Davos 2020 starts tomorrow and once again the ‘great and good’ will gather for the 50th World Economic Forum. Leading business people, politicians and journalists convene each year to discuss current global issues, placing a particular focus on aspects relating to economic, trade and social policy. The 2020 agenda headline will be sustainability and climate change, but the … [Read more...]
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Nando’s get more closely connected with Rational
Since launching its first UK restaurant in 1992, Nando’s has expanded to over 1200 restaurants and has helped to revolutionise the casual dining market with its Portuguese influenced chicken menu. One of the chain’s longest running strategic partnerships has been with Rational. Cameron Holder, head of non-food and indirect procurement, explains. “We’ve worked with them for … [Read more...]
Disadvantaged Londoners sought by Fresh Life to train as chef apprentices
Beyond Food Foundation, the charity that uses food as a catalyst to break the cycle of homelessness, has commenced its 2020 with Fresh Life, a three-week series of workshops that use food to motivate and inspire by providing training on nutrition and cooking skills. The charity – which this year has collaborated with well-known chefs such as Gizzie Erskine, Calum Franklin, … [Read more...]
Brexit Day celebrations announced at 870 Wetherspoon pubs
J D Wetherspoon is celebrating Brexit by reducing the price of ten drinks from Friday January 31. Its ‘Let’s stay friends’ offer will give customers approximately 60p off drinks which originate in a range of European countries. These include those in the EU; Germany, France, Spain, Poland, Holland and Ireland, as well as from across the UK. The promotion will run until … [Read more...]
Five minutes with… John Davey
I trained as a chef in Bristol initially, but after experiencing a 9 month work permit at the Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich in the summer of 1971, I realised that I wanted to work in a restaurant, not the kitchen. It was enchanting, the people so full of grace, it was something I wanted to be involved in desperately and I consider myself so lucky to have been a part of it, and … [Read more...]