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Michelin-starred chef Mike Robinson, from the UK, spoke on the Biting Talk podcast and said hell no longer be serving weekday lunches at his restaurants in a bid to save staff from exhaustion.

Chef Tom Aikens They are the questions that have taxed even the greatest restaurateurs across history: how can you make a restaurant successful, and why do restaurants go bust? Now, Michelin-starred chef Tom Aikens, who has experienced his own share of financial woe, reckons he knows the answer. Speaking on the latest edition of the podcast Biting Talk, Aikens says there are three things that make a great restaurant. "Great food, great service, great ambience. If you get those three things rig...

Restaurateurs must work harder to sell seafood to British diners Chef Ed Baines admits he can’t sell enough whole crab to customers who love it, but fears there arent enough Brits who appreciate seafood Celebrity chef Ed Baines is on a mission to get more of us eating seafood Credit: Getty Celebrity chef Ed Baines has called on industry colleagues to work to educate British diners on the glories of seafood as shellfish producers and distributors admit they are in crisis. The UK’s seafood se...

Youve heard of the Waitrose effect – now its time for the Wong effect... 12 February 2021 • 12:21pm Chef Andrew Wong, who runs A. Wong in London Victoria, appears on this weeks Biting Talk podcast Credit: Jon Devo It’s long been associated with pushing up house prices and gentrification, but now the Waitrose effect has a new phenomenon to contend with: the Wong effect. Michelin-starred chef Andrew Wong of London’s celebrated restaurant A. Wong has acknowledged the help that his restaura...

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to save the famous institution dealt a "double blow" by the pandemic and redevelopment plans

Meet the chef taking on a supermarket giant for selling New Zealand venison over British With wild deer stocks higher than ever, imported venison is a depressing sight says Mike Robinson Chef Mike Robinson  Britain’s leading game chef, Mike Robinson, has attacked M&S for stocking New Zealand venison. Robinson, a TV chef whose restaurants include The Woodsman in Stratford-upon-Avon and The Elder in Bath, said that the move ‘puts into focus the madness of the world at the moment. There are m...

The best of Biting Talk podcast 2020, from food heroes to the finest cocktails Listen to the highlights of a year of lively conversations with the great and good of the food and drink world William Sitwell recording Biting Talk Credit: Albert Sitwell With 168 guests across some 60 shows from March until December, featuring celebrity chefs, famous food writers, leading retailers, restaurant critics, food historians, drinks entrepreneurs and one amazing mixologist, Biting Talk really was Britain�...

The Northamptonshire cheesemaker forced to crowdfund to stay in business Having turned to cheesemaking after he was made redundant seven years ago, Gary Bradshaw now faces closure thanks to the pandemic Rachael and Gary Bradshaw, owners of Hamm Tun Fine Foods Credit: Hamm Tun A Northamptonshire-based cheesemaker threatened with closure as his business struggles in the light of Covid-related restrictions is battling for survival by urging people to pledge to eat his cheese in 2021. Gary Bradshaw...