Leading foodservice brand Country Range is making it easier for caterers to offer their customers a tasty handheld snack for breakfast, brunch or on-the-go with the addition to its pastry portfolio of a Bacon & Cheese Turnover. Made using premium quality thick cut bacon and mature Cheddar cheese, it’s wrapped in a light puff pastry and can be cooked from frozen in just … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2019
£1m pub boost plus new jobs on the way in Sheffield
Star Pubs & Bars are making a £1.26 million investment in South Yorkshire community pubs to transform them into traditional locals creating 25 new jobs. The pubs are in the Sheffield area and include The White Hart on Greenhill Main Road and The New Inn on Hemsworth Road in Sheffield and The Lord Reresby in the nearby village of Thrybergh. Star Pubs & Bars says … [Read more...]
intu to create new grab and go food offer following intu Watford extension launch
Shopping centre owner intu is investing more than £1 million to create an additional food offer at intu Watford following the launch of the centre’s £180 million retail and leisure extension last year. A series of new food outlets will open at the opposite end of the centre to intu Watford’s extension, with construction work underway from next month to transform the space … [Read more...]
Call for Aspiring Leaders opened by Master Innholders for 2019
As uncertainty drifts around us, and choppy waters approach for the hospitality industry, a push towards education and development provides a unique opportunity to battle through the storms ahead. 2019 ushers in the next generation of hospitality leaders with an invitation to apply for the Master Innholders Aspiring Leaders Diploma (MIALD), open to all junior-level managers … [Read more...]
Armourcoat on the menu for new Centre Point restaurant
Surface finish specialists Armourcoat have been specified throughout the VIVI restaurant, a new 1960’s inspired eatery opening in the Centre Point Building in London’s West End. VIVI promises to deliver traditional British food with an innovative twist. VIVI’s 290-cover dining room serving delicious British favourites, has its interior design inspired by sixties colours and … [Read more...]
Phil Vickery MBE announced as new Hospitality Action Patron
Hospitality Action is proud to announce the appointment of Phil Vickery MBE, the former England rugby international, 2003 World Champion, British Lion and Celebrity MasterChef winner and Non-Executive Director at Creed Foodservice as its newest Patron. Phil joins the ranks alongside Tom Kerridge, Michael Caines MBE and Principal Patron Jason Atherton. Phil is passionate … [Read more...]
Former KP wins Riso Gallo Young Risotto Chef of the Year 2019
Chef Andrew Williams, from Salthouse Bacaro in Liverpool, has won the Riso Gallo Young Risotto Chef of the Year competition, aimed at budding chefs aged 18 -25. Andrew, aged 20, cooked Caramelised Onion and Red Wine Risotto, with butter-roasted pine nuts, crispy onions, radicchio and taleggio. The risotto was finished with Valrhona chocolate, white alba truffle and … [Read more...]
Student wellbeing increased through Hospitable Campus
The University Caterers Organisation (TUCO) and The Oxford Cultural Collective have worked together to launch a new publication, ‘Hospitable Campus’. The publication signifies TUCO’s intention to start a national conversation about ways in which on campus hospitality can make positive contributions to student wellbeing. Matthew White, Chair of TUCO … [Read more...]
Allergen food labels a long way from being clear
Allergen food labels cause a great deal of confusion according to latest research from Mintel, as only 37% of consumers agree that it is easy to identify which allergens a product is free from by its label. While pre-packaged goods are legally required to highlight on-pack the presence of any allergens, almost half (48%) of Brits are unsure whether or not allergen … [Read more...]
Eat out foodservice visits predicted to slide in 2019
The NPD Group says visits in the British out-of-home (OOH), or eat-out foodservice market will slide in 2019 and 2020. The market peaked at 11.35 billion visits in 2017 but dropped - 0.5% to 11.29 billion in 2018. Future growth in foodservice visits will be overwhelmingly tech-driven. Despite population growth of +0.6% per annum, there will be a further drop of … [Read more...]
New opening: Club Mexicana to open burger bar at Netil Market
Club Mexicana, specialists in Mexican vegan food, are opening a new concept at Netil Market on the 26thof January: The Burger Bar. Founded by Meriel Armitage, Club Mexicana has changed the perception of vegan cooking and built a reputation for the city’s best street food that just happens to be vegan. Her new Burger Bar at Netil Market, with a menu packed with indulgent … [Read more...]
Whitbread and Staycity invest in the regeneration of London’s Paddington
The regeneration of London’s Paddington will take a further step forward with the development of a 620 room hotel and aparthotel complex. The tenants of the scheme will be Whitbread brand Premier Inn and Staycity and it is expected to open by 2021. M&G has acquired the long leasehold interest of the development site and will finance the construction of the hotel complex … [Read more...]
Veg Power: Coronation Street will tonight Premier a new vegetable advertising campaign, see it here first
ITV will tonight during Coronation Street premier a new advertising campaign encouraging children to eat more vegetables. But there is no need to wait until later tonight to watch the campaign for H&C News readers, you can watch it now below. Eat Them To Defeat Them is a radical new national advertising campaign, launching later today on ITV that aims to inspire kids … [Read more...]
Unemployed Londoners graduate when provided with the chance of a career in hospitality
Thirty unemployed Londoners were provided with the chance of a career in hospitality throughout 2018, due to an initiative funded by Solidarity AccorHotels, an endowment fund set up by AccorHotels to help fight economic and social exclusion of people at risk of poverty by improving their employability. The participants have graduated from the ‘Hospitality Futures’ programme, … [Read more...]
TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2019, Hotel 41 voted top again
London’s Hotel 41 retained its title of ‘Top Hotel in the UK’ for a third consecutive year in the 2019 annual TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards, which were announced today. This multi-award winning, luxury boutique hotel, part of the family-run Red Carnation Hotel Collection, also secured the titles of ‘Number 1 Luxury Hotel in the UK’, ‘Number 2 Best Service in the UK’ and … [Read more...]