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The awards, sponsored by Highland Spring, were judged by an expert panel of over 60 chefs, restaurateurs, food writers and nutritionists, alongside names such as Donna Air and Livia Firth.

The two day conference will give chefs an opportunity to share their knowledge and skills, to meet more than 50 food suppliers and to learn more about the Applied Ability Award (AAA), a training progr

Blas ar Fwyd, based in Llanrwst, won a coveted three star gold award - the highest accolade and one of only 80 awarded by the Guild of Fine Foods Retailers - for its seville marmalade and a one star g

Sarah Delaney, head of compliance services at Shieldyourself, led the North West seminars, which were held in Bolton and Shipley in June, and will also lead the London seminar at the Worshipful Compan

The event is being run jointly by Essex County Council, Maldon District Council and Tastes of Anglia, a regional food and drink group that promotes local produce in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex

The festival will offer al fresco dining, dance and street art performance, stalls providing Bangladeshi snacks and sweets and entertainment such as ushers in traditional Indian costumes, snake charme

Hyun You Im (Honey) and Daniel Inniss-Fitzhugh received the news in front of 200 industry colleagues at the Craft Guild of Chefs' Graduate Awards at the Sheraton Hotel, Park Lane in London.

The first class, which kicks off on 12 October from 10.00am to 4.30pm, focuses on making traditional and contemporary Italian dishes.

Other high fliers in the hospitality sector included Katie Watson, from the Gleneagles Hotel, who won bronze in the restaurant service category, while Alistair Birt from Thames Valley University picke

The new BMA report, "Under the Influence", also renews the call for other tough measures such as a minimum price per unit on alcoholic drinks and for them to be taxed higher than the rate of inflation