By Angela Green:
Hotel News is sponsored by Guestline
The Grand, York has launched a new corporate menu, focusing on foods which enhance cognitive function to help drive productivity and creativity during meetings, events, and away days.
Created by The Grand’s Executive Head Chef, Kevin Bonello, the ‘Food for Thought’ menu has been specifically crafted to include ingredients which continue to boost brain power throughout the whole day. With each ingredient specially selected to keep colleagues sharp, the menu has aims to keep energy levels high, increase employee engagement and avoid the dreaded post-lunch slump.
Dishes such as the Poached Salmon Roulade include brain-boosting ingredients like oily fish, packed with omega-3 and essential fatty acids, which can’t be made naturally in the body, for promoting healthy brain function.
Other key ingredients include pumpkin and blackcurrants, which help reduce stress and anxiety due to the high vitamin C content, and wholegrains for a slow release of energy into the bloodstream, helping to keep energy levels consistent.
Kevin Bonello, Executive Head Chef at The Grand, said of his latest menu: “Keeping your brain sharp and healthy is important, not just for your general health, but also to ensure you are proactive and efficient at work. One key way of doing this is through the food you eat. The Grand’s new ‘Food for Thought’ menu not only helps businesses promote a healthy lifestyle with their employees but also supports them in making the most out of their meetings with us.”
The Grand, York is part of the Splendid Hospitality Group which consists of 24 hotels and is one of the UK’s fastest growing-privately owned hospitality groups, owned and directed by Shiraz and Nadeem Boghani.