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Shortlist revealed for R200 Awards 2024

🏢 R200 Awards 2024, part of the Restaurant​ R200 series, will announce winners at Hawksmoor Canary Wharf on November 4. Categories include Best New Opening, Innovation Award, and International Company of the Year, among others. Votes are cast by hospitality industry leaders. Partners include Chapman Ventilation and Zonal. The shortlist features various establishments like Albert’s Schloss in London and Heartwood Collection for Food-led Pub Group of the Year. Contact for attendance: [email protected].
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OpenTable forms UK Restaurant Advisory Board

🍴 Restaurateurs Alexis Gauthier, Jon Davis, Mandy Yin, and Will Beckett join OpenTable's advisory board to provide local insights and expert perspectives. They represent Gauthier Soho, The Ivy Collection, Sambal Shiok Laksa Bar, and Hawksmoor respectively. The group aims to guide OpenTable in supporting restaurants in the UK, leveraging their decades of experience. OpenTable's VP of EMEA, Laure Bornet, seeks to enhance the company's impact with this collaboration.
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Latest opening: Ambassadors Clubhouse

🍕 Ambassadors Clubhouse, a 140-cover Punjab restaurant, opens in Mayfair’s Heddon Street where Momo once stood. JKS Restaurants, known for Gymkhana and Brigadiers, is behind the venture with sibling founders Jyotin, Karam, and Sunaina Sethi. Menu highlights include rare Punjab recipes and sections like ‘papads and chaat,’ with feast menus at £85 (non-vegetarian) and £80 (vegetarian), and a lunch menu ranging from £35 to £40. The wine list starts at £45, with reds reaching £600. The location is 25 Heddon Street, London, W1B 4BH.
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Friday five: the week’s biggest hospitality stories

📖 Baton Berisha stepped down from The Wolseley Hospitality Group after two years, following Minor's acquisition and expansion including Manzi’s in Soho. Big Mamma to open La Bellezza, a 150-cover eatery in Birmingham, adding to its five London venues. Lina Stores will launch its first UK regional site in Manchester and an eighth venue in Shoreditch. David Thompson’s Thai concept Long Chim will start a residency in London next month. Restaurant Sat Bains celebrates 25 years with guest chef series in Nottingham.
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Alexandre Laforce Reynolds joins Bistro Freddie

🍴 Alexandre Laforce Reynolds, former head chef at Eline in Shoreditch, joins Bistro Freddie in October 2023. Reynolds, aged 31, has over a decade of experience in London's fine dining, including Hide, Fenchurch, and Seven Park Place, and opened Eline in summer 2022, which closed in May. Bistro Freddie, part of HAM Restaurants, launched in October 2023 on Luke Street, Shoreditch. Reynolds introduces new dishes like Loch Duart salmon, beef tartare, and a French île flottante dessert.
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Fernando Corona Burch to oversee the food and drink offer across Rosewood London

🍴 Fernando Corona Burch appointed to oversee food and drink at Rosewood London's Holborn Dining Room, Mirror Room, Scarfes Bar, in-room dining, and banqueting. With over 20 years' experience in the hospitality industry, his background includes Michelin-starred restaurants and leadership roles within Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, such as executive chef at Rosewood Hong Kong and Beijing, director of culinary operations at Rosewood Phnom Penh and Beijing. Recently, executive chef at the pre-opening of Park Hyatt Los Cabos, Mexico. Rosewood London's Managing Director, Tessa Gorman, praises his expertise and vision for their culinary team.
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Pizza Pilgrims to hit Chelsea’s King’s Road

🍕 Pizza Pilgrims, a Neapolitan pizza group with B Corp status, is set to open a new 2,200sq ft, 80-cover restaurant in mid-November on 219 King's Road, Chelsea. The venue will feature indoor and al fresco dining, a basement 'Cinema Paradiso,' and a Capri-inspired 1950s Italian La Dolce Vita theme. Co-founders Thom Elliot has a personal connection to King’s Road through their father. The Chelsea restaurant will join the Sloane Stanley Estate, alongside other recent openings, and is part of the group's expansion, which includes recent launches in Euston and Cardiff, and an upcoming site in Edinburgh scheduled before year's end.
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