Social media offers many benefits not least democracy. At the weekend we posted three albums and asked the visitors to our Facebook page to vote on their favourite starter, main course and dessert from a choice of six options for each. The post and subsequent interaction that followed set the Sunday lunch menu as follows, so well done to the three chefs that our visitors … [Read more...]
Tom Langdon joins The Garrison as Head Chef
March 2014 saw Tom Langdon appointed as Head Chef at Bermondsey gastropub The Garrison, a part of Village London restaurant group. At the kitchen’s helm, Chef Langdon will oversee the menus for the 62 cover dining room and 25 cover private dining and cinema room. Adopting an increasingly contemporary British farm-to-table approach to the food offer, Langdon looks forward to … [Read more...]
New Tom’s pops up in Notting Hill
This spring restaurateur and entrepreneur Tom Conran, in collaboration with talented chef Tom Straker, will launch New Tom's in Notting Hill. Located on the former site of Tom's Deli at the fashionable end of Westbourne Grove, the 12 month pop-up will serve avant-garde modern cuisine in a relaxed and friendly bistro style setting. Head chef Tom Straker trained at the … [Read more...]
New Artis collection launch at Hotelympia
Artis, leading supplier of glassware and tableware, is showing its exciting new ranges for 2014, in full, on Stand No. 3542, at Hotelympia, London ExCel, 28 April – 1 May. The new collection features over 350 exciting new products, including extensive ranges of innovative cutlery (‘Ebano’ and the largest selection of ‘Polywood’ steak knives), dining presentation pieces (the … [Read more...]
Scottish chefs can lead the way to a healthier Scotland
At a recent roundtable hosted by Unilever Food Solutions at Perth College, an eminent team of Scottish stakeholders (detailed at foot) met to discuss the nation’s health and how chefs can play a part in improving Scotland’s diet. Educating chefs With the imminent introduction of the Supporting Healthy Choices Framework, which sets out voluntary actions for both caterers and … [Read more...]