National Curry Week first started by focusing on restaurants to promote "Britain's favourite dish" and raise charitable funds for the malnourished and disaster stricken on the sub continent. Gradually, with new sponsors Patak's and S&A Foods with Asda, the message spread to cover the dine at home fans and still further to takeaway fans with CurriesOnline and … [Read more...]
Yorkshire tourism sets the standard with White Rose Awards
Tourism in Yorkshire is worth £7 billion annually, employs almost a quarter of a million people, and generates 216 million visits each year: compelling reasons to celebrate the tourism ‘stars’ at the White Rose Awards 2012. The awards, run by official tourism agency Welcome to Yorkshire, are the biggest tourism awards in the UK, and give the judges a very hard problem to … [Read more...]
CESA Offers A Platform For Growth
The CESA Conference 2012, in association with the BHA and the FCSI November 15th – 16th, Whittlebury Hall, Towcester, Northants. The theme of this year’s CESA conference is A Platform for Growth. The economic situation is a curate’s egg for many caterers and suppliers: good in parts. On the one hand, for many … [Read more...]
Chef’s Recipe of the Week, by Shaun Hill
This week's Recipe of the Week is Chocolate Torte by Shaun Hill and courtesy of Great British Chefs This wondrous chocolate torte recipe from Shaun Hill of The Walnut Tree Inn will taste as good as it looks. Shaun recommends using 70% Amedei "chuao" chocolate or dark cooking chocolate. Drizzle in chocolate sauce if you want an added level of richness. Visit this link for … [Read more...]
Growing demands to deliver accurate information in the Food Service sector
The ‘Food Service Information Challenge’ report released today by the Food Services Director Group (FSDG) reveals that the industry needs to collaborate to address the issue of inaccurate information head on. Andrew Stinchcombe-Gillies, GS1 UK Head of Industry Development, FoodService & FSDG Chairman: “With many experts anticipating that product information requirements … [Read more...]