TV personality and renowned chef Ainsley Harriot will be going on the hunt for the best of Iceland’s street cuisine in Reykjavik in the new TV show ‘Ainsley Harriott’s Street Food’. The episode will air on 31 May on More 4 as part of a six part series. The documentary aims to educate and entice viewers to join Ainsley on his street food journey around the world, including … [Read more...]
Food is the gateway to commercial success for pubs
Foodservice industry figures from the NPD Group show that pubs are increasingly more a place for eating and less a venue for ‘a quick pint’. Half of the British population now visits a pub at least once per month. This is a higher visitor measure than quick service burger restaurants (45%) or coffee shops (44%). Pubs have been particularly successful at boosting breakfast … [Read more...]
Profiteroles – but not for eating!
More than 12,000 visitors are expected to attend one of the South East’s largest exhibitions of architecture, fine art, design and film. The University of Brighton’s annual Graduate Show is a free-to-attend exhibition that lets visitors search out stars of the future who hope to follow in the footsteps of alumni such as fashion designer Julien Macdonald OBE or Turner Prize … [Read more...]
iNTERTAIN opens first new venue in five years
Walkabout operator iNTERTAIN celebrated on the night of 21 May with a glitzy VIP night in its new Brighton venue – the first the company has opened since its formation in 2009. The opening follows the restructuring of iNTERTAIN’s main debt facilities, which included new long term funding arrangements and allowed the company to acquire a new lease on the site in West Street, … [Read more...]
67 Lewisham schools for Chartwells
Chartwells, Compass Group UK & Ireland’s specialist provider of catering to schools, academies, colleges and universities, has been awarded a contract worth £35 million by Lewisham Council to provide school meals to 67 schools across Lewisham. Chartwells first won the contract to provide school meals to Lewisham in 1999 and since has worked to constantly evolve and … [Read more...]