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The Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2016 Final
An all-female team from Loughborough College has been victorious in the Country Range Student Chef Challenge. The talented trio scooped the top award in a highly competitive final against nine other teams at Hotelympia. The team – Daniella Bromley, Emily Bucknall and Rebecca Brooks under the tutelage of their chef lecturer Darren Creed – are…
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Hospital duo named ‘best in class’
Richard Kirton and Ian Cannon from North Tees Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust fought off competition from seven other hospital chef teams to take home the accolade. A pair of hospital caterers scooped Silver Best in Class in the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) Hot Cookery Competition at Hotelympia. Each chef team had one hour to cook a beef-based,…
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Craft Guild calls for Graduate Award mentors
The Craft Guild of Chefs is launching an appeal for mentors in its Graduate Awards scheme. The Guild is calling on established chefs to get behind the young talent in their kitchens and support them in working towards one of the industry’s most impressive accolades. Since the Graduate Awards began in 2003, just 48 graduates…
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April 2016 Food for Thought
Fishing for great ideas? Why not try this delicious recipe for Norwegian Skrei with buttered leeks, puy lentils, kale and pumpkin seeds. Find this recipe and more at www.codfromnorway.com Get fruity! With this healthy mango and gooseberry curry from Anjula Devi’s forthcoming book ‘Spice For Life’. More details at www.anjuladevi.com Say Chai-Yo to Thai New Year Singha Beer has teamed up with chef…
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School dinners scoop awards
Over half of all primary schools in England are serving food that is ethical, sustainable, free from controversial additives and meets School Food Standards – thanks to the Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark. The Food for Life Catering Mark provides an independent endorsement that caterers are taking steps to improve the food they…
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Winners announced at prestigious TUCO Competitions
Over 400 leading hospitality professionals and guests descended on historic Warwick on April 10-11 for the 24th annual TUCO Competitions to celebrate the high skill levels within the industry. Over the course of the two-day event, 150 experts from the higher and further education sector went head-to-head to compete in a series of food and…
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The Living Wage
Making a Living? From this month (April) the Government’s new National Living Wage will become law. It means that, if you’re working and aged 25 or over and not in the first year of an apprenticeship, you’ll be legally entitled to at least £7.20 per hour. If you’re an employer, you need to make sure…
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Disappointment at loss of UIFSM support service
The Children’s Food Trust has expressed disappointment at the discontinuation of the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) support service. The Department for Education has ended an annual £2,300 grant to help small infant schools fund free meals for their pupils. Schools with 150 or fewer pupils were given the grant to help deliver the government’s flagship…
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Hospital caterers support plans for sugar tax
The Hospital Caterers Association (HCA) is supporting plans to implement a sugar tax across hospitals to tackle the ‘national sugar high’ and obesity. NHS chief executive Simon Stevens is proposing the 20% tax on all sugary drinks and foods in NHS cafés to be introduced by 2020. He said the NHS’s 1.3million staff had a…
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Girl Power!
An all-female team from Loughborough College has been victorious in the Country Range Student Chef Challenge. The talented trio scooped the top award in a highly competitive final against nine other teams at Hotelympia on Thursday (March 3). The team – Daniella Bromley, Emily Bucknall and Rebecca Brooks under the tutelage of their chef lecturer…