Jonray and Peter Sanchez-Iglesias of Casamia, Bristol have taken the prestigious crown of Chefs of the Year in the Good Food Guide 2015. Casamia also secured the 39th spot in the Top 50 restaurant listing in theGood Food Guide 2015, which publishes on 8 September. Utterly delicious Elizabeth Carter, Consultant Editor of the Waitrose Good Food Guide, comments on what made … [Read more...]
BrewDog to end ‘lager lout’ culture with This. Is. Lager. craft beer
“For years, global breweries have spent millions convincing the British public that lager is a beer style best served as fizzy, tasteless liquid cardboard propped up by snappy straplines, glamorous advertising or counterfeit stories of foreign provenance. We hope to perpetuate a movement of craft breweries blazing a new trail for lager, proving it’s a misunderstood, neglected … [Read more...]
Birmingham restaurant is UK’s ‘Restaurant of the Year’
Birmingham’s Carters of Moseley has been named the nation’s ‘Readers’ Restaurant of the Year’, by the Waitrose Good Food Guide, published on September 8th. 30,000 nominations, 10 regional winners Carters had previously been shortlisted for the award after being voted the ‘Readers’ Restaurant of the Year’ for the Midlands in June 2014.The Guide received more than 30,000 … [Read more...]
Edwardian Group London to offer over 16s traineeships
Edwardian Group London has announced traineeships for over 16s to give them an insight into the hotel and hospitality industry, as well as an opportunity to see if they would like to build a future career within it. FUTURE YOU programme The FUTURE YOU programme, starting on 1 September 2014, lasts 12 weeks, with 18 days’ classroom learning at Edwardian Group London’s … [Read more...]
New MD for Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas has confirmed the appointment of Mos Shamel as Managing Director of the 35 strong Latin American group. Current CEO and founder Eren Ali will take the role of Executive Chairman with Ian Neill moving to Non-Executive Director from 1 October. Mos joined Las Iguanas as Operations Director in 2004 and has been instrumental in the growth of the business from 6 … [Read more...]