James McAllister - 10 Minutes News for Hoteliers - Page 21

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Latest opening: Holy Carrot

🥕 Holy Carrot, a plant-based restaurant, opened on Portobello Road, Notting Hill, London. Founded by Irina Linovich, it launched after successful supper clubs at Urban Retreat, London in 2021. Menu by executive chef Daniel Watkins features fire and fermentation methods, with small plates £7-£12 and large dishes at £17. Drinks include low-waste cocktails and natural wines. Interiors by Al-Jawad Pike accommodate approx. 40 covers. The kitchen practices low-waste, using all parts of ingredients. Visit at 156 Portobello Road, W11 2EB, or online at holycarrot.co.uk.

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Christmas 2024 ‘already looking positive for hospitality’ with bookings up 54%

This article was written by Restaurant Online Magazine. Click here to read the original article Over half of the bookings (52%) that have already been made for this coming December…

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Campaign launched to save Boxpark Shoreditch

🚧 NTIA leads a campaign to save Boxpark Shoreditch after closure announcement. Founding in 2011, Boxpark created over 1,000 jobs, contributed £80m annually to the local economy, totaling over £1bn, and welcomed 10 million visitors. Negotiations for site extension failed despite efforts with multiple stakeholders. Lease expiration and planned redevelopment by Bishopsgate Goodsyard and London authorities led to the closure set for summer end. Open letter urges Hackney Council to prevent a major setback in Shoreditch's regeneration efforts.

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Flash-grilled: Yannick Alléno

🍴 Yannick Alléno, a French chef at Pavyllon in London's Four Seasons Hotel, admires Auguste Escoffier for modernizing cuisine with his brigade system and emphasis on sauces. A transformative moment in Alléno's career was a critique by François Simon in Le Monde, prompting a personal culinary reflection. Alléno's advice to aspiring chefs includes hard work, perseverance, and self-belief. His kitchen essential is a Mauviel frying pan from the M'ELITE collection. He prefers à la carte dining, enjoys chips as a fast-food choice, and would ban eggplant from his hypothetical restaurant dictatorship. Instagram is his social media platform of choice, and his ideal food and drink pairing is a marble-aged wine with wood-fired roasted venison served at his three-star restaurant, Alléno Paris at Pavillon Ledoyen.

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Insomnia Cookies ‘poised to accelerate growth’ after Krispy Kreme sells majority stake

🍪 Insomnia Cookies, founded in 2003, operates 285 US sites and branches in the UK and Canada. On July 22, Krispy Kreme sold its majority stake for $350m, doubling its 2018 valuation. New partners Verlinvest and Mistral aim to expand to over 1,800 bakeries globally. Krispy Kreme received $127.4m with $45m more expected after Insomnia Cookies' debt refinancing. Krispy Kreme will focus on its fresh doughnut business and retains a 34% stake in Insomnia Cookies.

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Kanada-Ya returns to expansion trail with Westfield opening

🍜 Kanada-Ya, a Japanese ramen restaurant group founded in 2009 by Kanada Kazuhiro, is expanding with its sixth UK location at the former Balans site in Westfield, featuring 46 indoor and 40 outdoor seats. London's Covent Garden welcomed the first UK branch in 2014, followed by Piccadilly, Angel, Carnaby, and Ealing (opened September 2022). The menu includes tonkotsu ramen, chashu-men, cold yuzu ramen, truffle ramen, small plates, and drinks like sake and beer. Kanada-Ya also operates in Japan, Hong Kong, and Spain.

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Skills England programme to ‘help reduce reliance on overseas workers’

This article was written by Restaurant Online Magazine. Click here to read the original article Skills England will bring together central and local government, businesses, training providers and unions to…

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Lost Boys Chicken relaunches pub residency after closing Brighton restaurant

📢 Lost Boys Chicken, founded in 2015, closed its standalone restaurant on York Place due to post-Covid market shifts favoring home dining, economic pressures, and other challenges. Owner Tomas Samandi announced the closure as the hardest decision of his career and has relaunched the business at The Joker, its original pop-up location. Encouraging local support, Samandi suggests customers pick up orders instead of using delivery services to better benefit local businesses.

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‘A new deal for working people’ – Government sets out plan to overhaul employment rights

🚧 Announced on July 17, the UK Government's new Employment Rights Bill, to be introduced within the first 100 days of the new parliament, will ban zero-hour contracts and 'fire and rehire' practices, while ensuring workers receive contracts reflecting regular working hours. All workers to have 'reasonable notice' of shift changes with compensation for cancelled shifts. The bill also mandates sick pay, parental leave, and protection from unfair dismissal from day one, abolishing the lower earnings limit on Statutory Sick Pay and its three-day waiting period. Further protections for new mothers include unlawful dismissal prevention for six months post-return to work, and a 'genuine living wage' is planned. Additionally, the bill will streamline union recognition and access. Concurrently, reforms to the Apprenticeship Levy and improvements to the planning system aim to boost hospitality sector growth.

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Flash-grilled: Dave McCarthy

🍴 Dave McCarthy, head chef at Scott's in London's Mayfair, began his culinary career at 16 as a weekend kitchen porter. He admires chefs Anton Mossiman and Pierre Koffmann, dislikes whistling in the kitchen, and was once critically reviewed by AA Gill. His cooking style focuses on simple, classic dishes with great ingredients. McCarthy can't live without a tomato knife and favors à la carte over tasting menus. His dream last meal includes Tournedos Rossini, and his go-to fast food is Five Guys.

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