The foodservice industry is being encouraged to sign up for Seafood Week, which makes a return this year from 9th – 16th October. Organised by Seafish, the industry authority on seafood, Seafood Week will focus on the celebration of seafood and provide businesses with a platform for promotional activity during the week. A key component of the new Seafood Week will be a … [Read more...]
BBC2’s Great British Menu to commemorate centenary of Women’s Institute
BBC Two’s Great British Menu is back later in the summer and this year the chefs must plate up perfection, as they fight it out for the chance to cook at a glorious banquet marking 100 years of the Women’s Institute at London's historic Drapers Hall. See below for the competing chefs, and the Great British Menu Veterans who will be judging them. First-class home … [Read more...]
Jimmy Buchan recipe introduces langoustines
Jimmy Buchan (star of BBC's Trawlermen series) here shares some of his knowledge of the Scottish Langoustine: also known as - Norway lobster, scampi, Dublin Bay prawn, langoustine. Jimmy will be a prominent character at the UK’s largest, free to attend, seafood festival. The 8th Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival - which takes place on 11th to 12th July 2015 in Weymouth Harbour … [Read more...]
Meat lovers urged to go meat-free on 15 June
Foodservice in the UK sends conflicting messages about meat consumption: on the one hand, provenance and quality not quantity are increasingly stressed by many establishments; on the other hand, there are also operators that continue to sell on quantity. World Meat Free Day on 15 June will focus attention on the impact of meat production on the environment which, in the … [Read more...]
Pizza Maestro Bruno Difabio opens London restaurant
With 10 artisan pizzerias across the US, six world pizza championship titles and TV appearances on everything from Access Hollywood to Food Network’s Chopped, master pizzaiolo Bruno DiFabio is, not surprisingly, a legend in his home nation. Now he is all set to conquer London as his eagerly awaited and exciting new brand NY Fold arrives here in July. Together with his … [Read more...]