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Food restaurant receives facelift!

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Proto Restaurant Group are pleased to announce the completion of the facelift work that has been going on at Food restaurant in Worthing, West Sussex. Work has been under way for the last few weeks to give Food a fresh look, but don’t worry, we haven’t changed too much of our much loved restaurant.

Andy Sparsis, owner of Proto Restaurant Group had the following to say about the changes:

“Food has kept the same good looking body, same lovely hands and same long legs, but we have had a snazzy new haircut so come in and check us out for yourself! Food is sexier than ever!”

Food Restaurant has had a lovely new inner-refit - come in and see for yourself!

Not only have we changed the physical appearance of the restaurant but we have been making some special changes to the menu making it bigger and better than before! The new menu now includes some more unique and exciting dishes and we have some real treats for you!

Our Starters have been boosted by the addition of our “Berliners Breakfast” – Knockwurst Sausage in a Black Pudding sandwich – and our “Samphire Scallops” – Scallops with garlic samphire sea vegetables. Check out our starters menu for more details along with the full lineup!

Our Main Menu just keeps getting better as well with our “Lobster Polenta Soufflé”, “Louisiana Street Food” and “The Admiral’s Luncheon”. Trust us when we say that descriptions do not do these dishes justice, you have to come in and try them for yourself!

Anyone for Dessert? Try our brand new “Hellenic Desire” for just £7.00 – authentic finger delicacies from the Mediterranean Greek islands, Baklava, gadaifi, gadalabourikou, leguo.

So now that you’ve heard all about the new changes, surely it’s time to come and check them out! Call Food on 01903 227780 to book a table now.

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Andy Sparsis rides London to Brighton

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

On Sunday 19th June, Proto Restaurant Group owner, Andy Sparsis took part in the annual London to Brighton bike ride and completed the ride in under 5 hours. The London to Brighton bike ride is a fund raising event for The British Heart Foundation (BHF) and is 54 miles long from Clapham Common to Brighton Beach and has been running with the BHF’s involvement since 1980, raising over £40 million via a combined 650,000 + riders and their sponsors.

All 27,000 participants, whether taking part as a serious cyclist or a novelty entry set out to achieve the common goal of helping raise £4 million towards the BHF’s continued work.

Andy Sparsis, Warren Bagnall and David Camci.

Andy Sparsis entered the ride as part of a team of 5 including Executive Chef from The Fish Factory, Stuart Slevin and team members David Camci, Warren Bagnall and Daryl James.

Everyone at Proto Restaurant Group is extremely proud of the team and the group’s representatives within. It is just another example of the work Andy does for charity and the community having only just launched the Cath Lab Appeal for the ‘Love Your Hospitals’ charity.

To hear all about the bike ride, come in and see Andy and Stuart at The Fish Factory, Worthing by calling us on 01903 207123 to book a table, or visit either of the other two restaurants where Andy Sparsis is always likely to be by calling us on 01903 227780 (Food) or 01903 715000 (The Fish Factory, Littlehampton).

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Cath Lab Appeal Launch

Friday, June 17th, 2011

The Cath Lab Appeal for the ‘Love your Hospitals’ charity was launched at Food restaurant in spectacular fashion on Thursday 9th June. The Love your Hospitals charity fund-raises for Worthing, Southland and St. Richard’s hospitals to help ensure that staff at all three hospitals can deliver the highest quality of healthcare we all need at some point in our lives.

Proto Restaurant Group owner Andy Sparsis and his wife are patrons of the charity, so it is very close to the hearts of all those that work for him, which is why Food restaurant was a perfect location for the launch of the Cath Lab Appeal.

The first major fund raising event for the appeal is a Superhero Fun Run and Walk along Worthing seafront on Sunday 4 September, 3pm at Worthing Lido. Keeping with that theme, a superhero/vigilante film was made at the launch. With crowds gathered outside Food restaurant, Andy Sparsis, dressed as Batman and arriving in the ORIGINAL car from the Batman films, saved a lady from being mugged.

Pictures of the event can be found at the ‘Love your Hospitals’ Facebook page where you can also ‘Like’ the page to receive news updates on the Cath Lab Appeal and all the other work the charity carries out.

Proto Restaurant Group encourages parties and events at all three of it’s restaurants, so why not give us a call today on 01903 227780 (Food), 01903 207123 (The Fish Factory, Worthing) or 01903 715000 (The Fish Factory, Littlehampton) to see how we can be the perfect venue for your event.

