The Chefs Choice Award goes to Villeroy & Boch

The Chef’s Choice Awards name Villeroy & Boch Best Tableware supplier 2012 Villeroy & Boch have been named Best Tableware supplier 2012 in the Chefs’ Choice Awards. Now in their third year, Restaurant Magazine canvasses the views of chefs and restaurateurs across the country, asking them to vote for their top products and services across [...]

Recipe of the Week from Great British Chefs, by William Drabble

Griddled South Coast sea bass with Provençal vegetables and basil oil from esteemed Seven Park Place chef, William Drabble. This week’s recipe comes courtesy of Great British Chefs.com and is a colourful Griddled Sea bass dish from renowned Mayfair-based chef, William Drabble. Sea bass has become one of the must-have ingredients for fine-dining eateries in [...]

Innovate Services reveals findings from Lunch Box Amnesty

Study group reveals only 7% of recorded packed lunches comply with food-based standards for school lunches Innovate Services Ltd, the innovative catering facilities operator to the education sector, has today announced the findings from its initial Lunch Box Amnesty study group into the contents of students’ lunch boxes from a food health and safety perspective, [...]

Job of the Week, Reservations Manager 5* London

A 5* hotel in Central London is looking for an experienced Reservations Manager to run their team of reservation agents As Reservation Manager it would be your responsibility to ensure your team are maximising sales and taking advantage of all sales opportunities. You would also be responsible for achieving high occupancy levels and controlling room [...]

Plans OK’d for eight new restaurants in waterfront scheme

Plans for Southampton’s tallest building has been recommended for approval by the city council. Allied Developments, part owned by the boss of the Carphone Warehouse, plans to build the £74m landmark 28-storey apartment block at Admiral’s Quay. The full scheme consists of three apartment blocs containing 299 homes, connected at ground level, with an elevated terrace [...]

Wide array of stylish new London hotels opening in 2012

Last year we saw many new London hotels open, mostly in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. This year we can see even more, many of which are significant in one or more ways. The openings scheduled this year include the reinvention of the venerable Cafe Royal, a London hotel with more history than most [...]

Chef+ the first smart phone application for chefs

The Staff Canteen Brings Chefs Closer Together with Chef+ This month, the UK’s leading networking site for chefs, The Staff Canteen (www.thestaffcanteen.com), is launching Chef+ the first smart phone application for chefs. Chef+ will be free to all chefs and to premium suppliers listed on The Staff Canteen website. It will enable interaction between chefs [...]

Hotelympia VIP visitor programme and Michelin restaurant prizes

Villeroy & Boch the tableware providers to 10 in 8 have created the opportunity for three of our visitors to each win a voucher worth £250 to enjoy lunch or dinner at the 10 in 8 restaurant of their choice. The restaurants to choose from are…L’ortolan, based in Reading, Berkshire and already boasting one Michelin [...]

Villeroy & Boch offer extra 10% off their NewWave Collection

Villeroy & Boch offer  an extra 10% off any orders of their NewWave Collection until 31st April 2012 Villeroy & Boch are offering an extra 10% off any orders* of their popular NewWave collection until the 30th April 2012. The NewWave line, recently extended, includes original design concepts, presenting fresh opportunities for innovative serving concepts. [...]

Union Jack Dishes top of the podium at Hotelympia

With 2012 being the year of the London 2012 Olympics and the Queens Diamond Jubilee we have by special request commissioned two sizes of Union Jack serving dishes. Whether you wish to subtly add a touch of patriotism or totally immerse your counter in these dishes be sure to order your dishes in time for [...]

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