Restaurant Associates, the executive dining division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, is celebrating after winning three awards at the annual Customer Service Training Network Awards. Championing the key role customer service plays in foodservice Restaurant associates continues to champion the key role customer service plays in the foodservice sector and, for the third … [Read more...]
Billy Campbell’s hat trick of Scottish Banqueting Chef of the Year Awards
How do you get to become Scottish Banqueting Chef of the Year for the third consecutive year? Would it be your ability to roast five tonnes of turkeys each December? Or to assemble 9,000 individual elements for a banquet dessert for just one function? To manage the peeling of almost 50,000 kg of red rooster potatoes? Or to bake 25,000 pieces of shortbread every year? Or serving … [Read more...]
Stansted transforms with new hospitality line-up
Contemporary, convenient, innovative and stylish – just four simple words to describe the very exciting line up of new restaurants, bars and cafes being unveiled as part of Stansted Airport’s £80million terminal transformation. World famous brands to exciting new concepts; celebrity chef treats to good old fashioned favourites are waiting in the wings to join the menu at … [Read more...]
Ch&Co first British Catering Group with full MSC Certification
CH&Co, one of the UK’s leading caterers, has become the first British catering group to receive certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) demonstrating its commitment to sustainable sourcing of fish. No other Britishcatering group has managed to achieve certification across its entire business network, until now. The MSC certification is a significant … [Read more...]
London Eye + Barracuda: add it to your ‘to do’ list
H&C News was delighted just last week to enjoy an idyllic visit to the London Eye followed by a trip on the Thames aboard the Barracuda luxury river cruiser. For once, the weather co-operated: it was the perfect summer evening to enjoy the river, the view, London. Add the Pommery champagne, the canapés and the luxury, and ‘idyllic’ is no exaggeration. And we shouldn’t … [Read more...]