The collective wealth of the Sunday Times Rich List 2010 has grown by 29.9% to £355.5bn and as usual a host of individuals from the sector, including hoteliers, brewery and bar owners and property tycoons have made the top 1,000.
The £77.256bn increase on 2009 is the biggest jump in the list's history of 22 years.
Lakshmi Mittal, the steel tycoon, tops the list with an estimated wealth of £22.45bn, more than double that of last year.
The list of the country's 1,000 wealthiest people has also produced more billionaires with 53, compared with 43 in 2009.
Included in the Sunday Times Rich List are:
5: David and Simon Reuben worth £5.5bn, up a staggering 121% or £3.03bn
8.Charlene and Michel De Carvalho, Heineken, worth £4.4bn
17: Joe Lewis, the Mitchells & Butler investor, is worth £2.7bn, up £200m
63: The Grant & Gordon family worth £900m
71: The Earl of Iveagh and the Guinness family £520m
76: Roger and Peter de Haan, Saga, £800m
103: Richard Caring, Caprice Holdings, £600m, up £250m
115: Derrick Smith, M&B shareholder, worth £550m, up £50m
132: Trevor Hemmings, Trust Inns, £500m
168: Clarke family, pub property in Jersey, worth £400m
177: Peter Harris, Bourne Leisure founder, worth £300m
179: Vivian Imerman, £375m
190: Marlon Abela, Morton's owner and restaurateur, £350m
204: Jasminder Singh, hotelier, worth £330m
244: Andrew Davis, owner of the Von Essen chain of hotels worth £292m
247: Sir Rocco Forte and family worth £285m, down £65m
269: Michael Cannon, owner of US-based Fuddruckers hamburger chain, worth £245m
279: Surinder Arora, hotelier, worth £234m, up £94m
309: Robert Earl, the London-born owner of Planet Hollywood, worth £200m, up £50m
354: Ranjit Boparan, new owner of Harry Ramsden's, worth £180m
371: David Coffer, property tycoon, worth £175m, up £25m
388 Kartar and Tej Lalvani, restaurateurs, £170m, up £50m
405: David Allen, Bourne Leisure, £160m
405: Michael Herbert, KFC franchisee, worth £160m
405: Tim and Kit Kemp, hoteliers, worth £160m, up £26m
428: Tim Martin, founder of JD Wetherspoon, worth £152m, up £22m
431: Jon Moulton, private equity pub backer, is worth £150m, up by £48m & Nigel Wray, £52m share of Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland, worth £150m
523: John Apthorp, Majestic Wine, worth £125mt
596: Adam and Samuel Kaye, Prezzo and Dim T, worth £110m
676: Sir John Ritblat, former chairman of British Land, £100m
682: John Halewood, drinks, £98m
710: Sir Terence Conran,£93m
763: The McDonald family, £85m
808:, Julien Metcalfe, £90m; David McMullen, brewing, also £90m
789: Peter Salussolia, Glendola Leisure, worth £84m
875: John Marston, hotelier, £75m & Andrew Sasson, nightclub owner
909: Wing Yip. Restaurant owner, £72m
967: Jamie Oliver, £65m
991: James Young, brewer£84m