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Jungmin Seo

Jungmin Seo

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Reporter at The Caterer, covering hotels, restaurants, foodservice, pubs and the latest openings.

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Book review: A New Way to Bake by Philip Khoury

11 September 2023 by

Philip Khoury’s A New Way to Bake charts how a “baking-obsessed graphic design university student” from Australia became a pioneering plant-based pastry chef

News

MPs call for independent assessment into tax-free shopping

10 September 2023 by

MPs have urged the Treasury to commission an independent assessment into the “full economic impact” of tax-free shopping on the UK economy.

Warning use of AI in hospitality could lead to ‘more sophisticated’ cyberattacks News

Warning use of AI in hospitality could lead to ‘more sophisticated’ cyberattacks

08 September 2023 by
Boy dies after 'high voltage' incident at Blackpool hotel News

Boy dies after 'high voltage' incident at Blackpool hotel

08 September 2023 by
April Jackson to open first standalone bar in Brixton News

April Jackson to open first standalone bar in Brixton

08 September 2023 by
Grazing reveals two senior chef appointments News

Grazing reveals two senior chef appointments

08 September 2023 by

BaxterStorey enters contract with London Metropolitan University News

BaxterStorey enters contract with London Metropolitan University

06 September 2023 by

BaxterStorey has secured a one-year catering partnership with London Metropolitan University for an undisclosed sum.

Jeremy Alderton named managing director of Palmer & Howells News

Jeremy Alderton named managing director of Palmer & Howells

06 September 2023 by

Jeremy Alderton has been appointed managing director of specialist independent school caterer Palmer & Howells.

Landmark London pastry chefs win Bake Off: The Professionals 2023 News

Landmark London pastry chefs win Bake Off: The Professionals 2023

06 September 2023 by

The pastry team from the Landmark London in Marylebone have been crowned champions of Channel 4’s[...]

Menuwatch: Studio Gauthier, Fitzrovia, London Chef

Menuwatch: Studio Gauthier, Fitzrovia, London

06 September 2023 by

Alexia Dellaca-Minot is taking charge of Alexis Gauthier’s latest restaurant, with a nod to French cuisine[...]

News

Clampdown on fake reviews and hidden fees announced

Businesses are set to receive greater protection from fake reviews and be subject to stricter regulation around hidden fees."

05 September 2023 by
Joseph Procack named executive chef of Voco St David’s News

Joseph Procack named executive chef of Voco St David’s

05 September 2023
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Joseph Procack has been appointed executive chef of Voco St David’s in Cardiff.

Marcus Wareing: Front of house ‘didn’t need me over their shoulders’ News

Marcus Wareing: Front of house ‘didn’t need me over their shoulders’

05 September 2023
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Marcus Wareing has urged chefs not to “suppress front of house” and instead to “step to the side”.

Searcys to open champagne bar in Battersea Power Station News

Searcys to open champagne bar in Battersea Power Station

04 September 2023 by

Searcys is to open a champagne bar in London’s Battersea Power Station development on 18 October.

The Tawny hotel to add solar panels as property continues ‘sustainability journey’ News

The Tawny hotel to add solar panels as property continues ‘sustainability journey’

04 September 2023 by

The Tawny hotel in Staffordshire has revealed plans to install over 100 solar panels and 14[...]

Miles Slade named operations director of RedCat Pub Company News

Miles Slade named operations director of RedCat Pub Company

04 September 2023 by

Miles Slade has been appointed operations director of RedCat Pub Company’s pub division.

JD Wetherspoon to slash prices for a day to urge VAT reduction News

JD Wetherspoon to slash prices for a day to urge VAT reduction

04 September 2023 by

JD Wetherspoon is to cut the price of all food and drink in its pubs by[...]

News

Bill’s ‘back on track’ following boost in sales

Restaurant group Bill’s reported trading was “ahead of expectations” for the six months ended 30 June 2023 following the team’s “forensic approach” to cost-control."

04 September 2023 by
Gold Service Scholarship 2024 open for entries News

Gold Service Scholarship 2024 open for entries

04 September 2023
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Entries for the 2024 Gold Service Scholarship (GSS) have opened for all front-of-house professionals based in the UK aged between 22 and 28.

Starboard Hotels secures refinancing deal as business eyes expansion News

Starboard Hotels secures refinancing deal as business eyes expansion

01 September 2023
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Starboard Hotels has acquired its second London property for an undisclosed sum following a seven-year refinancing deal.

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