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Simpson's Tavern reopens as Cloth Cornhill in London
Four years after a rent dispute closed London's oldest chophouse, new owners reopen it under a different name — same panelling, same coat hooks.
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.
Rocket Room opens its first standalone bar at Highcross Leicester
The axe-throwing and shuffleboard brand leaves its food-hall base behind for a 4,000 sq ft Midlands site, with a full kitchen menu for the first time.
BM Caterers starts growing its own produce in Wiltshire
A dedicated community farm now supplies the workplace caterer's corporate menus, part of a wider push by UK operators to shorten supply chains under cost pressure.
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.
Grace Dent reviews Indian Café Racer's bigger Birmingham site
The cult curry spot has moved from a pub back room to a 65-cover site on Bristol Street. The Guardian's critic found the cooking uneven, from a sharp gobi manchurian to flat naans.
Ian McAndrew, chef who starred Eastwell Manor, dies
Master Chefs of Great Britain announced his death on 12 October. McAndrew won a Michelin star at Eastwell Manor in 1982 and another at his own restaurant three years later.
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.
Francesco Vacca becomes head chef at TOZI in Victoria
After nine years in the kitchen, Vacca takes over day-to-day cooking at the Victoria cicchetti restaurant alongside executive chef Maurilio Molteni.
Lenny's apizza finds a permanent home in Covent Garden
Max Lewis's New Haven-style pizza pop-up leaves the pub behind for a permanent site on Henrietta Street, opening 27 October in partnership with MJMK.
Abbie Hendren leads the kitchen at Trindle Stores in Kew
The former Teal by Sally Abé head chef swaps Hackney for a two-year-old Kew grocery, cooking breakfast and lunch around a kitchen-garden menu.
Josh Hughes leaves Hide and Fox for Updown Farmhouse
Kent-born Josh Hughes swaps a two-Michelin-star kitchen in Saltwood for a farmhouse near Deal, after four years split between Hide and Fox and The Bridge Arms.
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