Category: News
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Inspirational Recipe Ideas for the New year!
1. Jack of all trades This vegan pizza topped with BBQ jackfruit is perfect for Veganuary. Full recipe www.oetker-professional.co.uk. 2. Have a heart Add a hidden surprise for Valentine’s Day with this showstopper Heart’s Desire Cake that reveals a secret heart once sliced. For the full recipe visit www. stiritupmagazine.co.uk/recipes. 3. Beef it up This beef tartar, smoked…
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Education : Roast dinners on the menu
Food for Life has launched the Great Roast Dinner celebration to encourage more pupils to eat a healthy school dinner. The celebration puts great school food in the spotlight through a series of roast dinner themed events taking place throughout the academic year. Schools and nurseries are being encouraged to invite parents and other family…
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Hospitality : Immerse Yourself
Today’s diner doesn’t simply want great food when eating out – they also want to be entertained. This entertainment comes in a seemingly limitless variety of forms, as ‘immersive dining’ takes the nation by storm. Simon Stenning, of MCA Insight, explains: “Whilst some operators could say that exceptional, experiential value is what they have been…
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Health & Welfare : ‘Better Care on the menu for older people’
A pioneering project to improve the nutrition and wellbeing of older people in care settings is making huge strides. The Soil Association’s Food for Life Better Care programme – funded by a £1.25million grant from the Big Lottery Fund – uses good food to reduce loneliness among lonely people. It is currently working directly with…
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Country Range Student Chef Challenge Semi-Finalists Revealed
With the deadline for entries now passed, sixteen catering colleges from around the UK have received an early Christmas present after they were announced as semi-finalists for the prestigious Country Range Student Chef Challenge 2018/19. The successful teams to qualify for the semi-final heats following a tough paper judging stage are as follows: Ayrshire CollegeBridgwater…
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Mistle-tea and Wine – Yorkshire Teapee opens in York
Yorkshire Tea and the Star Inn The City restaurant in York have teamed up to launch an exciting Yorkshire Tea-themed festive pop-up, which will be open to all over the Christmas period. The acclaimed restaurant’s popular riverside terrace is being transformed into a winter wonderland to be known as the Yorkshire Teapee, complete with cosy…
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CHEF® – Combining Sustainability and Quality In Our Products
Sustainability in the food industry is fast becoming a key driver in consumer and customer decision making. A recent survey conducted in 2018 revealed 59% of consumers considered sustainability as a crucial factor in deciding the foods that they consume*. More interestingly still, this is a 9% increase from 50% in 2017, showing that sustainability…
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Deadline Extension Announced for Country Range Student Chef Challenge
Catering colleges and aspiring chefs across the UK are being urged to enter the Country Range Student Chef Challenge after the deadline was extended to December 18th to allow more time for teams to enter and for them to perfect their menus. With the Challenge celebrating its 25th year anniversary and the criteria this year focussing on…
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Leading the way
Long awaited Production Chef Apprenticeship is launched HIT Training is delighted to announce that there is finally an apprenticeship for every type of chef, from fine dining through to contract catering and casual dining. The new Production Chef Apprenticeship has been added to the current suite of chef apprenticeships to respond to high demand from…
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The Staff Canteen Live college tour, celebrating hospitality as a great career choice
Next month some of the UK’s top chefs will be going back to college in a first step to tackling the chef shortage at grass roots level as part of the ‘The Staff Canteen Live college tour, celebrating hospitality as a great career choice’. Looking to highlight all the career options available within the culinary…