James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson, who worked with World Center Kitchen during the pandemic to help people in need, spoke to The Economist about the challenges facing the restaurant industry and the impact on George Floyd’s killing to him. “The pandemic highlights what America needs to improve on,” said Celebrity Chef Samuelsson, who said […]
Plant-based food producer Meatless Farm has developed the ‘We Can Meatless Again’ initiative and digital insight platform after its research has shown that 65 per cent of British customers are nervous when they reopen to visit a restaurant, pub or bar. Research has also shown that 60 per cent of respondents agreed that the pandemic […]
La Menuiserie, one of Wallonia’s best restaurants, announced it is closing its doors. Owner of the restaurant, chef Thomas Troupin and his wife Marie-Charlotte Portois, who worked at L’Air du Temps before launching the restaurant in January 2013, said they were very sad to declare the restaurant’s closing. The couple, “La Menuiserie has represented more […]
While Starbucks has reopened more than 85 per cent of its U.S. locations, shortened hours have affected many workers and prompted the chain to provide unpaid leave to allow them to receive unemployment insurance. “Your feedback has been critical as we consider how to best support partners who are not getting the hours they need, […]
Over the summer months, The Jane, the 2 Michelin-starred one of the world’s most stunning restaurants in Antwerp, Belgium, will go open air. The open-air restaurant, in collaboration with Sommar, will open from June 12. Due to the restrictions imposed, the Upper Room Bar was not possible to open, so the team decided to move […]
In response to days of protests and growing police interventions in the US after the murder of George Floyd, restaurant owners provided funds to organizations focused on racial equality and police reform despite the damage and looting of restaurants during protests. In some cities, such as Los Angeles, protests and a government-mandated curfew coincided with […]
