Compass Group UK & Ireland has a raft of activity planned in support of Fairtrade Fortnight (24 February to 9 March 2014). The first foodservice company to switch to 100% Fairtrade bananas in 2008, Compass is backing the Fairtrade Fortnight campaign to make banana production fair for farmers and workers across the globe. Treats and fair-trade products for … [Read more...]
Dum Dum’s Donutterie sells out 5000 Doughnuts in 5 hours
Doughnut lovers gathered outside Dum Dum Doughnuts on Monday 24 February ahead of the brand’s hotly anticipated Box Park launch. As doors opened at 8am, they scrambled to get their hands on a Dum Dum Doughnut before sell-out: 5000 Dum Dum's flying off the counter. Demand for the British artisan brand, set to rival Dominique Ansel’s New York Cronut Craze, has not been exclusive … [Read more...]
Intensive chocolate master class for Sodexo chefs
A group of chefs from independent education at Sodexo, the world’s largest services company, took an intensive master class from renowned French chocolatier Philippe Gobet. Hosted at Cacao Barry’s UK Chocolate Academy in Banbury, the one-day course was arranged under Sodexo’s partnership with the world famous Ecole Lenôtre in Paris, announced last year. Chefs from … [Read more...]
Bennett Hay wins FremantleMedia’s new London hub
Bespoke hospitality services business Bennett Hay has been awarded a three year contract with FremantleMedia, one of the largest creators, producers and distributors of television brands in the world, at its newly refurbished headquarters in Stephen Street, just off London’s Tottenham Court road. Supporting 800 people on site, including production teams, Bennett Hay will be … [Read more...]
Daniel Clifford extends his “Exclusively” offering with listing at The Bloomsbury Ballroom
Daniel Clifford, chef patron of the two-Michelin starred Midsummer House, Cambridge, in partnership with Seasoned Events, the award-winning London wedding and event caterers have secured a listing The Bloomsbury Ballroom, London. Having launched the Exclusively brand with Blenheim Palace in December last year, the demand for the service to be brought to London has been … [Read more...]