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Josh Hughes leaves Hide and Fox for Updown Farmhouse
Kent-born Josh Hughes swaps a two-Michelin-star kitchen in Saltwood for a farmhouse near Deal, after four years split between Hide and Fox and The Bridge Arms.
Wolseley group moves three head chefs across its sites
Frank Fletcher joins Fischer's from Quo Vadis, while two internal promotions send Jenson Santos to The Wolseley City and Jai Shaikh to Colbert.
Thomas Straker opens Straker's in New York's Soho
The British chef's first restaurant outside London takes over the former Lucky Strike site on Grand Street, four years after his Notting Hill debut.
Nasser Kheir becomes head chef at Burnham Beeches
The Dorchester's former head banqueting chef takes over all food and drink at the Georgian hotel in Buckinghamshire, a year before its 300th anniversary.
Marvin Böhm to run the kitchen at Hamburg's Alsterpavillon
The former Aqua sous chef, whose own restaurant Buoy closed in July after about three months, takes charge of some 30 cooks at the rebuilt pavilion on the Jungfernstieg. No opening date has been published.
Kevin Fehling joins seven MS Europa cruises in 2027
The chef of Hamburg's three-star The Table will sail on seven Hapag-Lloyd Cruises itineraries next year, one fewer than in 2026. The company has not said on which days he will be in the dining room.
Grégoire Berger opens Solenn, his first Abu Dhabi restaurant
The former Ossiano chef has opened a Mediterranean dining room at Abu Dhabi's equestrian club, built around long lunches, and says he now sees himself as an entrepreneur first.
Gennaro Contaldo opens Bolo, a six-pasta trattoria in Soho
Jamie Oliver's mentor is running a London restaurant again for the first time since 2009, with 32 seats, a daily list of six pastas and bolognese at the centre.
Smyth names Conor Dalton head chef in Chicago
Chicago's only three-Michelin-starred kitchen brings in a British chef from Manchester's Skof to work alongside John Shields.
Paul Stradner will open 1839 Malerhaus in Achern in 2027
The Austrian chef keeps his two-star kitchen at Villa René Lalique in Alsace and hands the daily running of a restored house from 1839 to the Swiss chef Julian Schmid.
José Carlos García moves back to his parents' Café de París
The Málaga chef leaves Muelle Uno after 15 years for the family restaurant where he won his first Michelin star, with a smaller room, an à la carte menu and a star still to be confirmed.
Benjamin Den Bosch hires Bart van Hemert from starred Alma
Sommelier Chiel Seuren's wine restaurant on the Kerkstraat hands its kitchen to the chef de cuisine of Wouter van Laarhoven's Michelin-starred Alma in Oisterwijk.
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