Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the Patisserie Valerie chain according the Serious Fraud Office. The arrests took place last Tuesday, 18 th June 2019, in a joint operation with police, the SFO said. It took eight months after the firm’s former finance director Chris Marsh was arrested and…
Haus Hiltl’s century old tradition have introduced generations of Swiss and Europeans “ a gourmet temple of healthy indulgence” combining Indian, Asian, Mediterranean and Swiss influence to make a rich ratatouille of vegetarian options beyond the usual potatoes, recognised by Guinness World Records. The restaurant’s downstairs you have informal pay-by-weight buffet and the first…
Jamie Oliver, Celebrity chef’s chain restaurant group which includes ten Italian chain Barbecoa and fifteen others have appointed KPMG as administrators with a loss of 1000 jobs. Twenty two of the 25 restaurants have now closed but two of Jamie’s Italian restaurants and Jamie Oliver’s Diner at Gatwick airport would continue to trade in the…
The Way We Eat Now is an essential reading for all, as this books scans through climate change, shrinking biodiversity, the global rise of agro-industrial food complex and our nutrition and eating habits evolving around diet. The French invented lean cuisine. But now a push for quantity over quality in our food systems and the…
Columbia Threadneedle Investments, which owns 7.7 per cent of Restaurant Group said it cannot support the proposed takeover of Asian themes casual dining group Wagamama, because of the high valuation and the economic backdrop. The Restaurant Group, who owns Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito uinveiled what CEO Andy McCue called a “ Transformational” acquisition of…
The UK Private Equity Group Bridgepoint, owner of Pret a Manger, has agreed to sell their sandwich shop chain for £1.5bn inclusive of debt to JAB Holdings, the German family-owned investment group challenging Nestle with its rapid acquisition of companies linked to the coffee market. Bridgepoint initially paid only £ 364m including debt to buy…
The fast-food chain continued to fail in selling fried chicken, as their distribution deal with DHL went horribly wrong after branches around the UK started closing last weekend, the 180, 000 square foot of warehouse in Warwickshire had logistics problems caused by a switch from its longstanding distribution Bidvest to DHL. KFC Tweeted, “ We…
The metamorphosis of getting the shed to number one, especially when he started out ranked 18, 149 the worst restaurant in London according to TripAdvisor. The big draw of the Shed was the combination of excellent reviews and the fact that you could not literally get a table which made it the perfect restaurant. Oobah…
London’s only naked restaurant The Bunyadi, in London is offering an entirely new natural dining experience. The restaurant first of its kind operating without electricity, gas and serving food on handmade clay plates with edible cutlery and asking diners to cast off their mobile phones and iPads and even their clothes if they wish…
Shrimoyee Chakraborty, 26, single girl from Jodhpur Park, North Calcutta, plans to create a tea bar at her London restaurant in Brick Lane and aspires to bring Calcutta flavours to London. She persuaded four investors to fund her Calcutta Street , Restaurant at 118 Brick Lane, London E1 6RL. “I was scared at first and…