Hospitality
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Common Table Group to buy 57 former Whitbread restaurants
A sister company of the Rodeo Doughnut chain takes on Beefeater, Brewers Fayre and Cookhouse sites plus one Premier Inn hotel, promising 700 new jobs and first reopenings in mid-November.
Mauro Uliassi named Chef of the Year by Food and Travel Italia
The Senigallia chef and Don Alfonso 1890 took the two main titles at a gala in Salento that handed out 40 prizes in one evening, from pizzaiolo to airline of the year.
True Food Kitchen bankruptcy: 12 restaurants close, sale ahead
The US health-focused chain filed for Chapter 11 in Texas with $42.1 million in funded debt, keeps 34 restaurants open and plans a court-supervised sale by January.
Mexico Hospitality Expo opens in Guadalajara with lower targets
The hotel and restaurant trade fair co-run by Fira de Barcelona starts its second edition on 6 October, forecasting fewer brands and meetings than it reported in 2025.
Ten chefs reach the National Chef of the Year 2026 final
The Craft Guild of Chefs holds its grand final at the University of West London on Tuesday, with finalists ranging from a Yorkshire pub to a Highland hotel.
Ivy Collection sales grow to £348m as profit nearly doubles
Ivy Collection sales reached £348m at Troia UK Restaurants, chaired by Richard Caring, with pre-tax profit nearly doubling to £40m even as staffing costs rose across the industry.
Valencia hospitality voucher refunds €50 in flood-hit towns
The Generalitat will hand back half of what residents of the 2024 flood zone spend in local bars and restaurants. The fund is €3.9 million and applications open on 15 October.
Restaurant jobs in Argentina grow as factory work shrinks
Hotels and restaurants added about 495,000 workers in three years while manufacturing lost 415,000, official survey data show. Most of the new work is self-employed and off the books.
Gault&Millau Italy sets January debut after Udine dinner
The French yellow guide publishes its first Italian edition in Turin in early 2027, covering five northern regions. Before that comes a €210 dinner on 16 October cooked by chefs from Monaco and Slovenia.
Bib Gourmand Netherlands adds ten restaurants before the stars
Michelin names its ten new value picks a week before the Maastricht star ceremony: three in Amsterdam, five in Noord-Holland and none in Utrecht or Gelderland.
Gordon Ramsay Restaurants passes £100m as Bishopsgate leads
The chef's 34 UK restaurants took £100.7m in 2025 and posted record earnings, but the British business still made an operating loss of £5.8m.
Spanish Capital of Gastronomy 2027 goes to Santa Cruz de Tenerife
The first island city to win the title takes over from Jerez in January with 137 activities, a bid dossier written as a cookbook and no published budget.
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