restaurant

In profile: Chef Eric Vildgaard

Eric Vildgaard is a man of contradictions. Weighing in at 140 kg (309lb), he is an imposing presence in any…

Watch: FCSI’s Future-Tech roundtable on QSR innovation

On Monday July 19, 2021, leading FCSI The Americas design consultants, plus Rick Caron, executive vice president & chief innovation…

Opinion: Covid-19’s effect on restaurant loans

The relatively sudden and global onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has understandably had a chilling effect on the revenues and…

The amazing way Artificial Intelligence is transforming restaurants

Artificial intelligence (AI) is going well beyond the burger flip to transform restaurants from the front of the house to…

US restaurant industry growing amid groundswell of change

If the headline figures are to be believed, there’s a good year ahead for the US restaurant industry. By the…

Project spotlight: sophisticated simplicity at Hide

When chef Ollie Dabbous opened his first restaurant – the eponymous Dabbous – in 2012, he quickly became a star…

Event preview: The National Restaurant Association Show 2018

This year's National Restaurant Association Show looks set to have north of 67,000 foodservice executives in attendance. Approximately 2,300 exhibitors…

The Restaurant Show 2017: Michelin stars, masterclasses and modernisation

Held at the Olympia, this autumn The Restaurant Show returns with over 450 suppliers and an illustrious list of guest…

Joachim Boudens on founding Hertog Jan with chef Geert de Mangeleer

Geert and I met in 1999 when I started as a sommelier at the two-Michelin-starred Molentje restaurant in Zeebrugge, where…

Opinion: why Just Eat shouldn’t be allowed Hungryhouse merger

Last month Just Eat announced that it had topped 300 million restaurant orders; a positive piece of news from a…