We were delighted to receive this recipe from award-winning cookery writer, TV presenter and radio host Mridula Baljekar. Mridula Baljekar is the best-selling author of 27 Indian cookery books, including her book, Great Indian Feasts, which was awarded both ‘The Best Asian Cookbook in the World by Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2006 and ‘Cookery Book of the Year’ in the … [Read more...]
lunch! scoops third Best Trade Show award
Diversified Communications’ lunch! show – the leading trade event for the UK’s £14.9bn lunchtime market – has added another industry title to its roster after winning Best Trade Show at the annual Exhibition News Awards ceremony last month. lunch! triumphed in the hotly-contested Best Trade Show category ahead of leading exhibitions including the Speciality & Fine Food … [Read more...]
Lyle’s in The Tea Building
Award-winning hospitality designers, B3 Designers, have collaborated with former Young Turks chef, James Lowe on his first restaurant, Lyle’s. Located in the Tea Building in Shoreditch, East London, B3 Designers’ brief was to create a restaurant interior that reflected the era of the Tea Building, with a strong reference to British manufacturing and design from the … [Read more...]
Alliance in Partnership management buyout
Private equity house Key Capital Partners (KCP) has backed the £11m management buyout of specialist educational caterer, AiP Ltd, with a £5.2m investment. Established in 1998, Oldbury-based AiP is one of the leading specialist educational catering providers, operating over 170 school catering contracts and feeding over 35,000 pupils a day across central England and West … [Read more...]
Adam Smith wins First Place in Bocuse d’Or UK Final
Following a tense 1½ hours cooking, Adam Smith, head chef at The Devonshire Arms in Yorkshire, was awarded first place in the Bocuse d’Or National Selection at Hotelympia on Monday 28 April. Steve Love, chef patron at Loves Restaurant in Birmingham was awarded second place. Smith was presented with the Bocuse d’Or UK trophy, donated by University College Birmingham, and the … [Read more...]