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Brigi Stamber - Portland Road, Stretch - Pizzeria
Interviews
Jude Coventry

Brigi Stamber: The Pizza Chef Who Built Stretch on Craft, Curiosity and Regenerative Flour

Fifteen years ago, Brigi Stamber arrived in Brighton from Hungary expecting to stay six months. She never left. An accidental shift covering for an absent chef sparked an obsession with dough and fermentation that has since made her UK Pizza Chef of the Year twice over, first at the PAPA UK Pizza Awards in 2023, then the National Pizza Awards in 2024.

That obsession now lives at Stretch, her pizzeria on Portland Road in Hove, built around Rise Re Gen, a British regenerative flour she believes makes Stretch the first pizzeria in the country to use it. Here, Brigi talks Brighton, dough and why sustainability and flavour make each other better.

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Jude Coventry August 24, 2026
SEO for restaurants . Restaurant Marketing
Marketing Top Tips
Ivanka Majic

SEO for Restaurants: How to Get Your Venue Found Online

SEO for restaurants need not be a mystery. This guide walks through seven practical habits, from keeping your details consistent everywhere to writing proper menu pages instead of PDFs, that help search engines and AI assistants understand your restaurant. Simple, honest changes to your online presence decide whether a hungry diner finds you, or scrolls straight past to somewhere else.

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Ivanka Majic August 10, 2026
Interviews
Ivanka Majic

Brighton FoodStory: Gilly Smith on Building a Food Festival Around Stories, Not Stalls

Award winning food writer, author and podcaster Gilly Smith talks to Restaurants Brighton about Brighton FoodStory, a brand new festival taking over New Road and venues across the city this October. Curated around ideas rather than trade stands, the weekend brings chefs, farmers, campaigners and community cooks together across Food Street, a programme of talks and discussions, and a city wide Long Table Supper Club. Gilly shares the thinking behind the festival, who is joining the programme, and how Brighton and Hove’s hospitality scene can get involved.

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Ivanka Majic August 3, 2026
Supplier Spotlight
Ivanka Majic

A Guide to Alfresco Dining for Hospitality Venues

Alfresco dining is more than shifting tables outside. Done well, it adds covers, lifts kerb appeal and gives guests the relaxed, sunlit setting they now expect. Alliance South East sets out what outdoor service really involves, why demand keeps climbing and how venues should plan the space properly.

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Ivanka Majic July 27, 2026
Alejandro and his team at Lima Nikeei discussing restaurants
Interviews
Nick Harvey

Inside Lima Nikkei: How Alejandro Cerna is Bringing Peruvian-Japanese Cuisine to Brighton

Nikkei is one of the most intriguing cuisines to reach Brighton: a century-old marriage of Japanese precision and Peruvian punch. At Lima Nikkei on the seafront, head chef and co-founder Alejandro is building a kitchen around that dialogue. We talk sourcing, kitchen culture, recruitment and what it takes to introduce an unfamiliar cuisine to a knowing city.

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Nick Harvey July 27, 2026
Dave Marrow, Head Chef at Embers, with black backdrop
Brighton Cool
Nick Harvey

Meet Dave Marrow from Embers

We sit down with Dave Marrow from Embers to delve into the story behind one of Brighton’s most exciting dining spots. In this interview, Dave shares the inspiration behind Embers’ flame-grilled concept, the passionate team that brings it to life, and the creative thinking behind their award-winning Sunday roast.

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Nick Harvey July 19, 2026
Oli and his team from Moksha with their Toast software
Supplier Spotlight
Nick Harvey

A Hospitality Conversation: How Toast Is Helping Moksha Caffè Thrive

In this Toast Talks interview, Ashley from Toast catches up with Oli and Lotta from Moksha Caffé to discuss the real-world impact of Toast POS. From improving service and simplifying operations to helping the team work more efficiently, Oli and Lotta share how the Toast POS system has been received by staff and the practical benefits it is bringing to one of Brighton’s busiest independent cafés.

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Nick Harvey June 24, 2026
Ewan from Mare
Sussex Hospitality
Jude Coventry

BITE Sussex X Brighton and Hove Tourism Alliance industry afternoon

Hospitality professionals from across Brighton and Sussex came together for an inspiring afternoon of industry insight, collaboration and networking. Hosted by Bite Sussex and the Brighton & Hove Tourism Alliance, the event explored opportunities, challenges and ideas shaping the future of hospitality, tourism and food culture across the region.

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Jude Coventry June 24, 2026
Brighton Cool
Ivanka Majic

Shaping a sustainable food city

Yesterday’s Sustainability Workshop at Brighton’s Sea Lanes was as productive as it was fun. When hospitality people decide to take some time out of their

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Ivanka Majic June 24, 2026

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