The BFFF Gala Dinner Dance and Annual Awards evening on Thursday, 10th June was held at the Hilton on Park Lane, London. It was another resounding success where we announced the winners of the BFFF Annual Awards. Over the last 23 years, BFFF have run the ultimate new product awards event, which has become known as the ‘Oscars of the Frozen Food Industry’. The rationale for … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Refresh your promotions with our special menu holder offer
Buy FOUR frames from Tastemodern Executive Range and get another ONE FREE with FREE delivery on orders over £150.00 anywhere in the UK. The Executive Range is one of the most comprehensive menu holders available on the market today – including counter tops and wall mounteds in A3, A4, A5 and DL in landscape and portrait format. Exclusively designed by Tastemodern to … [Read more...]
Win an original movie poster
Venues looking for a new look and feel for their guest experience should remember that almost everyone has a favourite film. Movie posters bring back cherished memories and are unique pieces of art in their own right. Vintage Movie Posters is a company specialising in movie posters and has a unique collection including some very rare posters indeed. To win the movie poster … [Read more...]
RMS ESP: Predict the future of revenue management
The formal practice of revenue management, in the big scheme of things, hasn’t been around all that long. It was only in the late 1980’s that hotels (and hotel schools) began to consider the science of yield management in terms of hotel room inventory, and even less time ago than that that hotels began to implement policies and systems specifically for the purpose of managing … [Read more...]
Gordon Ramsay to cook on London Eye
Dine High on the London Eye One of the most eye-catching events of last year's London Restaurant Festival is back and it's even bigger. For 11 nights of London Restaurant Festival 2010, one capsule of the London Eye becomes a 10-seat "pop-up" restaurant. While the other London Eye capsules remain dark, one of London's most celebrated chefs will cook dinner for you and … [Read more...]
‘Job of the Week’ at Rick Stein’s Cornish Arms
The Cornish Arms, one of Rick Stein's outlets in Padstow is looking for a Sous Chef. Responsibilities will include... • To support and provide leadership in the kitchen in order to create and maintain the quality product that reflects the company’s reputation. • Maintaining high standards of presentation and hygiene. A full job description is available on request. To … [Read more...]
Average savings of 4% – 9% of your annual payroll costs
Time2 provide market-leading Employee Clocking Systems and a range of innovative Biometric Clocking Terminals. Offering unparalleled performance & functionality, employees ‘clock on’ through one of the Biometric terminals, meaning there are no cards or timesheets to administer. Time fraud and errors are eliminated, & with an average saving of between 4% & 9% … [Read more...]
UK Chain Hotels Market Review
Force majeure halts London hoteliers profitability progress Following five months of consecutive year-on-year profitability growth, international travel disruption caused by the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano ended London’s near perfect 2010 performance, according to the latest HotStats survey from TRI Hospitality Consulting. The 2.5% decline in Gross Operating Profit per … [Read more...]
Product Showcase NEW Indian Curries
Our new range of curries are authentic in ingredients, taste and name! Produced by Authentic Foods, the selection covers the key favourites in the curry market and provide rapid, convenient meals that are ideal for busy catering teams. Click here for more details … [Read more...]
Villeroy & Boch sponsor Young Chef Young Waiter
YOUNG CHEF YOUNG WAITER LAUNCHES 26TH COMPETITION - regional waiter finals held in von Essen hotels The Restaurant Association’s Young Chef Young Waiter, the premier competition for young aspiring craft talent in the hospitality industry, launches its 26th annual competition this month with three new sponsors. Organised by the British Hospitality Association and The … [Read more...]
Quinlan hotel empire hangs on debt deal
Six years ago Derek Quinlan, the former tax inspector from Dublin, outbid one of the richest men in the world, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Quinlan and his partners bought a clutch of London’s smartest hotels — the Savoy, Claridge’s, Berkeley and Connaught — for £750m, outflanking the Saudi billionaire. It was a deal that epitomised the era of easy money. Today the … [Read more...]
Things are going to get HOT
Are you prepared? The prediction of a brilliantly hot summer and more Brits holidaying at home this year equals excellent news for hotels, restaurants, leisure resorts and any business in the hospitality sector! Things are going to get HOT! So be sure to get your hands on the innovative and stylish Kitchen Cooling Scarf. We would like to welcome Dennys on board as the first … [Read more...]
Jean-Christophe Novelli to front OVEN MATE’S Marketing
The multi-starred Michelin chef, Jean-Christophe Novelli, will front a trade marketing campaign for award-winning oven cleaning brand, Oven Mate. The five-figure advertising and publicity campaign will focus on pushing Oven Mate into the food service sector, and raise greater awareness of its first-class reputation amongst industrial caterers, restaurateurs, publicans, and … [Read more...]
Prepare your company for World Cup fever
By Lisa Jinks, Associate and Oliver Worth, Trainee Solicitor, Employment & Employee Benefits Department, Greenwoods Solicitors The FIFA World Cup is the most widely-viewed sporting event in the world, taking place in South Africa from June 11 to July 11, 2010. Here, we consider how employers might want to prepare for this unique sporting and social event. St … [Read more...]
Raymond Blanc – Chelsea goes Green and Democratic
The Chelsea Flower Show is not known for food. As I was cooking at the Smallbone of Devizes kitchen at last week's Chelsea, Jamie Oliver was turning out pizzas at the next-door pavilion, and Ronnie Wood, minus guitar, was entertaining just opposite. (I was standing dangerously on one leg, owing to the other one being broken - my surgeon would have been seriously alarmed.) … [Read more...]