C&C Catering Equipment Ltd has won three awards at this year’s catering industry suppliers showcase event, including the highly prestigious CEDA Grand Prix award. The awards came courtesy of the completion of C&C’s largest project to date, the £2.6m foodservice scheme for Japanese Bank Nomura’s new headquarters building in the City of London. As well as the … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
The Great VWA Royal Wedding Giveaway
Royal Wedding fever has hit leading HACCP and food safety training company, Verner Wheelock Associates. To celebrate the marriage of HRH Prince William to Kate Middleton, anyone who books a course between now and April 29th will be in with a chance of winning a variety of prizes. These include commemorative mugs, coasters, books and flags for your office or street party, … [Read more...]
Property of the Week, The Fish House Hotel & Restaurant
Multi-award winning ‘trophy’ hotel and restaurant for sale. Christie + Co is pleased to announce its appointment to handle the sale of The Fish House Hotel & Restaurant, Chilgrove, near Chichester on the instructions of Chris Stevens and Ian Vickers, partners at FRP Advisory LLP, appointed as Joint Administrators to The Fish House Chilgrove Limited and Joint Receivers of … [Read more...]
The Fat Duck well represented in Sommelier of the Year final
Sixteen sommeliers have made it through to the 2011 UK Sommelier of the Year final and have been named by the Academy of Food and Wine Service (AFWS) as: Wiremu Andrews, Hotel du Vin & Bistro, Cheltenham Loic Avril, The Fat Duck, Bray Arnaud Bardary, Maze, London W1 Tobias Brauweiler, Ellenborough Park, Cheltenham Remi Cousin, The Fat Duck, Bray Sergio Dos … [Read more...]
£14m hotel and restaurant project gains approval in Lichfield
York based developer S Harrison Developments is set to start work on the Friary Outer scheme in Lichfield. The £14m scheme provide a hotel, several apartments and restaurant space in Lichfield got the go-ahead from local planners a few weeks ago. Harrison said it is now in advanced negotiations with a major national hotel chain to build a new 65 bed hotel on the Friary … [Read more...]
Coca Cola launches global 125th anniversary campaign
Coca-Cola is rolling out a new multi-platform “retro” campaign today (18 April) to mark its 125th anniversary. Marketing Week reports that...A new TV ad features a montage of iconic Coca-Cola ads and imagery from the past century and is soundtracked with “I’d like to teach the world to sing”, the song that featured in its famous “hilltop” campaign in the 1970s. Coca-Cola … [Read more...]
IOH appoints Director of Professional Development
John Cunningham has recently been appointed as director of professional development, for the Institute of Hospitality; the professional body for individual managers and aspiring managers working and studying in the hospitality, leisure and tourism industry. Responsible for the Institute's portfolio of qualifications as well as the range of Information Services provided by … [Read more...]
Online tool for greener hotels now available from IHG
Learning as we go, version two of our pioneering online sustainability tool Green Engage is ready for hotels around the world. Green Engage helps hotels monitor, reduce and manage their energy use along with water use and waste. Hotels can both bring down their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprint with the tool. Version two’s new features make it easier to use … [Read more...]
Job of the Week, from PJ Search
Business Development Manager Luxury Spa and Leisure, Central London This is a very proactive role focusing on membership sales for a newly opened Spa and Leisure complex within a 5 star hotel. A strong hands on knowledge of the product is essential because the ideal candidate will be able to support the day to day running of the complex. Salary: £23 000 plus … [Read more...]
The Top 10 best places for burgers in the UK
Everyone likes a decent burger, but where can you get your hands on the very best? MSN scoured the UK and come up with their top 10 burger joints worth making a detour for. Take a look here, if you know a better one let us know through comments below - The 10 best places for burgers in the UK … [Read more...]
The Top 10 HandCNews.com You Tube Channel Videos
The Hospitality and Catering News You Tube Channel was three months old earlier this week on Monday 11th April 2011. Three months ago we launched this channel to create a dedicated home for videos promoting a variety of messages to the Hospitality and Catering business community. We are delighted to report that after just three months we have seen 4,315 viewings of the … [Read more...]
Job of the Week, from PJ Search
Human Resources Manager Salary: up to £31,000 plus benefits Location: London Job Type: Permanent Are you a sound strategic thinker, future focused and able to offer pragmatic solutions? If you have a good generalist H R background with excellent knowledge of UK Employment Law, good organisational development expertise, the … [Read more...]
Football Pie League Update, final run in looking tight
As the season draws towards it's closing stages the shape of where this season's honours are heading is looking clearer. HandCNews.com hit the road earlier this week sending two members of staff to investigate live games and live pies, the report on the table topping Portman Pie from Ipswich can be seen here in a separate article. Next week we report on how the pie offering … [Read more...]
New – Alert Thermapen – Now Available
The Alert Thermapen features all the benefits of the tried and tested Thermapen thermometer with the added benefit of indicating when a critical temperature is reached. This is achieved by the digital display flashing ‘COLD’ between 0 to 5 °C, ‘HOT’ at 75 °C or above or ‘ICE’ at -18 °C or below. The reduced tip, stainless steel, food penetration probe means that the … [Read more...]
Boardroom shake up at Westbury Street Holdings
As it looks to build on its exceptional record of growth and continues to invest in and develop the industry’s leading teams, Westbury Street Holdings is announcing the promotion of Noel Mahony to the role of Chief Executive of its business and industry operation, BaxterStorey. Noel joined BaxterStorey in 2004 and has played a pivotal role in overseeing the company’s success … [Read more...]