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Schools encouraged to connect communities and banish loneliness
Premier Foods is launching a new initiative for the education channel which will aim to bring local communities together by encouraging them to come and eat together. The ‘Bisto Together Project’ will help drive community spirit and tackle loneliness by connecting people of all generations and backgrounds within the school canteen and follows alarming government…
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Customer Profile: Hot in the City
> The big crash of 2007 left a lot of Northern Irish business people reeling and wondering what to do next Husband and wife John and Grainne Lavery realised that a change of direction was needed and embarked on a totally new career path in the hospitality sector – with great success.John explains: “I originally…
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Advice from the Experts: MENTAL HEALTH IN THE PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN
By Chris O’Sullivan, head of business development and engagement at the Mental Health Foundation > If you are reading this, then you’re probably aware of the mental health challenges that working in the hospitality industry can have. The hours are long – whether front of house, kitchen, supply or production. In a survey last year from…
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Living positively with dementia
Care caterers at the NACC’s north region seminar gained vital knowledge of how it feels to live with dementia. Bestselling writer Wendy Mitchell, who has the condition, spoke to over 100 delegates at the National Association of Care Catering event in Doncaster. They gathered to learn more about advances in dementia care and mealtimes. Wendy…
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Lifestyle choices that could lower your risk of dementia
A recent study has suggested that healthy lifestyle choices can lower the risk of dementia, even if it runs in the family. The study, carried out by the University of Exeter, followed nearly 200,000 people and showed the risk fell by up to a third when participants made simple lifestyle changes to their diet and…
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Increase sales just by being open for business
Restaurants are increasingly not just a place to rest and play (and enjoy good food) – they can be a place to work too. Hot-desking is increasing in popularity, as the freelance worker market grows. Whilst coffee shops are the typical location for this away from home or office working, there’s also an excellent opportunity…
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Eat the Season: Goose
The Master Chefs of Great Britain was formed in 1980 to provide a forum for the exchange of culinary ideas and to further the profession through training and the guidance of young chefs. In addition, the association seeks to promote all that is best about British cuisine and produce. We are delighted to be working…
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Green Gauge: Take Action on Plastic
Work is stepping up a gear to tackle issues around plastics with WRAP – the body overseeing The UK Plastics Pact – publishing a list of eight problematic or unnecessary single- use plastics that Pact members are expected to remove from shelves by the end of 2020. These are: 1. Disposable plastic cutlery 2. All…
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Ieuan Davies is the first ever chef to achieve Kitchen and Pastry Graduate Award
After being the ‘Highest Achiever’ at last year’s Craft Guild of Chefs Pastry Graduate Award, Ieuan Davies from The Manor House Hotel is the first ever chef to do the double as he’s taken the top spot in this year’s Kitchen exam. Seven chefs passed the Graduate Award this year with Joshua Rooney from Petrus,…
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The Country Range Group is teaming up with Kellogg’s to help school breakfast clubs
Most nutritionists agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day yet an astonishing one in nine children go to school on an empty stomach or eat inappropriate junk food breakfasts. This is where breakfast clubs come in. What is a breakfast club?Breakfast clubs are becoming increasingly popular and can be found in…