Jungmin Seo

Jungmin Seo

Reporter

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

Plans for Shrewsbury Travelodge approved despite 'heritage concerns' News

Plans for Shrewsbury Travelodge approved despite 'heritage concerns'

08 November 2023 by

Plans to build an 83-bedroom Travelodge in central Shrewsbury have been approved by Shropshire Council despite[...]

Restaurant ordered to pay £18,000 to former staff member for unlawful victimisation News

Restaurant ordered to pay £18,000 to former staff member for unlawful victimisation

08 November 2023 by

A restaurant worker has been awarded over £18,000 by a tribunal after being dismissed by a[...]

Chris Shaw named head chef of Toklas News

Chris Shaw named head chef of Toklas

08 November 2023 by

Chris Shaw has been appointed head chef of Toklas restaurant in the Strand, London.

New Lake District hospitality business snaps up Cumbria's Ryebeck hotel News

New Lake District hospitality business snaps up Cumbria's Ryebeck hotel

08 November 2023 by

The Ryebeck hotel in Windermere, Cumbria, has been sold to new hospitality business Lake District Limited[...]

Red Carnation Hotels’ 100 Princes Street to open in spring 2024 News

Red Carnation Hotels’ 100 Princes Street to open in spring 2024

03 November 2023

Red Carnation Hotels has confirmed the launch of 100 Princes Street in Edinburgh has been pushed back to spring 2024.

Jamie Oliver: “If I came back on earth and did it again, I would go back to the pub” News

Jamie Oliver: “If I came back on earth and did it again, I would go back to the pub”

03 November 2023

Jamie Oliver revealed that his original plan after the success of his 1999 television programme Naked Chef was to open a 60-cover pub near Cambridge.

Knightsbridge restaurant forced to close following cockroach infestation News

Knightsbridge restaurant forced to close following cockroach infestation

03 November 2023 by

A restaurant in London’s Knightsbridge has been fined over £16,000 and was forced to close after[...]

Semi-finalists revealed for 2024 Gold Service Scholarship News

Semi-finalists revealed for 2024 Gold Service Scholarship

03 November 2023 by

Forty semi-finalists for the 2024 Gold Service Scholarship have been announced.

Moor Hall to open seven standalone garden bedrooms News

Moor Hall to open seven standalone garden bedrooms

02 November 2023 by

Seven standalone garden rooms are to launch at chef Mark Birchall’s two-Michelin-starred Moor Hall restaurant with[...]

Johan Scheepers named general manager of the Grand Hotel Birmingham News

Johan Scheepers named general manager of the Grand Hotel Birmingham

01 November 2023 by

Johan Scheepers has been appointed general manager of the Grand Hotel Birmingham.

Solberge Hall in Yorkshire sold to luxury wedding company Wharfedale Grange News

Solberge Hall in Yorkshire sold to luxury wedding company Wharfedale Grange

31 October 2023

Solberge Hall hotel in Northallerton, Yorkshire, has been acquired by wedding and events company Wharfedale Grange for an undisclosed sum.

Celebrity haunt Julie’s to reopen in 2024 under new ownership News

Celebrity haunt Julie’s to reopen in 2024 under new ownership

31 October 2023

Julie’s in London’s Holland Park is set to reopen in spring 2024 under new ownership.

Jacobs Media Group is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.

The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.

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