Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has today (5 September 2016) launched a thought-provoking healthy eating campaign aimed at encouraging people in Scotland to reduce the number of unhealthy snacks we eat. The campaign addresses the country’s diet-related poor health and obesity record by drawing attention to the uncomfortable truth that people in Scotland are potentially … [Read more...]
The 5 Steps of any Wine List
One of the most important things on the agenda of senior hospitality management at this time of year is the launch of the all-important autumn and Christmas menus, which often include a new or re-vamped wine list. Considering that a wine list might typically take somewhere between 5 - 20% of takings then it deserves some special attention. And yet it is easy to get things … [Read more...]
Image of the Week, Pan Seared Scallop
Image of the Week is all about engaging imagery, so apart from giving readers the basics of what the image is, where it was taken and why Majella chose it, we will let the images speak for themselves. This week’s image is a dish created by Chef Anthony Raffo a Private Chef expanding his work portfolio through new techniques and flavour balances. The full title for Anthony’s … [Read more...]
The very, very social Chef Damian Wawrzyniak
THE EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED Chef Damian Wawrzyniak is probably best known for his stint on BBC2 with Mary Berry when she decided to look at how different communities around the UK celebrate Easter. Chef Damian showed Mary how to cook Babka Cake and the nation was mesmerised. Days later Felicity Spector writing in The Telegraph proclaimed “It's the year of the … [Read more...]
IKEA’s fully immersive ‘on brand’ dining experience
Swedish retailer IKEA is opening a fully immersive dining experience in Shoreditch – a ‘Do-it-Yourself Restaurant’ (Very On Brand) where the diners run the diner, becoming the star chefs in their very own restaurant. With people spending less time cooking and eating together in the UK, IKEA are giving the foodies, wannabe-cooks, kitchen-novices and fine-diners the chance … [Read more...]