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Our Scottish Hotel follows the Murrays' Cromlix revamp
A three-part Channel 4 series tracks Andy and Kim Murray's year-long renovation of their Dunblane hotel, including two new restaurants.
Schofield's Bar London opens in Covent Garden
The Manchester cocktail bar that topped the UK's Top 50 list in 2024 takes its menu south to the former Chick 'n' Sours site near Seven Dials.
Abbie Hendren opens her own kitchen at Trindle Stores
The former Teal head chef, who represented London on Great British Menu 2026, takes over the kitchen at a two-year-old grocery shop in Kew.
Bubala cuts its set menu by 20% as it opens a fourth site
The vegetarian-led group opened in Covent Garden on 19 October and dropped its Bubala Knows Best menu to £39 across all four London sites.
Roast opens second restaurant at Shoreditch hotel
Borough Market's roast specialist opens a 135-cover dining room inside Virgin Hotels London-Shoreditch, its first new site in more than two decades.
Loch Ness chef wins Masters of the Menu 2026
Ammar Soeb Khumri, senior chef de partie at The Lovat Hotel, beat four finalists with a duck breast dish built around a Heinz Korean BBQ sauce.
Venus Bar opens under Brasserie Olivia in Chelsea
La Nouvelle Garde's first bar outside France seats 22 in a basement built around 1970s Parisian nightlife, with cocktails from Jennifer Le Nechet.
Coppa Collective revenue rises 8% to £56.4m in FY26
The group behind Coppa Club and the Italian brand Noci returns to like-for-like sales growth and credits tighter cost control after buying four pubs from Grosvenor.
Nonna Bakery opens second London site in Covent Garden
The Shanghai-born Italian bakery, founded by a Sicilian lawyer and a Holborn GP, follows its first London opening with a bigger bet on Drury Lane.
The Social Hub submits £200m plan for Edinburgh site
The Dutch aparthotel group has filed formal plans for a 580-bed hub on the former Fountain Brewery site, with a restaurant, café and rooftop bar among the amenities.
Fynveur takes majority stake in Rudy's owner Mission Mars
Artal's investment arm buys into the group behind Rudy's Napoletana and Albert's Schloss, as backer BGF exits after eight years and a first Scottish site nears.
Tom Sellers opens The Penn at Stoke Park in Buckinghamshire
The 48-cover dining room is the first of five food and drink concepts on the estate to open to the public. The hotel and spa still have no reopening date.
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