Villeroy & Boch Announce Winners of the Super-Stylish Oliver Harvey Chefs Jacket As featured in the summer issue of Villeroy & Boch’s TableTalk newsletter, the nice people at Oliver Harvey offered six lucky TableTalk readers the chance to win a Dorset Executive chefs jacket. We are pleased to announce that the winners are Gerald Röser (The Grand Hotel, … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2010
Royal Deeside Larder Venison Festival
This autumn, lovers of game are in for the ultimate gastro treat thanks to the launch of the Royal Deeside Larder Venison Festival. This new and unique six-day celebration of venison will take place from 26th to 31st October 2010 at various locations across Royal Deeside. Organised by the Royal Deeside and The Cairngorms Destination Management Organisation (DMO), the … [Read more...]
Swisscom ConnectedHotel TV wins Top Hotel STAR AWARD 2010
Swisscom’s ConnectedHotel TV, the first all-in-one solution for Internet access, interactive TV and VoD, has been voted best product of the year by the readers of German hotel magazine Top Hotel. The award of the Top Hotel STAR AWARD 2010 further distinguishes Swisscom’s ConnectedHotel TV as one of the industry’s prime technology innovations of the year. The STAR AWARD, … [Read more...]
New website, new blog and now a new profile too
Chef Line Solutions recently launched a new website, clean design, easy navigation and loads of good catering equipment information for chefs, it’s certainly worth a visit. Visitors will find product information backed up with brochures that can be downloaded as PDF files as well as videos demonstrating many of the products. At the same time Chef Line has also created a … [Read more...]
CEO of Gordon Ramsay Holdings has resigned
Chris Hutcheson, chief executive officer of Gordon Ramsay Holdings (GRH), has resigned from the company. The celebrity chef's father-in-law, who helped found the business, is leaving after more than a decade at its helm. He has been credited as the masterminded behind the growth of the company over the past 12 years. In a statement GRH said: "We can confirm that Chris … [Read more...]
James May enjoys drinking London Pride
Integrated agency DCH has created a new campaign launching Top Gear's James May as the new face of Fuller's London Pride, the UK's number one premium cask ale. The star of alcohol connoisseur TV series 'Oz and Jamess Big Wine Adventure' and 'Oz and James Drink to Britain' is making his first major foray into advertising with a real ale brand he respects the high production … [Read more...]
The Milestone tops British Hotels
The Milestone tops British Hotels in Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards Red Carnation, the luxury collection of thirteen five and four star family-run boutique hotels, is delighted to announce their five star hotel in London, The Milestone, was awarded the esteemed position of Top Hotel in the British Isles and the only hotel in London in the Top 100, at the … [Read more...]
Villeroy & Boch Launches Stylish New Cera Black Collection
Villeroy & Boch Hotel & Restaurant Division launches the stylish new glass tableware collection, Cera Black for 2010. This contemporary new range has been designed with the leading chef in mind for chic culinary presentation. Cera Black is the ideal complement to recent collections including Cera in white porcelain, Cera in clear glass and also the decorative Bloom … [Read more...]
Video – Savoy opens doors to Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren
The Savoy has seen guests that list like a who's who of modern history, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Charlie Chaplin, Winston Churchill, Sean Connery and now Stephen Fry. Take a look at the video below to glimpse some history and a preview of what is to come.. … [Read more...]
Villeroy & Boch at the Royal Opera House
Villeroy & Boch has announced that they are supplying the Royal Opera House with tableware from their Stella collection in all three of their exclusive restaurants; The Balcony, The Trust and The Crush. With contemporary shapes combined with a classic style, Stella is perfectly suited to this prestigious heritage destination and allows for a high standard of innovative … [Read more...]
Refresh your Menu Boards and protect your profits
Worried that you will lose your customers if you put up your prices in line with the VAT increase from 4th January 2011? By approaching change with your customers in mind highlighting the value in what you offer through your tariff menu boards can be a positive start to the New Year for both you and your customers. Tastemodern design specialists have found in their … [Read more...]
Innovate Services launches online ordering
Innovate Services Ltd, the innovative catering supplier to the education sector, has launched a newly revamped website in addition to a range of new online ordering services for its schools and colleges to use. The website carries a fresh new look and incorporates an online pre-order service that gives parents the ability to order school meals for their primary school … [Read more...]
CST launches advanced ‘customer call’ paging system
Boomerang: keep your customers coming back; ROI in only a few weeks Call-Systems Technology (CST) introduced Boomerang, its new customer call paging system, at the Restaurant Show 2010. “Feedback has been fantastic,” says Coleen Myers, marketing manager at CST. “Restaurateurs are saying it will make a huge difference to the quality of their customer service. They’ve … [Read more...]
Simon Woods wins 2010 Dessert of the Year competition
Westminster Kingsway College Patisserie Lecturer wins 2010 Dessert of the Year competition. Westminster Kingsway College Chef Lecturer Simon Woods has won the won the Association of Pastry Chefs 17th annual Dessert of the Year competition, held at Nadell Patisserie in London. Simon took the first prize with a winning dessert named 'Exotic Chocolate Indulgence' which … [Read more...]
VeggieVision TV, New Web TV and Technology Launched
After years of waiting for technology to catch up, PR, presenter, mum and VeggieVision TV founder Karin Ridgers is ecstatic to launch the new web TV station and technology in partnership with Life on Show TV. There have been challenges and tears along the way and highlights too such as when Karin met Dragons Den James Cann at an event. After James asked the audience how many … [Read more...]
