A vegetarian salad that exudes colours and flavours, Tabbouleh is a great way to shake up your salad menu options in an instant.
Tabbouleh in the less-traditional sense, can be made in any number of ways to suit your menu or accompany another portion of your dishes.
Usually served as part of a mezze in the Arab world, we think that the rest of world really took notice of this amazing vegetarian option. [ Read More ]
Food waste is a problem that plagues all areas of our food businesses, and not least the consumers that buy our produce, dishes etc.
The war on food waste is one that we can win though, as suppliers to the catering trade, we offer storage, preparation and other solutions to help you increase the longevity of all of your raw, cooked and cured foods.
A new app is now helping everyone benefit – even businesses – by allowing us to share food before it goes to waste. [ Read More ]
Crowd-sourced review sites can be a great way to increase the footfall in your business, with rankings really helping give people an indication of what your restaurant, cafe, coffee shop or bar is like before they even visit.
But there are some serious issues with the crowd-sourced review site, the biggest of them all being TripAdvisor.
Whilst a good idea in principal, we can’t help but see the problem with TripAdvisor.
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Our Dishes around the World series is aimed at helping you, the caterer, restaurateur, street food artist, cafe, bar, pub, club and the rest get more from your menu.
The Great British palate has changed more in the last 10 years than at probably any other time in history. The people want high quality grub from all over the globe.
This time around, we highlight Tom yum soup. A Thai soup that is just as popular in neighbouring Cambodia, Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore.
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“The customer is always right,” is a phrase we hear all too often. Whilst we agree that exceptional customer service is integral to ours, yours and any else’s business, there are times – especially in the catering and service industry – where the customer can overstep the mark into rudeness.
We’ve decided to highlight some of the worst customer actions that really grind our gears, even if we put on a brave face and smile through the internal anger.
If you work in the service industry, then you’ll have experienced at the very least one of these customers!
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Hailing from Japan, Soba noodles are usually an inexpensive fast food found at railway stations, but have began to become a specialty in many expensive and inexpensive restaurants looking to offer the healthy eastern cuisine.
Now become more widely available in the United Kingdom, soba noodles offer a few distinct serving options beyond regular noodles, which make them a tasty utility treat for your menu.
An amazing, tasty and healthy street food option, when done well soba noodles is seeing a rise in high-end eateries. Why haven’t you added them to your menu yet?…
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With (literal) mountains of food going to waste each year in the United Kingdom, and having touched upon the amount of food waste that is occurring in our own homes and supermarkets, we as caterers need to take stock in a bid to curb this wastage, whilst saving ourselves money.
The UK frozen food industry is worth an estimated £8 billion, not only can we save money by using more frozen foods, but we can also bolster another British industry.
But why aren’t we using more frozen food within the service industry? [ Read More ]
For those of us with a sweet-tooth this is one of the best but relatively unknown weeks of the year!
We’re helping to raise awareness of what we think should be one of the sweetest weeks of the year for all involved, and of course that is National Cupcake Week!
There has never been a better time to get into cupcakes!
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An increase in food allergies and awareness of food allergies has changed the way that we as a food industry have to approach our products, services and business.
It’s important to understand what allergens can cause and how to prevent cross-contamination to protect consumers from encountering problems and health issues that could even cause legal proceedings against us as business owners.
But what about confusing dietary requirements? What foods should we be aware of and what changes can we make?
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From the 12th to the 18th of September Red Tractor Week is a celebration of all things British, from vegetables to meats, to the very people who grow the fine produce that adorns our plates day-in and day-out.
Organised by the UK’s farming union– the NFU – the scheme has been developed to get more people aware of the quality British products available at our supermarkets.
It’s a celebration of of the best of British, and what could be better than that?
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Damien Wilde