40-43 Fleet Street, London: Popular Italian chef, TV personality and entrepreneur, Gino D’Acampo, has today announced that all coffees served in ‘My Pasta Bar’ outlets will cost just one pound, in a move that throws the gauntlet to high street coffee chains who are charging considerably more for comparative drinks. “In Italy, we don’t believe that great coffee should be … [Read more...]
Warewasher Wizard of Oz: Brett Duffy joins Winterhalter
One of the UK’s most experienced foodservice warewasher professionals, Brett Duffy CFSP, has joined Winterhalter UK as Business Development Manager. His responsibilities include helping key distributors develop their business, especially with their premium customers. A warewasher man through and through, Brett has extensive experience both in the UK and Australia. Before … [Read more...]
Developing the next generation of hospitality leaders
The hospitality industry offers great career opportunities - with the right skills and attitude, people can progress quicker than in almost any other industry. But this fast-paced nature of careers has its consequences, and research shows that hospitality businesses are suffering from a shortage of management skills. Over a third (34%) of hospitality and tourism employers … [Read more...]
Foodservice industry trading portal launched
H&C News meets with suppliers regularly to keep up to date with the latest product and service innovations, aiming to get the inside track on what companies offer to the market and how it is delivered. This week, we met with Brian Clarke, Group Marketing Director at ecostocker to gain a better understanding of the business. So what is ecostocker..? ecostocker … [Read more...]
Are you next for Craft Guild of Chefs’ Hall of Fame?
2013 saw the “best bunch of finalists ever”: what will the Graduate Awards see for 2014? Chefs who are 23 or under and have what it takes to impress some of the UK’s culinary experts should download an entry form and send their entries to the Guild. Culinary challenges to pass Successful candidates will have to pass a number of culinary challenges in a high pressured … [Read more...]