The Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed the names of the five young chefs who achieved a score of 85% or higher in the final examination of its annual Graduate Awards at the awards ceremony at the Landmark London Hotel in Marylebone on Friday 5 September. James Newton from the Royal Garden Hotel took the top spot with a score of 87.5% closely followed by Connor Godfrey from … [Read more...]
TGI Fridays on the ‘Pulse’ with new app
Following on from its successful launch in April of ‘Pulse’, a social platform which allows team members to connect and communicate with each other, TGI Fridays is now launching the tool in a mobile app version. Facebook for Fridays Much like a ‘Facebook for Fridays’, the platform allows members of the ‘Fridays Family’ to post pictures, tell other members what they are up … [Read more...]
New Cider Industry Chief heads straight to Westminster
Within hours of becoming Chair of the National Association of Cider Makers (NACM), Martin Thatcher delivered a strong message to MPs and government officials at a packed Westminster reception last night (Tuesday). £3 billion industry Representing an industry worth over £3bn a year in sales and supporting over 10,000 jobs directly and indirectly, Martin used his first keynote … [Read more...]
Hull winner of ‘Great Vegan Bake-Off’
A 26-year-old food blogger from Hull has won PETA’s contest to choose the best vegan baker in the UK. After a fortnight of voting and much consideration (and drooling over the delicious baked goods), PETA has selected Katy Beskow, of Little Miss Meat-Free as The Great Vegan Bake-Off champion for 2014 for her ombre vanilla dream cake. PETA ultimately chose the winners based on … [Read more...]
Drambuie joins the William Grant portfolio
Premium spirits business and independent Scottish family distillers, William Grant & Sons has acquired the Drambuie Liqueur Company Limited which owns the Drambuie whisky liqueur brand. Drambuie is described by William Grant as ‘a very natural addition to our company’s portfolio of premium consumer led brands’ - those brands include Glenfiddich and The Balvenie single … [Read more...]