From 1 February, guests visiting The Ten Room restaurant, located within the prestigious Hotel Cafe Royal in Piccadilly, will be able to challenge the hotel’s talented brigade of chefs and bring along their favourite foods, from freshly caught fish, to home grown vegetables or rare sourced spices. The Bring Your Own Ingredient menu, created by Executive Chef Andrew Turner … [Read more...]
British Sausage Week sizzled in 2014
British Sausage Week certainly sizzled in 2014, as market analysis demonstrates during the campaign week (3-9 November 2014), premium sausages recorded increases in both volume (9%) and spend (6%) compared to the 2014 weekly average. Standard tier sausages also recorded growth of 3% and 4% respectively. Organisers BPEX joined forces with ex England and Lions rugby star and … [Read more...]
Combined Services Culinary Arts Team 2015 – The Story so Far
The Combined Services Culinary Arts Team (CSCAT) are the very best Chefs selected from the British Armed Forces. This includes a squad of 30 equally selected from the Royal Navy/Royal Marines, Royal Air Force and Army. They are selected to represent the Armed Forces in world-class national and international competitions. Formed in 1997, its purpose is to raise the profile of … [Read more...]
The Carrot Ginger Soup – from Soupe du Jour
Soupe du Jour is the new London eatery based on traditional soup recipes from around the world. Think ‘Grandma’s best soup’ with a thoroughly modern twist. Michelin Star-trained chef Jona Eckerlein has created a myriad of mouth-watering recipes that take traditional soups to the next level, and offer a truly healthy lunch option for busy Londoners. For less than £5.00, … [Read more...]
Norway wins Bocuse d’Or, UK tenth
Held at the heart of Sirha in Lyon, this fifteenth edition of the Bocuse d’Or was once again the gathering point for the very best in gastronomy worldwide with Norway winning after 5 hours and 35 minutes of breath-taking tests! The prestigious gastronomy contest - created by Paul Bocuse in 1987 - rewarded the best Chef among 24 international candidates who performed live in … [Read more...]