Diversified Communications UK has today confirmed that this year’s Casual Dining and Commercial Kitchen events, due to take place in July, have sadly been cancelled. Casual Dining will now run on 10-11 March 2021, with the dates for Commercial Kitchen to be announced. The decision follows the recent and unexpected news that ExCeL London is to become a temporary NHS … [Read more...]
Dishoom Hosts The Bitter Truth Cocktail Challenge
Some serious creativity was on show in the recent The Bitter Truth Cocktail Challenge as the bar teams from the widely acclaimed Dishoom Group stepped up to the plate and battled it out. Set up and judged by co-founder of The Bitter Truth Alex Hauck, bartenders from the Dishoom sites were all tasked with creating and presenting two new cocktail recipes, one Visionary and one … [Read more...]
BiteBack, the online toolkit for hospitality businesses looking at transition to takeaway
The distressing impact of the global health and economic crisis from COVID-19 is being felt by all businesses, especially hospitality businesses. Now forced to close, restaurants will no takings while these measures are still in place. For small or independent businesses, this revenue loss could prove particularly damaging unless they find alternative ways to generate … [Read more...]
Diageo donate ethyl alcohol free to create eight million bottles of hand sanitiser
Diageo earlier today pledged to enable the creation of more than eight million bottles of hand sanitiser, by donating up to two million litres of alcohol to manufacturing partners, at no cost to help protect frontline healthcare workers in the fight against COVID-19. The world’s leading distiller will provide Grain Neutral Spirit (GNS) – a 96% strength ethyl alcohol used … [Read more...]
Turning your restaurant into a delivery service
During these adverse times with the COVID-19 virus now prevalent, some foodservice customers are venturing out on a new path, for example turning their restaurant into a home delivery service for their customers favourite dishes. "Many of our customers have reacted quickly and flexibly to the new situation," says Adam Knights, Marketing Director UK at Rational. "Their … [Read more...]