A 26-year-old food blogger from Hull has won PETA’s contest to choose the best vegan baker in the UK. After a fortnight of voting and much consideration (and drooling over the delicious baked goods), PETA has selected Katy Beskow, of Little Miss Meat-Free as The Great Vegan Bake-Off champion for 2014 for her ombre vanilla dream cake. PETA ultimately chose the winners based on … [Read more...]
Sporting Star fronts British Sausage Week 2014
One of the country’s most renowned sporting heroes is proudly celebrating the nation’s love of the Great British banger this British Sausage Week. Ex-England and Lions rugby star and winner of Celebrity Masterchef 2011, Phil Vickery will be leading the seven-day sausage celebrations from 3-9 November. Joining the nationwide British Sausage Week 2014 tour, Phill will be … [Read more...]
Sodexo: nutrition, health and well-being in practice
The new EU Food Information Regulations arrive in December and all parts of the UK foodservice industry – including hospitality and catering organisations of all sizes and types – must now be setting up to ensure they have the processes and training in place to cope. H & C News therefore welcomed the recent opportunity to meet with Wan Mak, the Head of Nutrition and … [Read more...]
UK’s first gluten and wheat free frozen donuts
Food service operators – including coffee shops – will certainly want to check out the UK’s first gluten and wheat free frozen donuts which are being launched by brand Feel Free for Gluten Free, following fantastic feedback from samplings at July’s Allergy & Free From Show in London. Sally Allister, Managing Director of Feel Free for Gluten Free, said: “I’m thrilled … [Read more...]
One third of households affected by food allergy or intolerance
Michelle Berriedale-Johnson, Director of the FreeFrom Awards and Editor of the FreeFrom Matters websites writes to alert us to the survey commissioned by the Food and Drink Innovation Network for their ‘FreeFrom Summit’ next week. Food service operators of all sizes should consider the proportion of their customer base that this represents. YouGov interviewed 1,600 … [Read more...]