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Plant-based chef Kirk Haworth on his new Plates restaurant in Shoreditch

Kirk Haworth: “There’s no manual for this sort of food”

The Great British Menu star hopes his upcoming Shoreditch restaurant Plates will change perceptions of how fruits, vegetables and plants can be transformed. Just don’t mention the v word.

National Restaurant Awards 2024: The Estrella Damm Sustainability Award shortlist

These six restaurants that lead the way in sustainable and social practices have made this year's shortlist.

Flavor-ama chef book review Arielle Johnson

Book review: Flavor-ama

Arielle Johnson explores the mechanics of flavour and gives chefs the tools they need to master it.

Paradise 2.0 Sri Lankan restaurant Soho Dom Fernando

Latest opening: Paradise 2.0

Dom Fernando is evolving his progressive Soho Sri Lankan restaurant with a new design and tasting menu.

Friday five: the week's biggest hospitality stories

Leon's incursion into the coffee subscription space and new restaurants for Bar Kroketa and JKS were among the week's most read news stories.

Revolution Bars ends formal sales process

Revolution Bars Group has ended its formal sales process period and entered into a period of restructuring.

JKS to open Punjabi restaurant Ambassadors Clubhouse in Mayfair

JKS Restaurants will open its latest London venture this summer, celebrating food from Punjab.

Caia restaurant co-founder Tim Lang one wine

Uncorked: Tim Lang

The co-founder of Notting Hill restaurant Caia on 1982 Pétrus, Beth Brickenden and the importance of balancing passion for wine with the art of human connection.

A fantasy horror-themed restaurant and cocktail bar is coming to Birmingham

A café, restaurant, and cocktail bar inspired by the realms of Wednesday Addams, Stranger Things, Beetlejuice and other horror films and characters is opening in Birmingham city centre later this summer.

'Dine and dash' couple jailed for restaurant fraud

A couple who ate at five restaurants in Wales and left without paying have been jailed.

Nepalese restaurant Eat Momo to launch in Borough Yards later this summer

Sisters Trishna and Dipa Chamling will launch a restaurant near Borough Market this August that specialises in Nepalese dumplings.

Nightcap ends talks with Revolution Bars over potential takeover

Nightcap has abandoned its plans to make an offer for Revolution Bars Group.

Leo and Roobs cafe to open in Salford

The team behind Salford pub The Black Friar is launching a sister venue and neighbourhood café next month.

Delivery and takeaway sales grow ahead of inflation in April

Britain’s top managed restaurant groups achieved year-on-year growth of 4.5% in delivery and takeaway sales in April 2024, new data shows.

Flash-grilled: Tom Cenci

The executive chef at restaurants including Nessa, Yasmin and Mortimer House Kitchen on top food telly, viral celeriac carbonara, and a stinker of a review from Toby Young.

Turkish chef Kemal Demirasal on his new fish restaurant The Counter Soho

Counter narrative: how Kemal Demirasal is challenging perceptions of Turkish cuisine

Having put the record straight on Turkish kebabs, the (quietly) high-profile chef has launched a fish restaurant and subterranean listening bar in Soho.