A total of 652 hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs in the United Kingdom have failed their latest food safety inspections, including even four and five-star rated venues.
In the survey conducted by Which? Travel, many failed for basic hygiene errors with inspectors discovering seafood past expiry date, raw meat stored next to sauces and high-risk food stored in areas without proper temperature control.
Some 19 hotels were even given a zero rating — the lowest possible score attainable.
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Prepping fruit and vegetables will probably take up a vast portion of your kitchen downtime, but why spend hours painstakingly peeling, chopped and slicing all of your raw produce when you can save time and effort with a simple appliance?
It’s probably about time you learnt about the major benefits of vegetable prep machines can bring then.
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According to several major retailers, the demand for organic food is now at its highest for more than a decade.
Having been majorly affected by the economic downturn during the same period, this is a fantastic piece of good news for the food industry as a whole.
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Terrible pun aside, we’ve got some exceptional deals on some of Roller Grill’s most popular products all of which include a whole host of awesome freebies to get you started.
We’ve got a range of popular products that could be the perfect addition to your takeaway or catering establishment.
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We are very excited to announce that we are looking for yet another member of our team to join our super cool Customer Service team!
If you want to be part of an ever-growing, yet tight-knit team then we would like to hear from you!
Based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, just a stone’s throw from Leeds, CS Catering is perfectly positioned to help you develop as a person and a professional.
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Research suggests that time-poor millennials are helping fuel the UK’s ever growing food waste mountain, claiming that those aged 18-34 do not understand the value of the food on their plate.
The study was conducted by UK supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, who found that more than half (55%) of 18 to 34-year-olds surveyed had a “live to eat” attitude to food – more about pleasure than need which leads to higher shopping bills and more food waste.
With an estimated 7m tonnes of household food waste produced each year by British households, attention has turned to our social attitudes to how and what we eat.
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If you are looking to improve the flavour, texture and overall quality of your signature dishes.
But what does sous-vide even mean and why would you cook using this technique?
Sous-vide — or French for “under vacuum” was originally developed in France by Georges Pralus during the early 1970’s. [ Read More ]
Classeq by name. Classic design by nature.
We are proud to unveil the latest ranges from the cleaning champion – Classeq – which includes both dishwashers and glasswashers that are perfect for all manner of locations.
You owe it to your customers to ensure you have the best quality cleaning device in your kitchen, bar, restaurant or food service business.
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The left handed community it seems are severely under-represented in the catering world it seems, with very few pieces of commercial catering equipment being designed for usage for left handed individuals — scissors and some cutting tools being the exception.
Prodis — now the champion of left handers all over the commercial catering trade — have released a brand new bottle cooler that is specifically designed for left hand usage.
This might not seem like a big deal for those of us right handed folk, but we assure you that this is a bold move. [ Read More ]
Unfortunately for the sinks and plugholes of Great Britain, we have a habit of washing down the odd thing that we probably shouldn’t, and sometimes with disastrous results.
For most of us, the thought of binning the little bits of left over food on our plates is usually an afterthought, we simply washing it down the plughole and hope for the best.
Well that’s really what we should be doing at all, but we’ve found a list of the worst foods you can possibly attempt to wash away.
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Author
Damien Wilde