Donny van de Beek's spell at Manchester United has been less than ideal for the Dutchman.
12.09.2022 - 10:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Steak restaurant Hawksmoor has been a mainstay of Manchester's culinary offering since the doors of its Deansgate site opened in 2015.
From being named the best restaurant of its kind in the world to accidentally serving someone a £4,500 bottle of wine, the brand has made its mark in the city over the last seven years.
Founded in 2006 by school friends Will Beckett and Huw Gott, the chain has branched out from its London base and now also has restaurants in Edinburgh and New York.
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Hawksmoor is now set to open its latest restaurant in Liverpool's iconic Grade II-listed India Buildings on the corner of Brunswick Street and Fenwick Street in November.
Ahead of its latest move, which comes before a further expansion into Dublin in the spring, co-founder Will Beckett spoke to the Manchester Evening News about the importance of its Manchester restaurant, the impact of the energy crisis, the challenges around recruitment as well as the chain's sustainability goals, new Liverpool site and its future plans.
Speaking ahead of the announcement by Prime Minister Liz Truss on how the government will seek to tackle the rise in energy prices, Mr Beckett outlined how the crisis is impacting Hawksmoor and the hospitality as a whole.
"At the moment the industry is coping with it through blind luck", he said. "If you're lucky enough, as Hawksmoor is, to be in contract and with an energy supplier that's solvent then you can ride it out. If you're not then you're in a world of trouble.
"A friend wrote to me this morning and said that he had been contacted by his gas supplier to say they would help him out by giving him the current rate for the next three years
Donny van de Beek's spell at Manchester United has been less than ideal for the Dutchman.
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