Restaurant boss begs diners to keep eating out as restaurants face virus crisis

The 2015 MasterChef winner Simon Wood (pictured) fears for his restaurant and the wider industry as coronavirus panic sweeps the country Businesses fear they are on the brink as a restaurant bookings plummet by 75 per cent, a sports ban hits bookies’ profits and self-employed couriers attack ‘paltry’ sick pay.  Restaurant boss Simon Wood revealed he’s … Read more

MailOnline reviews the two-Michelin-star Restaurant Sat Bains which refuses to serve vegan food

To say Restaurant Sat Bains is in an incongruous location is an understatement. This Nottingham eaterie with rooms, named after the charismatic chef/patron, has a dazzling list of accolades – two Michelin stars, five AA rosettes, rated No1 restaurant in Britain in 2018 by TripAdvisor and named fourth in the 2019 Harden’s Top 100 Best … Read more

Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is closing Bristol restaurant River Cottage Kitchen

Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is closing Bristol restaurant River Cottage Kitchen after seven years of trading as he becomes latest victim of ‘dining industry crisis’ Fearnley-Whittingstall, 55, is known for presenting his River Cottage TV series The chef owned three River Cottage Kitchen restaurants in Bristol, Axminster and Winchester but has reluctantly decided to close the Bristol … Read more

Lady Gaga’s father Joe Germanotta holds back payments on New York restaurant over homeless dispute

Lady Gaga’s father Joe Germanotta is holding back payments on one of his New York City restaurants over claims that the homeless population is hurting his business. Germanotta owns two restaurants in the city: Joanne Trattoria on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and Art Bird & Whiskey Bar, which is located at the dining concourse of … Read more

Owner of restaurant chains Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito to close up to 90 sites

Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito plan to close up to 90 sites by the end of next year in another blow to Britain’s High Street Decision comes after The Restaurant Group closed 18 stores in 2019 Comes amid tough period for dining, with Jamie’s Italian collapsing last year  The move will take its leisure portfolio … Read more