The former head of international food for Café Nero, Marco Zacharia, has joined glh Hotels as its new Food and Beverage Director. Zacharia’s new remit is to champion and evolve the hotel group’s food and beverage offering to focus on delivering consistently delicious dishes across the hotel group’s five individual brands and 17 properties. The newly created role will see … [Read more...]
Bees helped by Brakspear beer
Britain's under-threat bees are being offered a lifeline by Henley brewer and pub operator Brakspear, whose Honey Bee beer, available throughout May, will raise money for Friends of the Earth's Bee Cause campaign. Honey Bee, a 4.4% honey beer, is back by popular demand for a third year. Every pint sold will raise 10 pence for the Bee Cause, the campaign to protect our … [Read more...]
The Northern Ireland Office increases ‘hospitality’ spend 57% in the last 12 months
Despite no actual government work being carried out beyond extended talks to resume the power sharing government in Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) hospitality budget has risen to £94,000 in the last 12 months. Northern Ireland has been without an executive since January 2017, as several rounds of talks have failed to restore the power sharing government. … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Mark Sargeant
Mark Sargeant carved out a successful career as a chef, including a 13-year stint with Gordon Ramsay, before becoming a restaurateur in 2011 with the opening of Rocksalt and The Smokehouse in Folkestone. With business partner Josh De Haan he went on to open The Duke William pub in Ickham in 2015 and then the Wife of Bath, a Northern Spanish inspired restaurant last year. He is … [Read more...]
From toddlers to CEO’s – the nation comes together for BNF Healthy Eating Week
Over 2,000 schools and nurseries, representing 987,832 children and young people, and 691 workplaces, colleges and universities, representing 505,781 adults, have already registered to take part in the British Nutrition Foundation’s (BNF) Healthy Eating Week 2018 (11 – 15 June 2018); with many more expected to register over the coming weeks. This year, the BNF is celebrating … [Read more...]