Sodexo operates over 150 Costa outlets across its healthcare, defence, education and corporate services sites, but the Queen’s Hospital branch is the first full franchise.
Style Services was founded in 2007 by John Rathbone, Ruth Fenton and Jim Walker. The business employs 95 people and has a combined turnover of £1.9m.
Building on the success of the inaugural awards in 2012, organisers say this year’s event is set to be even bigger with prizes for the individual winners including mini-iPads and a range of career
Premier executive chef Mark Rigby, who will be judging entries, said that research shows consumers are more than twice as likely to choose sausages and mash off a menu when it is served with gravy.
Paterson said: "Britain needs to make a significant dent in the 22% of food that’s imported but could be produced here.”
The Food and Drink Federation annual awards celebrate innovation and creativity among UK food and drink manufacturers.
The call echoes the aims of the PS100 group of public sector catering and nutrition specialists, which last year launched a two-point plan for food standards and protected mealtimes across every ar
Chairman of the Hospital Caterers’ Association Andy Jones says he has written to his members following the report.
The company behind it, Nestlé Professional, says it is a touch screen self-serve coffee machine that can deliver up to 400 drink varieties and is designed for use throughout the on-the-go coffee ma
Hazel Curtis of Seafish said: “There has been a substantial improvement in the status of North Sea cod stocks over the last seven years and now ICES estimates that the stock is around three times t