Alpha LSG is to nurture up-and-coming young chefs via work placements for college students who require real-world experience. The company is developing a relationship with the UK’s premier catering college, Westminster Kingsway in Central London, in an arrangement that will see students on the college’s ‘Professional Chef Diploma’ course gaining vital kitchen experience with … [Read more...]
Alpha LSG’s Premium Kitchen to set benchmark for airline catering
Alpha LSG is to set new standards in airline catering with the launch of its pioneering Premium Kitchen facility at London Heathrow. The £10million complex at Heston incorporates separate enhanced and highly-optimised production and logistics centres, the airport’s only dedicated Halal kitchen, a Japanese and Asian kitchen, exclusive Customer Lounge (pictured below) and a … [Read more...]
Latest restaurants for Silverburn leisure extension
Hammerson has signed TGI Friday’s and Cosmo as the latest restaurants to join its £20 million leisure extension of Silverburn, its flagship regional out-of-town shopping centre in Glasgow. TGI Friday’s is to open a 634m² restaurant alongside Cosmo’s 922m² pan-Asian restaurant. Both will join the new leisure extension and complement the 14-screen Cineworld cinema. They will … [Read more...]
Orderella on target for 1,500 sites by June
Orderella, the app which allows its customers to order and pay for drinks and food with their smartphone, is on target to achieve its aim of having 1,500 sites signed up and using the app by June 2014. This comes ahead of an exciting month for Orderella, which will see the app going live this week in Gordon’s Wine Bar, the oldest of its kind in the city, located in the … [Read more...]
Stephen Rey promoted to Executive Chef at Lancaster London
In his new role, Stephen will oversee the kitchens of the hotel, which is one of the largest banqueting venues in Europe. Lancaster London is also passionate about sustainability, offering nose-to-tail dining for up to 3,000 guests. Since joining the Lancaster London in March 2013, Stephen has provided mentoring, coaching and succession planning to the Culinary department. … [Read more...]