The hospitality industry’s favourite restaurant, pub and bar event, Casual Dining 2020 has added some of the best known ‘names’ in hospitality to its biggest ever Keynote line-up. A record 65 speakers, with even more to be announced soon, will appear in 35 sessions at Casual Dining 2020. For this year’s visitors, who’ll be heading to ExCeL London over 25-26 March in … [Read more...]
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New hospital kitchen greeted with high praise from Prue Leith and Matt Hancock
Prue Leith and Matt Hancock attended the launch of a new £3m patient catering facility in West Sussex last week hosted by leading facilities management consultancy, Neller Davies. The event, held at St Richard’s Hospital, marked the official opening of a central production kitchen (CPK), which serves 3,000 meals every day across all Western Sussex Hospitals sites. The unit … [Read more...]
Northern Irish Government collaborates with hospitality and tourism on people and skills shortages post Brexit
Post-election and post Brexit most of the UK seems pleased that the political furore seen towards the end of last year has quietened. And while most of the UK has settled down, a new body in Northern Ireland has emerged to combat the risk to the region’s people and skills shortages in hospitality and tourism. The new employer network HATS (Hospitality and Tourism Skills) is … [Read more...]
University College Birmingham students crowned Zest Quest Asia 2020 champions
University College Birmingham is the new Zest Quest Asia champion, with the team and their mentor winning a culinary and cultural trip of a lifetime to Bangkok as guests of Dusit International. In addition, they will undertake training in Thai cuisine at the Dusit Thani’s signature Thai restaurant and at the recently launched Le Cordon Bleu Dusit Culinary School. They will also … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… Katy and Simon Hulstone
The Elephant restaurant, Torquay is a seaside restaurant that is situated overlooking Torquay harbour. The Elephant was the first restaurant in Torquay to be awarded a Michelin star and that award has been maintained for 15 years. The restaurant is owned and run by Simon Hulstone and his wife Katy, so we arranged to have Five minutes with them both to learn more about their 15 … [Read more...]