As the UK market leader, Foster Refrigeration offers a variety of award winning solutions that have been developed in conjunction with their customers. The company are committed to reducing energy consumption with their products which contain a number of energy saving features, all of which are especially important in hot busy kitchens. Their latest EcoPro [...]

Harborough School in Leicester, has this week seen work begin on building its new £1m state-of-the-art training kitchen and canteen. In addition to a large dining area for pupils, the new buildings will include a modern, fully equipped kitchen that will be used to provide healthy school meals for pupils and will double up as [...]

Robot Coupe have been manufacturing a variety of equipment, including blenders, processors and other types of food preparation machines for the last forty years. Their equipment has all been tailored to professional needs. The Robot Coupe Stick Blenders provide a variety of speeds and are designed for either small quantity use (2 litre pans) right [...]

The recent decision by the Australian Government not to include catering on its Skilled Occupation List (SOL) seems set to hinder the country’s catering industry. Having a place on the SOL means that the discipline is highly valued and ensures permanent residency (PR) for students and employees in Australia. If culinary courses are no longer [...]

Samsung have been producing innovative and reliable products for just over seventy years and they are a leader in high-tech electronics. As well as producing domestic appliances, they also offer a variety of commercial products. Samsung is one of the world’s biggest names in microwave ovens and it this experience and expertise that allows them [...]

Fergus Chambers, the head of the catering company that provides school meals in Glasgow, called for caterers to be given more “flexibility” on healthy-eating rules and guidelines, which he said, were only resulting in funnelling “kids into the hands of fast food shops, chippies and snack vans”. Whilst he didn’t deny that the Government’s healthy [...]

A Chester hotel has been voted the best in the UK according to a recent review of some of the top establishments across Europe. The list was compiled by Expedia.com, the world’s largest online travel company. The Chester Grosvenor and Spa was listed in 11th place overall in Expedia’s Insiders’ Select List for the world’s [...]

Parry Catering Equipment are a UK company that offer a large range of premium catering equipment both across the UK and internationally, with their aim to become the market leader in the manufacture and supply of catering equipment. They offer a wide variety of catering equipment, for both in and out of the kitchen. Parry [...]

The study, carried out by London Environmental Health Food Teams on behalf of Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) investigated takeaway meals sold near schools in London. It revealed that some contained more than 150% more salt and 300% more saturated fat than in an adult’s recommended daily allowance. Takeaway shops near some 45 [...]

Hospitals across the country are looking toward Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen’s Medical Centre, where catering staff have saved over £6 million a year simply as a result of sourcing locally produced food. Trust catering manager John Hughes said that the effect of the project is a daily saving of £2.50 per patient which, [...]