The world’s biggest pub quiz competition organised by Punch Taverns, The Great British Pub Quiz, has started in thousands of Punch pubs across the country. Over 1,160 pubs have entered the 2014 competition – the highest amount of participating pubs on record. The competition, which is sponsored by Carling and facilitated by Redtooth, is in its first week of the eight-week … [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...]
The Footprint “People’s Choice” Award: every vote counts
Nominations are now open for the coveted “people’s choice” sustainability award, an accolade left in the hands of the public to determine the ultimate winner of the 2014 Footprint Community Vote. Each year the hospitality and catering industry disposes of 3 million tonnes of packaging waste, emits 12.5 million tonnes of CO2 and consumes 34 million litres of water, and the … [Read more...]
H&C News March Top 20 Articles
So…what’s everyone reading about..? Here’s our Top 20 articles for March ‘Gluten free’ or ‘no gluten free’ – the Legal Implications Michel Roux Jr to stop work with BBC – “not for lack of trying” Nespresso launches Spring 2014 Limited Edition Duo Sunday Times Best Companies 2014, Hospitality Prominent A fresh look at coffee in the workplace First … [Read more...]
Ready and waiting? Diners wait just 16 minutes before leaving…
Diners will wait just under 16 minutes, on average, before leaving a restaurant after not being served, new research reveals. Caffeine craving Britons were also revealed to be more patient waiting for a coffee than waiting for a sandwich (6 minutes 2 seconds against 5 minutes 34 seconds). These results follow a survey of 5,000 UK consumers, conducted by Peach Factory on … [Read more...]