Panasonic has announced that Scott Kedwards is to join its team as development chef for professional cooking. Kedwards' previous experience includes working for West Bromwich Albion Football Club, Gleneagles Hotel and Turners, a former Michelin-starred restaurant. A professional chef with over 17 years experience, and a graduate from University College Birmingham with a BA … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2021
Education increasingly turning to central production units for catering
The UK the education sector is increasingly turning to central production units for the ideal catering solution to match fast changing demands in education catering. At On Site Kitchens our kitchen ranges are designed to meet this need, easily installed and extremely flexible, making them the ideal medium to long term solution. Whether it is a teaching kitchen or temporary … [Read more...]
Cyrus Todiwala recommends dealing with surplus restaurant assets sustainably, and profitably
After serving 25 years as a Whitechapel landmark, Café Spice Namasté on 14 November 2020 announced it was to close. Proprietors Pervin and Cyrus Todiwala were relocating to a new venue in Royal Albert Wharf, East London. Café Spice Namasté was housed in an impressive building that was also substantial, as were the requirements of moving. With a move deadline fast … [Read more...]
Big brands comeback to Commercial Kitchen show
Leading brands have snapped up stand spaces at Commercial Kitchen’s much-anticipated London debut show this 23-24 September. With the show almost sold out, organisers have revealed a preview of some of the brands sharing new product innovations and technologies at this year’s event. Many return exhibitors have increased their stand size in anticipation of a fruitful two days … [Read more...]
Simplifying ingredients procurement for hospitality providers
foodcircle has launched an online platform to simplify ingredients procurement for hospitality providers. The new platform from foodcircle provides the hospitality industry a fully digital process to order and reorder ingredients from suppliers. One-click reordering enables users to eliminate redundant emails and paperwork from their workflow. In addition to this innovative … [Read more...]
Accor announce appointments boosting their tech-forward customer experience strategy
To build on Accor’s tech-forward customer experience strategy, the company today announces the appointments of Cristina Cavaco to the position of Governance Director for the Digital & Technology Services, and Adel Zaher to the role of Vice President of Customer Technology for Franchisee, Northern Europe. Accor is poised to implement a full suite of digital technologies … [Read more...]
Bennett Hay celebrating British Food Fortnight
Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Bennett Hay is celebrating British Food Fortnight with promotions in its client sites to highlight local and regional produce, as well as suppliers and artisans. Bennett Hay’s two-week campaign will be brought to life through social media activity, in-house activations and personal recommendations of favourite British artisans and … [Read more...]
Hospitality’s recidivism forces government to act
By Denis Sheehan Yet again, hospitality is hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons, through the actions of high profile industry names deterring people from entering an industry that so desperately needs them. The people and skills shortages in hospitality are fuelled by a multitude of contributing factors, the most embedded being the industry’s reputation as a poor … [Read more...]
Chris Moore to step down from his role as Chief Executive of The Clink Charity
Chris Moore is to step down from his role as Chief Executive of The Clink Charity after eleven years. The Clink Charity trains serving prisoners to gain their City and Guilds National Vocational Qualifications in hospitality and horticulture, in a real-life working environment whilst serving their sentence and supports them upon release into the community to gain full … [Read more...]
Scandic empowers tomorrow’s hotel leaders
For the past 20 years, Scandic has been training future leaders through the company’s internal leadership program, Talent@Scandic. This year’s 30 talents have now taken the final step toward shouldering leadership roles within the hotel group after a year of intensive organizational and leadership development. Talent@Scandic is a renowned leadership program in the Nordic … [Read more...]
Oat milk becomes the plant-based milk of choice
Oat milk has become the plant-based milk of choice, according to the latest research from Mintel, as sales of the non-dairy substitute almost doubled between 2019-20. Brits spent a hearty £146 million on oat milk in 2020, up from £74 million in 2019. By contrast, consumers spent £105 million on almond milk in 2020 compared to £96 million in 2019, resulting in oat overtaking … [Read more...]
Casual Dining reveals stellar Keynote programme
High-profile additions include CEOs and Founders from Wahaca, Revolution Bars Group and Las Iguanas & Turtle Bay Restaurants Casual Dining 2021 returns at the end of this month to ExCeL London (23-24 September), and the organisers have revealed their full Keynote Speaker programme, which includes a host of exciting new additions. The show has also introduced a third … [Read more...]
Today is National Hospitality Day
Hospitality Action are joining forces today with a taskforce of the hospitality industry’s main trade associations, professional bodies and charities to launch something very exciting, National Hospitality Day. The hospitality charity is asking the nation to support our beleaguered sector by visiting their favourite venue today. Participating hospitality venues are planning … [Read more...]
Choose Hospitality
By Denis Sheehan, Publisher, H&C News As the hospitality sector begins its long road to recovery, the topic of attracting new talent to the industry had to be addressed. To coincide with today being National Hospitality day, a preview of the industry-led Choose Hospitality Campaign is released here. But what is Choose Hospitality, and who are the industry leaders … [Read more...]
BaxterStorey launches Hapi, the wellbeing and engagement app
Catering News is sponsored by Two Services BaxterStorey has launched Hapi, a wellbeing and engagement app designed to support its UK-wide workforce. The app, which was piloted during the pandemic period to provide better support to team members, aims to improve employee wellbeing and encourage better mental health and self-care by ensuring people have access to the … [Read more...]