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Michelin adds 22 restaurants to its UK and Ireland guide
The October update adds 22 restaurants to the selection, with London Italian dining prominent, but awards no Stars or Bib Gourmands.
Restaurant Chestnut to close in West Cork after nine seasons
Chefs Rob Krawczyk and Elaine Fleming serve their last dinner at the Michelin-starred Ballydehob restaurant on October 30, eight years after its first star.
Covent Garden gets five new restaurants this autumn
Shaftesbury Capital is leasing out roughly 10,000 sq ft of new dining space, with Noodle & Beer, Bubala and a burger flagship among the arrivals.
UK hospitality pay falls for the first time in two years
Average weekly earnings in accommodation and food services dropped 1.4% year-on-year in August, ONS payroll data shows, alongside a 7% fall in vacancies.
UK hospitality sales post best growth of 2026 in September
Pubs rose 3.8% and restaurant groups 2.6%, their best month since November 2024, but like-for-like growth still trails inflation a week before the Autumn Budget.
Michelin Guide Great Britain adds 22 new restaurants
Fourteen London openings and eight further afield join the online guide with a plain 'New' tag. No stars are confirmed until 2027.
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.
Croft Alley opens its first New York location in SoHo
The Los Angeles all-day café is taking over the former Lola Taverna space on Sixth Avenue this fall, bringing its breakfast-to-lunch menu east.
Nathan Chapman is named head chef at Quality Chop House
Seven years after joining the Farringdon Road kitchen, Chapman takes the title that makes his work there official, as Shaun Searley exits after 13 years.
Wolseley Hospitality Group reshuffles three head chefs
Frank Fletcher, Jenson Santos and Jai Shaikh all move kitchens this month, the latest sign that the Wolseley group prefers promoting its own cooks from within.
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.
Japan food tax cut leaves restaurants facing a 9-point gap
A survey of 10,560 companies finds dining businesses expect sales to fall while food retailers gain, as the tax on takeout drops to 1% and meals eaten in stay at 10%.
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