Restaurants may be reopening but delivery kits are here to stay April 9, 2021 It’s just days until we’re allowed to sit outside and eat a socially distanced meal with people from one other household – a concept that’s far more appealing than that sentence might suggest. But that doesn’t mean the home delivery restaurant-in-a-box revolution is over. With top chefs and restaurants from across the culinary spectrum now [...]
Picnic in style with our top restaurant-in-a-box delivery kits March 29, 2021 As the weather turns and outdoor meet-ups for two groups of up to six people are finally allowed, there’s a bit of optimism in the air. What better way to celebrate than with a Covid-friendly, appropriately-distanced, outdoor feast? Our Life&Style editor Steve Dinneen continues to eat his way through as many home delivery boxes as [...]
Good cluck: US fried chicken chain Popeyes to open first UK store March 23, 2021 US fried chicken chain Popeyes has today announced it will launch its first UK store this year, with plans to open hundreds of branches across the country. The fast food firm will open the store by the end of 2021, it said this morning, and is targeting 350 sites across the UK within the next [...]
Fiery Sri Lankan and 36 other restaurant-in-a-box delivery kits March 19, 2021 Almost a year since the first lockdown, the restaurant world has been forced to change in ways that would have seemed laughable in the pre-Covid times. Top chefs are now launching successful at-home delivery platforms that promise to change the face of fine dining for years to come. We have sampled some of the very [...]
36 amazing restaurant delivery kits to cure your food ennui March 10, 2021 Almost a year since the first lockdown, the restaurant world has been forced to change in ways that would have seemed laughable in the pre-Covid times. Top chefs including Simon Rogan are now launching successful at-home delivery platforms that promise to change the face of fine dining for years to come. We have sampled some [...]
Boris Johnson rules out bringing forward reopening timetable March 8, 2021 Boris Johnson has stressed the need for caution and has ruled out bringing the unlocking timetable forward despite the better-than-expected vaccine rollout. In a Downing Street conference the Prime Minister stressed the need for a “cautious and irreversible approach”. “People would rather trade some urgency and haste in favour of certainty and security about the [...]
Fries and Prejudice: Burger King accused of using ‘sexism as clickbait’ in latest tweet March 8, 2021 Burger King was accused of using “sexism as clickbait” today, after posting an attention-grabbing tweet for International Women’s Day. This morning the fast food chain tweeted: “Women belong in the kitchen.” The controversial tweet was timed to coincide with International Women’s Day, a day that celebrates the achievements of woman around the world. Burger King [...]
Coming 2 America: Eddie Murphy sequel is past its best March 4, 2021 COVID may have scuppered many studios’ plans, but Paramount Pictures made the best of unforeseen circumstances, selling many titles to streaming services including comedy sequel Coming 2 America. The follow up to the 1988 Eddie Murphy hit was purchased by Amazon for a reported $125m, believed to be a record for streaming rights. A sequel [...]
Hospitality redundancies: How many restaurant and pub jobs have been lost during the pandemic? February 27, 2021 How many restaurant and pub jobs have been lost during the pandemic?
Survive the last months of lockdown with 35 amazing delivery kits February 23, 2021 Almost a year since the first lockdown, the restaurant world has been forced to change in ways that would have seemed laughable in the pre-Covid times. Top chefs including Simon Rogan are now launching successful at-home delivery platforms that promise to change the face of fine dining for years to come. We have sampled some [...]