Big Table Group, behind Las Iguanas, Bella Italia and Café Rouge in the UK, is testing a new trend in restaurant business. The group began experimenting with robot waiters they named “BellaBot” at Bella Italia in Center Parcs Whinfell Forest. Robot waiters produced by Pudu Robotics are designed to support restaurant staff. Robots with four […]
Meg Farren will be general manager of KFC England and Ireland. With this assignment, Farren returns to the KFC family. Farren has held different positions at KFC for ten years, replacing Paula MacKenzie, who left KFC last month to take over as CEO of PizzaExpress. Joining KFC in 2011 as innovation director, Farren served as […]
Chef James Cochran, Dan Henry and Bryan Mayes, the team behind 12:51, one of London’s notable restaurants, have decided to open a sports bar in Islington. Opening on July 4, Valderrama’s will serve Beavertown beers, cocktails, frozen margaritas and fried chicken. The bar, named after Carlos Valderrama, who served in the Colombian National Team in […]
Chef Calum Franklin announced on his Instagram account that he will be leaving Holborn Dining Room after eight years of adventure. Stating that he made such a decision to focus on new projects, Franklin said, “Letting go of something you have cared for deeply is never going to be easy but after almost nine years […]
Tom Sellers, chef and owner of the two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Story in Bermondsey, will open his new restaurant at 1 Hotel Mayfair. The name of the restaurant, which will focus on sustainability, locality and organic ingredients, has not yet been announced. Making a statement about the new restaurant project, Sellers said, “I look forward to bringing […]
McDonald’s, which ended its activities in Russia after the invasion of Ukraine and sold all of its restaurants, is back in Russia with its new name “Vkusno & tochka”. Having opened its first branch in Moscow, Vkusno & tochka will launch another 200 branches in June. Russian businessman Alexander Govor, who bought the restaurants after […]
