Office and events catering experts, KUDOS Delivered has secured a three year catering deal with RSSB. KUDOS Delivered will provide daily office catering for breakfasts, lunches, special events and visitor events to the rail organisation’s premises in Moorgate, which currently employs 305 team members. KUDOS Delivered (KD) was subject to a rigorous screening process that … [Read more...]
Just Eat Q1 2017 update, strong performance; reiterating full-year guidance
Just Eat plc a leading global marketplace for online food delivery, today updates the market for the three months to 31 March 2017. Highlights from the update include: Reported revenues were up 46% to £118.9 million (Q1 2016: £81.5 million). On a currency neutral, like for like1 basis, revenues grew by 40%, driven by strong order growth, last year’s commission … [Read more...]
Parliament says, hospitality and catering needs to embrace knobbly vegetables
According to a report by Parliament's Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee, around £10bn worth of food, particularly vegetables, is thrown away every year, simply because it isn’t the ‘perfect shape.’ Chairman Neil Parish, MP for Tiverton and Honiton, said: "It's ridiculous that perfectly good vegetables are wasted simply because they're a funny shape. Farmers … [Read more...]
Readers’ Choice Recipe: simply tweet to see your selection published
I simply love my job. I love getting out and about meeting chefs, restauranteurs and a whole host of interesting hospitality and catering people. A big part of the pleasure is that I get to meet them at the source of our industry, preparing, cooking and serving food and drink. I also love to see where it all starts. I’m fascinated by the process of the chef thinking up a way … [Read more...]
VIDEO DOCUMENTARY – Gary Usher, raw and uninhibited, questions the true ‘fucking’ cost of entrepreneurship
Cutting his teeth at the Michelin starred Chester Grosvenor, followed by time spent at Chapter One, Chez Bruce, York & Albany and Jamie’s Italian, Gary Usher is no stranger to hard work. Opening Sticky Walnut in Hoole, Chester, back in 2011 on a shoestring budget, he now owns two additional restaurants with a potential fourth in the pipeline. Success is undoubtedly a … [Read more...]