Andy Sparsis whizzing around the corner dressed as Batman

Donna Sparsis - Patron of the Love Your Hospitals Charity

Andy with Mayor Ann Barlow

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Proto Restaurant Group involved for 10th year at Splash FM Garden Party

Monday, June 6th, 2011

DISCOUNTED TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR PROTO RESTAURANT GROUP MEMBERS
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Splash FM Garden Party

Proto Restaurant Group will be involved in the Splash FM Garden Party for the 10th year running when it comes to Worthing on 22nd and 23rd July. The Garden Party provides 10 hours of live music over 2 days from some of the greatest tribute acts around. This year features ‘Ultimately Kylie‘, ‘Achtung Baby‘ (U2 Tribute), ‘Millenium Robbie‘, Melissa Totten (Madonna Tribute) and ‘and finally Phil Collins‘ as well as great local support acts. The Splash FM Garden Party is the biggest tribute festival on the south coast and Proto Restaurant Group has exclusive access.

Splash FM Garden Party

As the only source of DISCOUNTED TICKETS, Proto Restaurant Group members can enjoy cheaper tickets to this amazing event thanks to all the work that Food Restaurant and The Fish Factory do behind the scenes at the garden party. Visit this link to get access to our exclusive offers including buying tickets for a night in the green room!

Proto Restaurant Group is in charge of the VIP tent at the party which means providing food, drink and service to all of the performers and event organisers. This requires a huge team effort and the brilliant staff from both restaurants help out enormously as well as the restaurants providing the food and drink for the event. Proto Restaurant Group, Food and The Fish Factory have been involved for the past 9 years in the same capacity and it is an absolute pleasure to be involved again.

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Worthing Herald gives accolade to top “Food” restaurant

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Proto Restaurant Group’s Food Restaurant in Worthing was featured in April’s Edition of Simply Sussex – the FREE magazine that comes with the Worthing Herald, Littlehampton Gazette, etc.

Food Restaurant – in New Street, Worthing – was given a fantastic review headlined with “Hungry for some nice food” and we thought we’d share it with you! Below are some extracts from the article.

Food Express Menu

“When you get the last table in a restaurant on a week-day lunchtime, you know it must be doing something right. That was exactly the case at Food in New Street, Worthing, on a recent Friday.
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I went for the steak and frites, a delicious bargain which included a lovely piece of medium-cooked steak, a stack of crispy fries, some fried onions and a yummy blue cheese sauce.
My colleague settled on the house bangers – deliciously meaty local Cumberland sausages with creamy mash “without the slightest hint of a lump”, served with a red wine sauce and caramelised onions.
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Food is tucked away in Worthing, but it’s clear many people have been tracking it down to enjoy its great food. If you haven’t found it yet, you had better get looking.”

To read the full article, click here and view Simply Sussex online. Go to page 18 for the article on Food!

To discover Food for yourself, these, call us on 01903 227780 or come visit us at 6 New Street, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3BT.

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Parking Prices

Friday, April 8th, 2011

The Proto Restaurant Group is absolutely delighted to announce a new deal with the NCP car parks in Worthing.
In the past, we have teamed up with NCP to offer Proto Restaurant Group members exclusive discounts on car parking for limited promotional periods, such as over Christmas. We are now pleased to announce that these deals including FREE car parking will be available ALL YEAR ROUND.

NCP parking deals with Proto Restaurant Group

Parking a car in Worthing has had a lot of negative publicity recently, with Worthing being the most expensive place to park in the area. Not any more! Here at the Proto Restaurant Group, we have taken a different approach to business and have teamed up with NCP to offer our customers FREE parking at the Guildbourne car park for 2 hours when you dine at The Fish Factory in Worthing. As if that wasn’t enough, we have also managed to secure HALF PRICE parking in the Grafton Road car park for all customers dining at Food in Worthing – that makes it cheaper than any other Sussex town.

Proto Restaurant Group has checked this offer worldwide and can announce that The Fish Factory in Worthing offers the cheapest car parking in the world!

Brian Jones, Manage at NCP had the following to say about the new deals:

“NCP is always looking for ways to support local businesses in Worthing. We are delighted to team up with The Proto Restaurant Group to offer cheaper parking to their customers. The reduced parking offers we have launched includes half-price parking in the Grafton car park for Food customers and 2 hours free parking in the Guildbourne car park for The Fish Factory customers. NCP hopes the restaurants as well as the diners benefit from this option.”

