Lucy Deane, a chef from the UK coastal town of Minehead in Somerset, has shaken off her competitors to represent the South West region in a televised national culinary competition.
Now set to appear on the upcoming ITV series, Britain’s Best Dish, the chef will be going head to head against other culinary experts in the [...]
It has been suggested that Jamie Oliver’s new Italian restaurant in Glasgow is in need of more restaurant workers and suppliers, as customers have reportedly been turned away because the outlet was running out of ingredients to use in it’s catering equipment.
Having opened just three weeks ago in the Scottish capital, the restaurant is said [...]
UK health minister, Anne Milton, has urged family doctors to tell overweight patients that they are fat rather than obese, in the hope that being labelled fat will better motivate them into doing something positive about their health.
Considering it of utmost importance that people take ‘personal responsibility’ for their own lifestyles, Milton’s view is that [...]
Thanks to London being set to host the 2012 Olympic Games, it has been predicted that thousands of jobs will be created in the capital’s hospitality sector.
The major of Hackney, Jules Pipe, commented that there had not been as many construction jobs created as was anticipated, but that the expected boom in the catering industry [...]
In an introductory briefing to members, the new British Hospitality Association (BHA) chief, Ufi Ibrahim, said that the new government and present financial situation represented a fresh page for new thinking within the country’s hospitality industry.
Forming a pivotal element of the economy, hotels, catering equipment, restaurants, food and food service-related firms are the pillars of [...]
Following reports of government preparations to abolish the UK’s public health and consumer interest body, the Food Standards Agency (FSA), confusion remains as to whether the non-ministerial function will continue in any sort of capacity.
Currently with 2,000 employees and a yearly budget of £135 million, the watchdog protects the public’s interests where all food-related matters [...]
In an ongoing wave of warm and ideal cycling weather, so-called cycle cafés are taking London by storm and acting as a catalyst for similarly-inspired developments.
Whilst pedestrians tend to frequent the same old cafés, the increased mobility afforded by the growing abundance of bicycles in the capital is enabling new business opportunities and new discoveries [...]
At the recent 2010 Warrington Business Awards, Kevin Cannon, founding director of the independent contract catering company, Catering Academy, was named ‘Business Person of the Year’.
Commenting on the accolade, Cannon said, “We have come from nothing to nearly £20 million in five years and in December we were named one of the fastest growing companies [...]
60 per cent of UK adults responding to a YouGov SixthSense beverage sector report regard bottled water as an unnecessary expense, with 71 per cent seeing no superiority in cleanliness over tap water.
The charity WaterAid reportedly also saw similar findings following a study it ran in 2009, which found that over 60 per cent of [...]
In partnership with Northampton College, committed to offering development opportunities, Silverstone has been conducting a unique culinary challenge for young students following hospitality and catering courses.
Hosting the initial, 14 candidate stage of its exciting competition in its circuit-side clubhouse on Friday 25th June, four finalists were selected to move through to the final stage wherein [...]
