Next month some of the UK’s top chefs will be going back to college in a first step to tackling the chef shortage at grass roots level as part of the ‘The Staff Canteen Live college tour, celebrating hospitality as a great career choice’. Looking to highlight all the career options available within the culinary industry to third year students, chefs at the top of their … [Read more...]
Andrew Dixon named as the head chef tutor at the new Cookery School at The Grand, York
Andrew Dixon has been named as the head chef tutor at the new cookery school at The Grand, York, due to open in March 2019. The former 3 AA Rosette restaurant owner turned professional cookery lecturer, has been appointed to help the cookery school achieve its mission of creating an environment which becomes a place to relax, have fun, make friends and try something … [Read more...]
The Roux Family announce the Roux Scholarship 2019
Alongside the dates of this year’s Roux Scholarship the Roux Family have revealed the typical skills they are looking for in the next chef to be crowned ‘Roux Scholar’. As one of the most prestigious competitions in the world, the Roux Scholarship can be the door to a world of opportunities. Yet those with their eye on the life-changing prize don’t need to be working at a … [Read more...]
Chefs and soul legend Beverley Knight launch Signature fine dining festival at The Chester Hotel
Soul superstar Beverley Knight will feature alongside some of the UK’s best-known culinary stars to cook up a storm in the Granite City with the launch of the Signature fine dining festival this weekend. The singer will be in Aberdeen today raising the curtain on the 12-day cuisine celebration, which takes place at The Chester Hotel. Knight will be performing some of … [Read more...]
Peggy Porschen is the icing on top of the King’s Road
Sloane Stanley has announced that the chic bakery brand founded by award winning cake designer, Peggy Porschen, is due to open their new flagship 2,400 sq ft Parlour located at 219 King’s Road in Chelsea early next year. Inside the instagrammable pink façade, adorned with floral installations which change with the seasons, there will be a full menu of cakes, cupcakes, and … [Read more...]