompting the evacuation of more than 150,000 residents.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | James McAllister |growthBy Dojo |William Reed
- Husband and wife Giorgio and Plaxy Locatelli have announced the sudden closure of their well-known Marylebone Italian restaurant. Locanda Locatelli, which has occupied a spot within the Hyatt Regency London - The Churchill for the past 23 years, has posted a statement on its website saying it is no longer open. “With a heavy heart, for reasons out of our control, we are now permanently closed,” the statement reads. “We will miss all of our clients, many who have become friends.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | William Reed
Monica and David Galetti shuttered Mere earlier this year after seven years with no reason given for the closure other than the pair saying that they ‘felt it was the right time’. Restaurant understands that the lease of 74 Charlotte Street site is held by Alastair Storey, a key backer of Mere and chief executive of contract catering company WSH and a director of WSH Restaurants The new restaurant is expected to launch in early spring next year.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
restaurantonline.co.uk | Tony Naylor |William Reed
The traditionally slow weeks of January present a dilemma for restaurants. How best can you use that time? Should you chill-out and take stock of the past 12 months or start planning out the year ahead? Is it time to redecorate and refresh your venue or undertake new, one-off projects? Do you close for a while or, with the right menus and promos in place, can you have a remarkably busy January?
