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UKHospitality calls for a VAT cut before the Autumn Budget
The trade body wants hospitality VAT cut from 20% to 10% and business rates reformed further, in a four-point campaign ahead of chancellor John Healey's 28 October Budget.
50 Best Signature Sessions: Niland and the Torres twins in Lima
Six visiting kitchens, from Barcelona to Sydney and the Indian Himalaya, will cook in Lima restaurants in the week The World's 50 Best Restaurants is announced there.
Yelp Check for Me: AI agent will phone restaurants about waits
Yelp's new AI phone agent calls a restaurant, asks how long the wait is and texts the diner. It starts in the US, on iOS, in the coming months.
Wolseley Hospitality Group names Laura Mills managing director
The former head of The Ivy Collection takes over the nine London dining rooms once run by Corbin & King, just as the brand prepares its first hotel in New York.
Italy hospitality hiring leads October jobs demand
Accommodation, food and tourism businesses plan about 94,500 hires in October, and restaurant staff are again the single most wanted profession in the country.
Chef of the Year 2027: Gault&Millau Austria names Rachinger
The Ois chef in Neufelden, Upper Austria, wins the guide's renamed top title as much for reopening village inns as for his 12-course menu. The Obauer brothers get the lifetime award.
Gault&Millau names 28 nominees for its 2027 trophies
David Toutain and Jérôme Banctel are among four in the running for Chef of the Year. A new category rewards sommeliers for non-alcoholic pairings, a nod to falling wine consumption.
Global food inflation set to accelerate into 2027, FAO warns
The FAO's chief economist expects the biggest impact from the end of this year and through 2027. Flour, rice, frying oil and sugar lead the rise, the staples restaurants find hardest to reprice.
World Culinary Awards 2026 crown The Cullinan Dubai
The seventh edition, held in Jamaica, also named the United States the top culinary destination. The titles are decided by online votes, not by inspectors.
Pizza Pilgrims lands in Germany, targets 50 restaurants
The Neapolitan chain opens in Schwabing on 2 November, backed by German group L'Osteria, which bought a majority stake last year and wants dozens more sites.
Aiello's voice AI takes over hotel restaurant bookings
The Taipei company's AI Call Agent now plugs into TableCheck, letting hotel guests book, change or cancel a restaurant table by phone in 50-plus languages, any hour.
Common Table Group buys 57 former Whitbread restaurants
Thomas Anderson's new venture is taking over 57 Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Cookhouse sites plus a Premier Inn hotel, promising 700 new jobs and a mid-November reopening.
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