Category: Hospitality
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History in the BakingHow caterers can have their cake and eat it
Oh crumbs! With the new series of the BBC’s Great British Bake-off set to hit our screens later this month, the nation is set to fall in love with home-baking all over again – but would your baked offerings meet the approval of Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood? Here, eight brilliant bakers offer their top…
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Create a stir with Maggi Liquid Concentrates and win £100 and feature in Stir it up
Stir it up magazine in partnership with Nestlé Professional UK have put together a fantastic opportunity for you, the Country Range Group wholesaler customers! Are you a creative chef who likes to wow your customers with exciting and innovative dishes, and are you keen to try new products? If so, we would like to offer…
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Hospitality Action unveils latest ad campaign
Hospitality Action, the industry’s benevolent charity, has unveiled its new advertising campaign. The hard-hitting adverts feature images of five of the UK’s most renowned chefs having fallen on hard times and aims to raise awareness of the charity and issues that affect hospitality workers both past and present. The UK wide campaign depicts Hospitality Action…
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Craft Guild’s Graduate Awards Finalists Announced
Ten young chefs are one step closer to officially establishing themselves as ones to watch after making the coveted final of this year’s Craft Guild of Chefs Graduate Awards. The mix of working restaurant, hotel and college chefs received the news following this week’s semi-final heats at Sheffield College and University of West London, where…
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Automatic pension enrolment – What you need to know!
Caterers and hotelkeepers have been warned to ensure they start preparing in good time for new pensions duties to avoid the risk of financial penalties. New pensions laws mean that all employers must automatically enrol certain staff into a workplace pension scheme and make contributions towards it. Every small and micro business has a staging…
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Hospital caterers find common ground
Hospital caterers find common ground Hospital caterers are being urged to find “common ground” with their service users and grow their own food. Scott Buckler, director of The Common Ground, explains… Tell us about The Common Ground The Common Ground Initiative was established by Elizabeth Harrison from Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust. It is a…
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Flexitarianism – what is it?
Flexitarianism – what is it? Allegra Foodservice’s report on Menu and Food Trends highlighted the trend of Flexitarianism,which raises the question, ‘What does that mean?’ Allegra has highlighted growth in plant-based foods for some time, as consumers move through the protein spectrum,from red to white meat and into plant based. Reasons vary from health and…
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Menu & pricing developments from 2014 Winter Menus
Menu & pricing developments from 2014 Winter Menus By Simon Stenning, executive director, Allegra Foodservice Branded operators are now becoming more confident in increasing menu entry prices (cheapest), however they are slowing down the increase of menu exit prices (most expensive). Allegra’s latest research from the Restaurant Brand Portal shows that there have been significant…
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Sunday Roast.. still the nation’s favourite pub grub
The Sunday roast, a proud part of Britain’s culinary tradition, is still the number one meal for people dining out in pubs, according to research commissioned by Unilever Food Solutions. Of 1,000 consumers surveyed by OnePoll, just over a quarter (27%) said they choose it above any other dish, and almost half (4 out of 10) said they’d like…
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England’s pubs toast tourism
England’s pubs toast tourism VisitEngland, the national tourist board, has announced a new collaboration with The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) in advance of English Tourism Week. Pubs represent a significant contribution to the visitor economy and as the lead body representing Britain’s brewers and pubs, the BBPA has pledged to encourage its members…