Hospitality
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Christopher's Covent Garden to close after 35 years
The American restaurant and Martini Bar leaves its Grade II listed home on Wellington Street a year after a refurbishment. Its owners say they will relocate.
Bruno Verjus will close Table in Paris on 22 December
The chef behind the two-star restaurant, eighth on The World's 50 Best, says fine dining is dead and that he no longer wants a table whose price shuts people out.
Alchemist Copenhagen will close five months every year
Rasmus Munk's two-star restaurant stops regular service from December for an annual Intermission, keeps about 100 staff on the payroll and makes a drinks package of DKK 3,000 compulsory.
Michelin Guide Italy adds 20 restaurants, four in Sardinia
September's intake puts two Cagliari addresses, a Barbagia osteria and an Arzachena eco-retreat into the selection. The stars wait for Piacenza on 12 November.
Deliranto leaves Salou and its Michelin star behind
The only Michelin-starred restaurant in Salou serves its last dinner on 31 October. Pep Moreno is taking the concept out of the province and wants to reopen in the second half of 2027.
Dutch hospitality bankruptcies ease from last year's peak
CBS data show hospitality bankruptcies fell fastest of any sector in the Netherlands this summer, even as restaurant sales outrun hotels hit by a new VAT rate.
Michelin Guide Toronto 2026 lands tonight at Liberty Grand
The fifth Toronto edition is read out this evening, with one two-star kitchen to beat and a region that now stretches to Mississauga and Niagara.
Gault&Millau Normandy 2027 crowns David Gallienne
The yellow guide handed its regional gold to the chef of Le Jardin des Plumes in Giverny, at a ceremony in Blonville-sur-Mer that spread eleven awards unevenly.
UK hospitality insolvencies fall 24% in August
The monthly count is the lowest of the year, but the 12-month total still stands at 3,201 and the business rates revaluation arrives before operators can bank the relief.
Yardbird bankruptcy filing opens court sale process
Yardbird Group LLC and ten affiliated entities filed for Chapter 11 protection in Delaware on September 21, listing $25 million in secured debt as the chain pursues a court-supervised sale.
Stonegate pubs: Heineken in talks over a £300m deal
Star Pubs and Bars is reported to be negotiating for about 300 sites. Neither company will confirm it, and Stonegate says no decisions have been made.
Michelin Keys 2026: 18 new hotels in UK and Ireland
Fifteen One Key and three Two Key additions take the British and Irish selection to 138 hotels. The top tier did not move at all.
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