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City Grill Group names Carmen Polcovnicu as new CEO
Romania's largest homegrown restaurant chain hands daily control to 21-year insider Carmen Polcovnicu, as founder Daniel Mischie steps back to lead acquisitions and strategy.
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Awkwafina's Unlikely Cook sets a November premiere
The actress trades scripts for a restaurant apron in an eight-episode Apple TV docuseries about reviving her family's shuttered Cantonese restaurant in Flushing.
Manolo Bakes CEO: José Antonio del Castillo takes charge
The Spanish cruffin chain's general manager succeeds co-founder Pablo Nuño, who steps back as the company, now 49.9% owned by British fund VGO Capital, lines up its next expansion push.
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.
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.
Avani Singapore Hotel names Judd Rabbidge as GM
Minor Hotels names Judd Rabbidge general manager of Avani Singapore Hotel, its first Singapore property, ahead of a 2027 opening in Tanjong Pagar.
Spain's hospitality hiring forecast tops all sectors
ManpowerGroup places hospitality 19 points above the national average for the last quarter of 2026, well ahead of technology, construction and every other sector surveyed.
Mental health in hospitality: 65% of managers cite work
Hospitality Action's annual survey, run this summer with Agilysys, also reports that 61% of managers were asked to support a colleague in the past year.
Hospitality staff shortage: 22,000 vacancies are on the floor
Dutch operators describe a chef shortage. The trade body's own figures say the bigger hole is in the dining room, and it is the room nobody has built a career ladder for.
Dutch restaurants struggle to train front-of-house staff
Kitchens have a recognised career ladder. The dining room mostly does not, and Dutch hospitality is starting to feel the cost in turnover and service.
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