The world’s number one bourbon Jim Beam, and leading American steakhouse JW Steakhouse at Grosvenor House, have joined forces to unveil the first ever Jim Beam single barrel bourbon to be hand selected and exported from the USA to anywhere in the world. A labour of love The journey of the barrel began many months ago with Beverage Manager Karina Elias, flying over to the Jim … [Read more...]
TGI Fridays thanks its team ‘Legends’
TGI Fridays has this month thanked 100 of its most hard-working team members, officially recognising them as ‘Friday’s Legends’ at an awards ceremony in Liverpool. Each Legend received an all-expenses-paid trip to the ceremony, staying in the city’s luxury Titanic hotel. The Legends started the evening by enjoying a cocktail event, followed by a VIP experience at the UK … [Read more...]
The Gold Service Scholarship calls for entries
The Gold Service Scholarship is now open for entries, which must be received by the closing date of Tuesday 30 September 2014. All those working in and around the restaurant sector are encouraged to promote the Scholarship, and bring it to the attention of colleagues and talented individuals working Front of House. Young professionals in restaurant service The … [Read more...]
Suchef: sous-vide cooking expanding on the high street
Suchef first opened in July near St Paul’s in London and is an entirely new eating experience in the UK. The menu created by Bernhard Engelhardt with input from nutritional therapist Charlotte Watts uses contemporary, sous-vide cooking technique which seals in flavour without damaging the nutritional element of the food. Healthier and tastier The sous-vide method, which … [Read more...]
Restaurant insolvencies take unexpected jump
The number of restaurant insolvencies has jumped by 16% over the past 12 months to 747 restaurant business insolvencies up from 646 in the previous year*, according to the Restructuring and Insolvency team at Moore Stephens, the Top 10 accountancy firm. Overall business insolvencies fell from 15,993 to 15,356, over the past 12 months. Impact of bad weather on … [Read more...]