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  • Sustainable partnership between NUS and The Soil Association

    Sustainable partnership between NUS and The Soil Association

    The Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark has announced a new partnership with the NUS’s Green Impact. The partnership closely aligns the standards of the Green Impact scheme and the Catering Mark, helping universities to provide more sustainable catering. Less than half of students purchase food from on-campus food outlets Any organisation – including…

  • Behind the Brand

    Behind the Brand

    Provenance and quality – the key to success A successful own brand demands a number of key qualities and, as we demonstrated in our previous Behind the Brand feature, our suppliers undergo a rigorous process to ensure all of our Country Range products are of the upmost quality and offer consistency across the board. Food…

  • Melting Pot – Brilliant Buffets

    Melting Pot – Brilliant Buffets

    As the party season looms, it’s time for chefs to turn their attention to all things buffet. Forget limp sausage rolls and soggy vol au vents, the best chefs will be serving up something much more creative this Christmas! Here, six inspirational chefs share their clever creations for fabulously festive finger food… Sam Rain, winner…

  • Big School Bake Off winner revealed after a tense technical challenge

    Big School Bake Off winner revealed after a tense technical challenge

    Sarah Levenson, catering manager from Lordsgate Township CofE Primary School, has won the Big School Bake Off following a hotly contested final which saw Sarah rise to the judges’ technical challenge. The finalists were tasked with preparing their own take on ‘afternoon tea’ – which had to include a scone filled with homemade jam, a…

  • My Signature Dish – Alexis Conran

    My Signature Dish – Alexis Conran

    When it comes to cooking, it’s all Greek to the new winner of Celebrity MasterChef. Actor and presenter of TV’s The Real Hustle, Alexis Conran used his Mediterranean background to scoop the coveted title. “I wanted to make something that tasted of Greece,” he explains. “The flavour of the sea with octopus, the saltines and oregano…

  • Time is running out to enter the Best British Roast Dinner competition

    Time is running out to enter the Best British Roast Dinner competition

    British Roast Dinner Week (sponsored by Colman’s and supported by Knorr) has issued a final call for pubs to enter the Best British Roast Dinner competition – which comes with a grand prize of £10,000 of PR support for the national winner. This year, the competition will also crown regional champions for South England, North England,…

  • September 2016 Food for Thought

    September 2016 Food for Thought

    Jackets for Breakfast Celebrate British Food Fortnight with this yummy breakfast jacket filled with sausages, cherry tomatoes, bacon, scrambled or poached egg, mushrooms and baked beans. www.aviko.co.uk Sensational seafood This delicious peri peri prawn burger with pineapple salsa and pea mash is sure to go down a treat with spice lovers www.whitby-seafoods.com/catering-range/product/peri-peri-prawn Have a heart These broad bean waffles with…

  • Category Focus – Christmas Planning

    Category Focus – Christmas Planning

    Ho ho ho! Yes, folks it’s that time of year again when chefs and caterers across the land start to turn their attention to planning their festive menus… Christmas Market(ing) The lead-up to Christmas is one of the busiest periods in the foodservice calendar, with pubs and restaurants across the country competing for festive bookings,…

  • Building healthy habits in Education

    Building healthy habits in Education

    New figures published by the Department for Education’s annual school census suggest more support is needed to help make sure every child who qualifies for a free school meal opts to take it. Schools still need support to increase uptake of healthy lunches The Children’s Food Trust claims creating a great lunchtime experience for all…

  • Dogs in restaurants – are you barking mad?!

    Dogs in restaurants – are you barking mad?!

    New research reveals a doggy divide when it comes to allowing man’s best friend into our nation’s eateries. The Restaurant Club, a scheme supporting local restaurateurs over chains monopolising the high street, posed the question to its 11,000 strong fine dining group – and the results were a mixed (doggy) bag. • Almost four in…