Aberdeen’s luxury hotel, The Chester Hotel, created a competition for pupils from Milne’s High School in Moray to design a brochure in French, in a bid to encourage hospitality as a future career path and highlight the importance of languages in the industry. The winners of the competition visited the hotel yesterday to learn about the workings of an award-winning … [Read more...]
Guild of Beer Writers embarks on drive to raise profile
The British Guild of Beer Writers has appointed a new Secretary, as it looks to raise its profile and deliver greater value for its individual and corporate members. Industry PR executive Ros Shiel takes up the new role immediately, reporting to Guild chairman Tim Hampson and the Board of Directors. At the same time, Jacopo Mazzeo, a beer consultant, writer and accredited … [Read more...]
Tom Kerridge & Adam Byatt take to the kitchen at The Greyhound on the Test
Michelin Pub of the Year 2014, The Greyhound on the Test in Stockbridge, is delighted to welcome two exceptional chefs to the pub for a series of one-off supper clubs this autumn/winter. Thursday 13 October 2016 sees the very talented chef, Adam Byatt, join Chris Heather and his brigade in the kitchen at The Greyhound on the Test where he will cook a sumptuous five-course … [Read more...]
MasterChef semi-finalist takes up autumn residency at new Ellington Leeds
MasterChef semi-finalist, Elizabeth Cottam, is taking up a three-month residency at the New Ellington in Wellington Place, Leeds from the 1st October 2016. Elizabeth Cottam says: “My residency at The New Ellington will allow me to serve the kind of food I want to make and present it in a top notch restaurant environment, which is really exciting. Autumn is also my choice of … [Read more...]
PwC Hotels Forecast 2017: Facing the future: a question of balance
PwC’s latest U.K. hotels forecast shows that a combination of economic and political uncertainty along with corporations cutting their travel budgets mean that London hoteliers face a possible adjustment period where business guests could be replaced by more leisure travellers. In terms of the provinces, PwC’s forecast for 77% occupancy rates this year and in 2017 would be the … [Read more...]