The UK Bocuse d’Or Team has announced the candidate and commis who will compete in the Bocuse d’Or Europe in Budapest on 11-12 May, 2016. The candidate will be Anthony Wright, a senior chef lecturer running the Atrium restaurant at University College Birmingham. Anthony, a classically trained chef, has extensive and varied experience working in some of the UK’s top … [Read more...]
The Clink Canapé Cookbook
The Clink Canapé Cookbook is now available to buy, priced at £14.99, with all proceeds going towards developing more prisoner rehabilitation schemes across Her Majesty’s Prison Estate. The cookbook, created by prisoner rehabilitation initiative The Clink Charity, presents 100 canapé recipes carefully crafted by The Clink Restaurant founder Alberto Crisci MBE, Clink trainees … [Read more...]
Recipe of the Week from Great Italian Chefs by Gaetano Trovato
This week’s recipe of the week is Chocolate, mango, passion fruit and salted caramel gelato – from Gaetano Trovato and courtesy of www.greatitalianchefs.com. Gaetano Trovato places regional ingredients of the highest possible quality at the centre of his cuisine, crafting modern dishes with respect for the great culinary traditions of Italy. The restaurant he has built with his … [Read more...]
Sugar Creations star at City of Glasgow College ceremony
Mastery of the art of blown sugar by students and staff at City of Glasgow College took centre stage at the recent opening of the college’s new Riverside Campus by Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and City of Glasgow College Principal Paul Little unveiled a new £66m world-class campus on the banks of the River Clyde a number of weeks … [Read more...]
Finalists named in Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year contest
The British Beer and Pub Association and the All Party Parliamentary Beer Group are today announcing the eight chefs selected as finalists in the Parliamentary Pub Chef and Young Pub Chef of the Year award. The new award sought nominations from MPs and resulted in a response of over 120 entries, each recognising a pub chef or chefs in their constituency who provide an … [Read more...]