Hot honey halloumi helps usher Everyman back into profit

The first Everyman, in Hampstead, north London. The chain plans to open six new cinemas a year for the next three years. Photograph: Scott Hortop Travel/Alamy

The allure of luxury sofa seating and a menu including parsley and garlic dough balls and hot honey halloumi helped the upmarket cinema chain Everyman bounce back to profit last year.

The group, which started in Hampstead and now has 38 venues across the UK, hailed a post-pandemic return to “business as usual” as admission numbers rose by 70% to 3.4 million last year.