Grab & Go

Action for Children charity ‘desperate’ for barbecue food donations

27th Aug 2014 - 09:09

Sharon Guduza of the charity says: “We are desperately in need of burgers and sausages, and veggie burgers or vegetarian main to cooked on the day (or delivered if not possible). We have caterers

Food allergen regs to cost catering, hospitality £200m warns BHA

26th Aug 2014 - 11:53

By December 13th every restaurant, hotel, pub, take away, motorway service station, café owner and festival caterer, as well as schools, hospitals and prison meals services, will have to accurately

Winners revealed in Masterchef Restaurant & Bar online competition

8th Aug 2014 - 17:11

MasterChef 2014 finalist Jack Lucas drew the names of Gill Smith (Away2Dine), Jonathan Rond (The Jolly Toper), Clare Skevington (Haskins) and Lee Canon (Diageo) at Nestlé Professional’s HQ at Gatwi

Caterer Vacherin appoints CSR expert

8th Aug 2014 - 09:56

Tam, originally from Canada, has joined Vacherin from Business in the Community and prior to that, environmental action group, Greenpeace International. Her new role will see her develop the company’s CSR and sustainability initiatives to the next level, supporting clients and managers with expert advice in the process, and manage Vacherin’s quality systems, ISO 9001 and 14001.

bartlett mitchell appoints new operations director

7th Aug 2014 - 11:55

Connor’s role will see her focusing on the development of bartlett mitchell’s new major client growth strategy. Originally from Ireland, Connor has had an international career in hotels, tourism and entertainment working throughout Europe and Australia before settling in London.

Your chance to win tickets to MasterChef Restaurant & Bar

22nd Jul 2014 - 11:44

The competition gives you the chance to win a pair of tickets to either the Tasting Menu, Sharing Menu or Lunch at the first pop-up restaurant of its kind, which will be located at Blue Fin Buildin

Springboard calls for entries for its ‘Awards for Excellence’ 2014

21st Jul 2014 - 16:07

Last year’s winners included: River Cottage Chef School, which picked up the New Media Award; Talkington Bates, which won the Diversity in Employment Award; and James Thomson, OBE, Scotland’s best

School contract caterer The Brookwood Partnership proves an 'ACE' performer

21st Jul 2014 - 11:02

The corporate award was won by the operator’s Planet Matters scheme, a CSR initiative that sees the organisation band together to generate environmentally friendly and sustainable ideas that can be

New managing director appointed at Apostrophe high street café group

21st Jul 2014 - 10:40

Following the successful handover to the new management team, Apostrophe’s CEO, Amir Chen, will now be departing from the business. CH&Co had initially entered into joint venture with Apostrophe in January 2012, before buying the business outright from Amir Chen and the founding shareholders earlier this year. Franks previously worked at EAT during a period of rapid business growth and was most recently at the Harris & Hoole coffee chain that has also enjoyed recent rapid expansion and now operates from more than 40 outlets across South East England.

BPEX Foodservice Pork Sausage of the Year Competition 2014 gets underway

21st Jul 2014 - 10:23

As the countdown to British Sausage Week 2014 (3-9 November) gets underway, BPEX is calling for catering butchers and sausage manufacturers to enter their pork sausages into the BPEX Foodservice Pork Sausage of the Year Competition 2014. The annual competition showcases the range of quality assured and Red Tractor pork sausages available today and recognises and rewards sausages dished up in pubs, restaurants and hotels across the country. It is open to all sausage makers who supply the catering sector, as well as chefs who make sausages for sale on the premises.