Friday 19 December will be the busiest night for parties this festive season according to Smart Christmas Parties, the UK’s pre-eminent provider, which has seen huge growth for parties with a 30% increase in year-on-year ticket sales – and will entertain more than 70,000 guests this Christmas. After years of companies holding on to the purse strings, bosses are treating … [Read more...]
Ampersand’s London Zoo Restaurant lands London Design Award
A year after Ampersand and ZSL London Zoo unveiled the £4.6m The Terrace Restaurant in the heart of the Zoo the building has scooped a prestigious London Design Award. SHH, which designed and oversaw the renovation, were presented with their trophy on 9 December at the Old Truman Brewery. The aims of the Awards are to: celebrate excellent design; recognise commissioners of … [Read more...]
Health & Vitality Honours Roll of Honour announced
The Roll of Honour for the annual Health & Vitality Honours - the UK’s only awards scheme that celebrates the contribution made by the UK’s Hospitality sector to the nutritional wellbeing of the nation – has been announced. Often the unsung heroes of the food industry, which is dominated by consumer awards and profile, dozens of senior Hospitality’ professionals will … [Read more...]
NACC Care Cook of the Year 2015 competition grows ever more challenging
The search for the next talented care cook to be crowned the ‘best in the UK’ has begun. The National Association of Care Catering’s Care Cook of the Year 2015 competition is officially open for entries with a deadline of 6 February 2015. Building on the huge success of the 2014 competition that attracted record numbers of entries and saw the grand final double in size, the … [Read more...]
Wilson Vale celebrates decade of success with NHBC
Independent catering company, Wilson Vale, has retained a contract with NHBC (National House Building Council) at its UK corporate headquarters in Milton Keynes, following a thorough re-tendering process which saw the independent caterer up against several major industry competitors. Wilson Vale first gained the staff catering contract in 2004 when the catering operation was … [Read more...]