Entries for the Chef Stagiaire Award need to be received by the closing date of 28 February 2014 – candidates should therefore now be working on their entry. The Chef Stagiaire Award offers young chefs up to the age of 24 an opportunity to stage at some of the country’s finest Michelin quality establishments. After a preliminary round of paper judging, 20 of the brightest … [Read more...]
Waitrose Good Food Guide seeks nominations for Readers’ Restaurant of the Year Awards
The Good Food Guide, published by Waitrose, is inviting submissions for its highly regarded Readers’ Restaurant of the Year awards, with this year’s nomination period opening on Monday 3 March 2014. The awards celebrate great food and service at independent restaurants, pubs and cafés from around the country. Customers nominate their favourite restaurants The annual … [Read more...]
The Ape & Bird Public House announces new Head Chef
The Ape & Bird Public House, the three-storey pub, restaurant and bar on Cambridge Circus, has announced the appointment of new head chef Alex Windebank, previously of The Sportsman near Whitstable and most recently head chef at The Plough Inn, Stalisfield Green, Kent. Alex will join as head chef of the 120-cover restaurant in March, developing the opening menu and bringing … [Read more...]
BCF Chef of the Year 2014 – finalists
After a tense cook-off at the University College Birmingham on Monday 10th February, the BCF is pleased to announce the final line up for Chef of the Year 2014. The Final takes place on Monday 7 April 2014 at University College Birmingham followed by the Dinner and Awards. The finalists: Adam Handling: St Ermin’s Hotel, London Mathew Shropshall: University College … [Read more...]
Cafe-ODE makes it a hat trick of success at SRA Awards
A two Michelin Star restaurant, a London pub group, a small French hotel, and one of the best known Italian restaurant chains, were among the wide variety of winners at the Sustainable Restaurant Awards 2014. Cafe-ODE The big winner was cafe-ODE, in south Devon, which made it a hat trick of successes for restaurateur and chef Tim Bouget, as the seaside café was named … [Read more...]