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New York is a food lover’s dream, from street meat to Haute Cuisine and every imaginable flavour in between. A good place to start is at the Chelsea Markets situated in the hip Meat Packing district on the west side of Manhattan. Continue reading Chelsea Markets New York Review
It is always nice to find a gem of a restaurant or bar in your local area, especially one which the blogging/reviewing world has not picked up on. Enter Due Fratelli in Putney, South West London. Situated on Putney Bridge Road just up from Wandsworth Park it is rather unassuming and also caught in a … Continue reading Due Fratelli – Italian in the heart of Putney
The last two Decembers following the market crash of 07 have been slow for the hospitality sector. 2010 is shaping up to be a big one though, with many businesses booking large company events and dinners across the country. Online booking service BookaTable said it had registered a 73% rise in bookings, with Friday 10 … Continue reading Christmas Hospitality Events – Xmas Functions
The word Snow Day might bring smiles of delight to the faces of school children in the UK but across the South East in the past few days it has brought frowns to many business owners. The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) told the BBC as many as 800-900 small businesses were under … Continue reading Snow threatens Hospitality Industry in the UK
London town won against tough competition from the likes of New York, Cape Town, Abu Dhabi and Sydney. The title is seen as one of the most prestigious in the worldwide travel industry. With the Olympics looming London is set to see record numbers of tourism and a huge spike in the hospitality sector to … Continue reading London has been voted the World’s Leading Destination at the prestigious World Travel Awards.
So when we found ourselves hungry in the west end on Monday night I decided we should find somewhere better in Chinatown… We had received a good tip from a friend that the Four Seasons was the place to go – especially if you like Duck, and who in their right mind doesn’t! Continue reading The Four Seasons – London plus Silk and Spice Yum Cha Review
Mise En Place Recruitment is happy to bring another instalment in our chef interview series. We will be interviewing chefs and asking them their favourite local restaurants and what they love to cook. It’s a great insight into the minds of the thousands of hard working chefs around the country. This week our chef is … Continue reading Mise En Place Chef Interviews – Nick Rochford
We recently caught up with Head Chef Nik Bok at Circus Restauant, heres what he had to say: Continue reading Chef Interview with Nik Bok at Circus Restaurant
A study released yesterday by Oxford Economics and commissioned by the British Hospitality Association (BHA) shows that the hospitality industry directly employs 2.4 million people plus indirectly employs a further 1.2 million. This makes it the 5th largest sector in the UK economy. The report was introduced at the House of Commons by chief executive … Continue reading UK hospitality sector 5th largest and could set the pace for economic recovery
If you somehow you hadn’t heard already the 2010 London Restaurant Festival is now in full swing. The festival started last year, created by Evening Standard restaurant critic Fay Maschler. The two weeks are a celebration of London (and the UK’s) diverse selection of restaurants. Director Simon Davis’s goal is for it to become the Edinburgh of food. Continue reading London Restaurant Festival in full swing!