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The chef-patron closed the Michelin-starred restaurant two weeks ago after 19 years of trading. Wilkinson posted on Facebook:


“Now it’s time to evolve Fraiche and relocate it to the stunning countryside of Shropshire. A huge thank you to all who have supported the restaurant and hope some of you venture down to try the new environment this summer.” Bookings for the new restaurant


will be released on 1 June. Wilkinson added that the menu


will “continue at the same high standards” and that guests will “still have to suffer Prince on the playlist”.


GREGGS FIGHTS FOR RIGHT TO LATE-NIGHT TRADING


sector’s recruitment challenges. It now boasts over 300 backers, including chefs Angela Hartnett and Tom Kerridge and businesses such as Pret A Manger and Ottolenghi. Last week, seven more operators joined the campaign: Living Ventures, the Ned, Quarter Ltd, First Restaurants, the Vineyard, Ned’s Noodle Bar, Army & Navy Club and Tate Eats. Mark McCulloch, founder of


Hospitality Rising and campaign director, said: “We are ever grateful for everyone who has invested in Hospitality Rising and continue to thank those who have made this vital movement possible.”


LONDON'S CAFÉ WOLSELEY OPENS IN BANGKOK


Greggs is set for a court battle against Westminster City Council after the bakery’s Leicester Square site was refused permission to sell hot food and drinks overnight. The Newcastle-based bakery chain is preparing for a three-day appeal starting on 16 May. Greggs had applied for a


Missenden Abbey The school will launch with


two undergraduate degrees – BA (Hons) Hotel Management and BA (Hons) International Hospitality Management – as well as an MSc in hospitality leadership. The course portfolio will be


expanded in 2024 to include hospitality entrepreneurship, events management and hotel innovation and sustainability. Teaching will take a hybrid


approach and students will learn in the classroom and


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FRAICHE TO RELOCATE TO SHROPSHIRE


undertake placements in the sector. There will be industry involvement in every module and organisations signed on to co-design the curriculum and provide placements for students include Bespoke hotels, Leonardo hotels, Red Carnation Hotels, Firmdale hotels, Exclusive Collection, Zetter and Vacherin.


premises licence that would allow the sale of late-night refreshments from Monday to Sunday between 11pm and 5am at its flagship store. Westminster City Council’s


licensing sub-committee rejected the application last summer on the grounds that the area was at risk of becoming a “honey pot” destination for night-life that would contribute to an increase in criminal activities. The Metropolitan Police said


the Greggs store is located in an area that already has a high rate of anti-social behaviour that is on the rise.


Marc Wilkinson has announced that he will relocate Fraiche from Oxton, Merseyside, to Shropshire.


HOSPITALITY RISING ATTRACTS OVER 100,000 APPLICATIONS Industry-wide recruitment campaign and jobs board Hospitality Rising has attracted over 100,000 job applications in less than six months. The campaign launched last October in a bid to tackle the


The Wolseley Hospitality Group has opened its first overseas restaurant in Thailand. London’s Café Wolseley brand


is to pop-up at the Anantara Siam Bangkok hotel, operated by the group’s owner Minor International, for the next three months. It will be overseen by David


Stevens, group executive chef at the Wolseley Hospitality Group and former head chef at the original Wolseley restaurant on London’s Piccadilly. An announcement from the hotel said the restaurant would combine “traditional British heritage with European grandeur”. Minor has been looking to


expand the Wolseley Hospitality Group after it wrested control of the restaurant business, formerly named Corbin & King, from its founder Jeremy King in a takeover battle last year. The company will also open


seafood restaurant Manzi’s in Soho in June and the Wolseley City in the old House of Fraser building in the City of London this autumn.


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