All Caprice Holdings articles – Page 5
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News
Bar Boulud maitre d’ to launch Covent Garden site
London-based maitre d’ Paulo de Tarso is leaving his role at Bar Boulud at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park to open his own restaurant – Margot, with Nicolas Jaouen, currently general manager of Mayfair’s La Petite Maison. The pair are launching 100-cover Italian restaurant Margot in Covent Garden next May. ...
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Newman swaps Carluccio’s for Caring
Ian Newman has stepped down as acquisitions manager at Carluccio’s to help with the growth of the Richard Caring-backed Ivy Café and Market Grill format
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Lawson swaps Ramsay for Blumenthal
Andrew Lawson has stepped down as head of human resources at the Gordon Ramsay Group to become people director at Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck Group
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Fortnum & Mason to open 45 Jermyn St
Fortnum & Mason is to open a new restaurant on the former site of The Fountain in London’s St James’s district.
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IRC takes stake in My Pasta Bar
Individual Restaurant Company (IRC) has taken a stake in My Pasta Bar, the fast-casual concept from Gino D’Acampo
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D’Acampo teams up with IRC for new brand
High-profile chef Gino D’Acampo is to make his first move into the premium casual dining market, in partnership with Individual Restaurant Company
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Ivy off-shoots set for Marylebone and High St Ken
Caprice Holdings has confirmed it is to open two further sites under its Ivy Café/Grill format in London, in Marylebone and High Street Kensington
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House of Ho to double up
House of Ho, the Vietnamese restaurant concept from high-profile chef Bobby Chinn, is to open its second site in Fitzrovia
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IRC plans £4m investment
Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), the operator of the Piccolino and Restaurant Bar & Grill brands, is to invest c£4m on further upgrading its existing estate, M&C understands. The 32-strong group, which is chaired by Malcolm Walker, is also set to open a new Piccolino in Alderley Edge before the end ...
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Opinion
The licensing landscape
Whilst rents are indeed high and premiums larger than in every other area in the UK, partners at Poppleston Allen Clare Eames and Lisa Inzani explain the impact on London’s licensing landscape
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McDonald to launch Vintage Salt brand
Des McDonald is to change the name of his fledgling Fish & Chips Shop chain to Vintage Salt
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Diary
Diary: TGI; Oakman Inns; Costa and M&B
In this week’s Diary we reveal more on a key vacancy at TGI Friday’s; review a busy year at Oakman Inns; look at why McDonald’s is taking the long-term view and find out why Mitchells & Butlers has been urged to bring one of the country’s oldest pubs into the 21st century:
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Askew joins Ivy Market team
Mark Askew, former executive head chef at Gordon Ramsay Holding, has become a director of the Richard Caring-backed Ivy Market Grill format
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IRC swings into profit
The parent company of Individual Restaurant Company (IRC) swung back into profit in the year to 31 March 2014
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NewsCaring lines up second Ivy Market Grill
Richard Caring is believed to earmarked the former Henry J Beans site in London’s Chelsea, for the second opening under his new Ivy Market Grill format
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NewsIRC execs take stakes in fledgling businesses
Steven Walker and Vernon Lord of Individual Restaurant Company (IRC), have taken stakes in the fledging operations run by Roy Ellis and Des McDonald
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NewsD&M to evolve its offer
Drake & Morgan is set to unveil an evolved take on its offer when it opens its next site in London’s King’s Cross
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Mayfair leads the way in terms of rental levels
The level of rent per sq ft for a new lease in London’s Mayfair has risen by 67% over the last five years to stand at £125
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Brindisa team plans new Soho concept
The team behind Brindisa, the Spanish tapas bar operator, is believed to have secured a site in London’s Soho for a new concept
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Interviews
Friday five-minute interview: Ponti's Stefano Ispani
M&C Report talks to Stefano Ispani, chief executive of The Ponti Group, operator of Ponti’s Italian Kitchen and Caffe Italia, about his best investment, his best business decision and the best piece of advice he’s ever received.