Smashed special: The Dark Art of Restaurant PR (part 2)

How restaurant PR influences your dining choices

A selection of the panel's clients. Clockwise from top left: Angela Hartnett; Lost in The Lanes, Brighton; Bellamy's, London; Elystan Street, London; a scallop dish at The Latymer at Pennyhill Park Hotel, Bagshot, and The Latymer's dining room.

Part one of this three-part Smashed special on restaurant PR in the UK covered the early years of the industry, how our interviewees got into the business, how they deal with restaurant critics and influencers and how they draw up their client lists (click here to read it in full). Part two will reveal the wider role and influence restaurant PR has on …