With offers as good as these, how can you resist coming to dine at the Proto Restaurant Group restaurants in Worthing and Littlehampton. Call us on 01903 227780 (Food), 01903 207123 (The Fish Factory Worthing) or 01903 715000 (The Fish Factory Littlehampton) to book a table.

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Third year sponsors of The Splash FM Awards – Proto Restaurant Group

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Proto Restaurant Group sponsored the Splash FM awards last night for the third year running. The awards ceremony, organised by Splash FM, took place at the Dome Cinema in Worthing last Thursday (Thursday 17th March) and Proto Restaurant Group was extremely proud to be sponsoring such a fantastic event.

There were 15 awards given out throughout the evening including sporting star, pub of the year and the courage award which were won by Harrison Reed, Bar Release and Shane Wallace respectively. Other notable winners were the Mum and Dad of the year awards won by Wendy Robinson and Scott Mellhuish.

Proto Restaurant Group - Splash Awards 2011

Proto Restaurant Group is especially proud to be sponsoring an event with such awards as it rewards those that really deserve it, especially Mum’s and Dad’s who quite often don’t get the recognition they deserve.

Details of all the award winners can be found at the Splash FM website.

Proto Restaurant Group also walked away with an award winning Restaurant of the Year for Food. Karen Warland, the Floor Manager at Food Restaurant had the following to say about the award:

“Thank you very much to everyone that voted for us, we really appreciate it. All we ever do is try our best to give good quality food and excellent service. Thank you everyone for your continued support.”

Proto Restaurant Group - Splash Awards 2011

Alberto Castro, who is the Executive Chef at Food, was absolutely delighted with the award:

“Thank you to all the customers from all the team for your continued support. It is a privilege to be working as an Executive Chef at Food restaurant.”

Nominations for Food Restaurant were for the quality experience that is offered – including the lavish, open plan dining room, it’s welcoming and attentive staff, and the entertainment, which includes regular live jazz – and a number of themed evenings through the year.

The entire evening at the awards was a joyous, laid back and exciting evening for all those that attended, with notable attendees including Worthing Mayor Ann Sayers.

If you want to come and see just exactly why Food won Restaurant of the Year, come in and visit us.

Call us on 01903 227780 to book a table.

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Proto Restaurant Group – New Home Page Unveiled

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

We have been working on the new Proto Restaurant Group home page since the new year and are very excited to unveil it! It has been jazzed up by making it interactive and fun. You can see the new look below – click on the image to visit our website and see how it all works!

You may recognise some of the styling. We have taken the best bits of The Fish Factory menu and Food menu and blended them into a funky, modern, stylish web page design. Which is your favourite animation? And can you guess which waiter the illustration was styled on?

PS. You can turn the sound down so your boss doesn’t catch you skiving!

Proto Restaurant Group - New landing page

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RIP Coppo. You will be missed from all of us here at Proto Restaurant Group

Friday, January 14th, 2011

RIP. All of us at Proto Restaurant Group will miss you Coppo

All of us here at Proto Restaurant Group are devastated over the loss of Chris Copsey, known as Coppo, who worked over the past 18 months for Splash FM.

Coppo was a broadcasting legend, who was fantastic at supporting our local community, and we felt privileged to have worked with him.

Our hearts go out to his family and friends at this sad time.

RIP Coppo. From all the team at The Fish Factory in Worthing and Littlehampton, and Food restaurant in Worthing.

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Splash FM Xmas Party – Monday 6th December!

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

Proto Club Members can pop in and listen to the choir at Splash FM Christmas Party at Food Restaurant on 6th December 2010.

We are kicking off the festive season with the first of the Splash FM nights this coming Monday at Food restaurant in Worthing,

And if you want to join in the fun, you’d better hurry, hurry, hurry, because we only have limited availability – in fact – we only have five tickets left for 6th December and we are completely sold out on 13th December!

As well as our infamous snow, roasted chestnuts and egg nog & mulled wine on arrival, we also have a fantastic children’s choir appearing at 7.30 pm (if you are a Proto Club Member you can pop in and listen to the choir if you wish). Plus we have an evening packing with festive food and fun including a three course traditional Christmas dinner with all the trimmings and Father Christmas will also be making an appearance with a gift for all the good girls!

Tickets are still at the amazing price of £35 per head (same price for the last three years).

Call Food restaurant in Worthing, Sussex on 227780 to secure your tickets now!

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