The Waldorf Hilton, the West End landmark hotel, has appointed new Executive Chef, Karl Richardson, to head up the team of 22 across the hotel’s bars, restaurants and banqueting. Chef Richardson joins the team with 17 years of experience having worked for over a decade at Hilton properties including Hilton DoubleTree Cambridge, Hilton Green Park and Hilton London … [Read more...]
Could our ex-homeless Rising Stars run a Pret?
We have been running our Rising Star programme for 10 years and have given jobs to over 400 ex-homeless people since we started. We’ve found it to be the single most effective way to help break the cycle of homelessness – a job can give someone the stability they really need. Every summer I take a group of our Rising Stars to Austria to hike up a mountain together. We do … [Read more...]
Elior cleans up at Sand Bay beach with the Marine Conservation Society
Elior’s marketing and purchasing department teamed up with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) this summer to collect litter on Sand Bay Beach in Weston-Super-Mare – highlighting the damage single-use plastic is doing to the ocean and its wildlife. From a 100-metre stretch of beach, the team of 13 collected more than 477 items of litter, 76% of which were made of … [Read more...]
Chantelle Nicholson becomes Chef Consultant for Graysons
Contract caterer Graysons has established an exclusive partnership with chef Chantelle Nicholson to support the development of their chef teams and inspire the development of their plant-based menus for the business and industry market and for their growing public catering market. Health and wellbeing will be at the forefront of the partnership, for which Chantelle will … [Read more...]
£130 billion hospitality sector celebrated at inaugural conference
The UK’s hospitality sector is worth £130 billion, according to UKHospitality, the new national trade body for the sector. The figure was announced yesterday at UKHospitality’s inaugural conference: Shaping the Future, at the Grand Connaught Rooms, London. UKHospitality announced the publication of a forthcoming report that will highlight the economic contribution made by … [Read more...]