CompanyToast, the virtual happy hour program launched by Overproof to create job opportunities for bartenders while offering remote-work companies a way to boost team morale, is partnering with Café La Trova – the Miami bar and restaurant that embraces cantinero cocktail culture using time-honored traditions – to create a one-of-a-kind virtual experience. Thanks to support from Santa Teresa 1796 rum, Bacardi and Shaker & Spoon, all sales will go to bartender relief efforts.
Ex-Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews wins US$2 million investment for low ABV ‘spirit’
Former Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, the founder of low ABV spirit brand The Clean Liquor Co, has raised US$2 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners. Clean Liquor was selected
Top drinks marketing campaigns and news in January
Diageo launches Seedlip’s first ad campaign Drinks giant Diageo has led the fight to keep sales buoyant during January by launching its first advertising campaigns in the UK and US
Amuse-bouches: The latest restaurant news bites
We round up the week’s restaurant-related news, from the opening of wine bar and restaurant Peckham Cellars to Pied à Terre’s launch of the ‘£100 Club’. Openings Peckham Cellars: A
Top 10 food and drink trends for 2020
Zero waste restaurants Last year saw the rise of the closed-loop cocktail, with bartenders like Duck & Waffle’s Rich Woods and Dandelyan’s Ryan Chetiyawardana making use of ingredients most chefs
12 London restaurant openings to watch in 2020
Oklava Bakery + Wine Selin Kiazim and Laura Christie are turning their Turkish Cypriot restaurant Kyseri in Fitzrovia into a bakery by day and wine bar by night, which is
Top 10 drinks trends in the US on-trade for 2020
The low to no alcohol trend will expand In the coming year, expect to see an increase in ‘spirits’ with no alcohol in the US, with a greater variation in
The biggest drinks acquisitions of 2019
As 2019 draws to a close, we round up a year of acquisitions which has seen two prominent British brewers snapped up by foreign investors, Constellation Brands agree a wine
The best low- and no-alcohol drinks to serve with dinner this Christmas
The low- and no-alcohol movement has been rumbling on for a while now, with dozens of booze-free ‘spirit’ brands hitting shop shelves since the launch of Seedlip in 2015. And
db Eats: The Grill at The Dorchester
db’s resident gourmand, Lucy Shaw, indulges in one of the most decadent dinners of her life at The Dorchester’s new look Grill, where she is charmed by a lobster thermidor tart.
