Category: News
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July Country Club Competitions
Echo the moment!The Amazon Echo is this year’s must-have tech – and one lucky Country Clubber is about to become bang on trend! Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. This amazing gizmo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather and more. It…
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My Signature Dish – Fearne Cotton
The multi-talented Fearne Cotton has been gracing our TV screens since the tender age of 15 and appears on a number of high profile shows including Celebrity Juice and Comic Relief. However, it is only recently that this healthy-living vegetarian has shared her love of cooking with the nation. Following on from the success of…
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Building healthy habits in EducationYoung Baking Team of the Year 2017 shortlist revealedBuilding healthy habits in Education
Premier Foods is pleased to announce the five shortlisted schools for its McDougalls Young Baking Team of the Year competition. Achieving top scores in the preliminary judging, the following schools who will now compete in a live final at LACA – The Main Event on July 6: Chapter House Preparatory School (York); Cranbrook CEP School…
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Call to eliminate holiday hunger
A group of over 30 organisations has called on the government to commit to eliminating holiday hunger in a decade. The issue known as holiday hunger affects families who rely on free school meals during term time and find the school holidays a challenging time to feed their children. A letter, signed by organisations such…
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Tougher sentencing on the menu
Restaurateurs and pub landlords across England and Wales are being warned that they face losing their livelihoods and even their liberty, if they endanger customers’ health. Philip Sewell, a London-based commercial dispute resolution partner with commercial law firm Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (MMS), explains: “In the wake of recently tightened sentencing guidelines for health…
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Fruit beats black pudding in top hotel breakfast
The Great British breakfast is a mainstay of hotels throughout the country – from a great fry up to delicious pastries, it is often the quality of the breakfast that guests remember about the hotel. Now, according to the AA, trends in healthy living are seeing more people selecting fruit than the old favourite black…
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Are you top of the class?
Educating children to eat healthy school meals Delivering tasty, appealing food on a tight budget, which adheres to School Food Plan requirements, is a tough job. It’s a proven fact that good nutrition can help academic performance – and educating children about healthy eating will undoubtedly help reduce obesity – so what role can school caterers…
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Melting Pot – Dishy ideas for dinky diners
According to ‘State of the Nation – What children in the UK are eating’, 86% of parents worry about how their child eats and 26% want to see restaurants offering more fruit and veg on children’s menus. With 38% of parents saying they eat out with their children at least once a week, is it…
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Tracy is top of the class
A school cook from West Yorkshire has scooped a coveted national title. Tracy Healy has been named LACA School Chef of the Year 2017 by a panel of judges at the national final, which was held at Stratford upon Avon College, Warwickshire. The annual competition is organised annually by LACA (Lead Association for Catering in…
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Calls for legalised standards for hospital food
Campaigners are calling for legal food standards governing hospital food. Supporters of the Campaign for Better Hospital Food want the government to enforce strict standards on meals served in hospitals in the same way that food in schools and prisons is policed. The call follows the publication of the campaign group’s Taking the Pulse of…