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This week's main hospitality news stories include fears of fresh Coronavirus restrictions, changes to business rates in the Autumn Budget, and La Tasca leaving the UK highstreet after 28 years.

Simon Martin's Manchester restaurant Mana, The Forest Side in Cumbria, and Tuddenham Mill in Suffolk all received four AA Rosettes at a virtual ceremony this morning.

Pembrokeshire College hospitality learners recently attended a virtual career open day at the Dorchester Hotel Pembrokeshire College hospitality learners were given a chance to attend a virtual career open day at one of the world’s most prestigious hotels. Organised by the Chef’s Forum, learners had the opportunity to go behind the scenes at The Dorchester, the luxury five-star hotel on Park Lane and Deanery Street, London. The virtual event allowed learners to tune in and access a wi...

The Mayfair Suite Picture the scene. Its 20 April 1931, and Lady Astor is cutting the ribbon to open the capitals newest and grandest hotel: The Dorchester. The Terrace is humming with liveried waiters sharpening carving knives and sniffing corks, while Jack Jackson and his orchestra (The Dorchesters resident swing band) provide a background serenade. The moment is instantly iconic. When Sir Robert McAlpine conceived this soaring landmark on Park Lane, constructed in steel and concrete (unlike ...

Share The Dorchesters management said the lost money would have to be written off, according to The Sun.  Food at the iconic Mayfair restaurant, led by head chef Tom Booton, includes a £7 portion of chips and a five-course menu for £85 that includes confit pigeon.    A source told The Sun: The whole thing was a complete carry on. But by the time the emergency services had given the all-clear, most of the restaurants 50 diners had left without paying The fire brigade were called when a gas...

Mr Ji​ Soho grab-and-go Taiwanese chicken restaurant Mr Ji is to reopen this month as a full-service restaurant offering an expanded menu created with TĀ TĀ Eatery’s Ana Gonçalves and Zijun Meng. The food offer is billed as more refined, but will still be centred around the Taiwanese-inspired fried chicken for which Mr Ji is known. Dishes include The O’Ji - a twist on Mr Ji’s signature deep-fried chicken breast with chilli sprinkles; and the Lil’ Chick, a roasted whole poussin with...

The little red book is going ahead with its 2021 guide - albeit later than normal - to ‘celebrate the many amazing restaurants in Great Britain & Ireland and all the hugely talented chefs and restaurateurs’ despite the ongoing pandemic.

Courtesy of The Dorchester For children (and adults alike), The Dorchester is the mother of all hotels. Tea at The Dorchester is a rite of passage and a birthday party in the Oliver Messell suite is still one of the most fantastical backdrops in the world for a landmark celebration. The Dorch – as it is affectionately known – has always been at the heart of grand London, where the great and the good have always congregated, measuring out the milestones of their lives, be that affairs, wars...