Name The Hanging Mariner's Meal
22-Apr-2004
Menu Description: Seafood, including scallops wrapped in bacon, king prawns, butterfly prawns, salmon bites wrapped in breadcrumbs, battered squid...
Grant to RoadChef
22-Apr-2004
Former head of Inn Partnership Martin Grant is to head motorway service-station chain RoadChef. He will succeed John Greenwood, who has been in...
Bar entrepreneur facing hefty tax bill over staff tips
21-Apr-2004
Bar entrepreneur Jonathan Downey has been hit by a hefty tax bill after a misunderstanding over his staff's tips.Mr Downey's Match bar group, which...
Older beef back on menu as BSE fears recede
06-Apr-2004
Meat from older cows could soon be back on pub menus after scientists declared it was safe for human consumption.Fears of BSE spreading to humans...
Food pricing in the spotlight
01-Apr-2004
New laws have come into force surrounding food pricing in pubs, licensees have been warned.The Price Marking (Food and Drink Services) Order came...
Food file - Pub Review
01-Apr-2004 By Sarah Obanye
The General Tarleton Inn Ferrensby, nr Knaresborough. I was expecting great things from the General Tarleton, the baby brother of the much-rated...
01-Apr-2004
Emile Tissot has launched a new range of frozen sponge puddings, including syrup sponge and jam sponge. The puddings can be microwaved from frozen...
01-Apr-2004 By Richard Fox
Richard Fox looks at seafood and how the internet can help chefs make more from it on their menus. There's a new buzzword in the bizarre world of...
Masterclass - Prawn to be wild
01-Apr-2004 By Jo Bruce
In this month's masterclass, Jo Bruce looks at some innovative ideas for using prawns on your menu. It seems to me that the prawn is suffering from...
01-Apr-2004 By Richard Fox
In the first of a new series looking at how pubs are using the produce of local suppliers, Richard Fox hangs out with Paul and Janet Talling. There's...
Starters - Menu of the month
01-Apr-2004
Pant Yr Ochain, Gresford, Wrexham STYLE:M Informal, picture-postcard gastro pub. You pick up a menu, which changes daily, and wine list in the bar...
01-Apr-2004
Michael Bedford, chef-patron, of the Michelin-starred pub the Trouble House, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, on……Flour. "I think homemade bread is an...
01-Apr-2004
It was obviously someone with genuine insight who thought that the internal workings of a restaurant would make a good backdrop for a sitcom. Alas,...
01-Apr-2004
Each month former Wine magazine editor Chris Losh will be arming pub staff with ideas for boosting wine sales. Cream of California PubChef's simple...
01-Apr-2004
Interbrew UK category manager Vikki Balmer offers PubChef readers advice on how to matchbeer and food. She says: "Whether it's wine or beer, when it...
01-Apr-2004
Two beer dishes for the price of one this month when Keith Floyd's one-time pub, the Maltsters Arms, on a narrow creek at Tuckenhay near Totnes,...
01-Apr-2004
Beer and Barbecue Venison with Roasted Paprika Parsnips Ingredients: 10 175g/6oz (approx) venison steaks 700g/11/2lb Uncle Ben's Texan Barbecue Sauce...
Hygiene is high on list' for diners
01-Apr-2004
A new report claims that 64% of people will not return to eat in a pub if they believe it is unhygienic. The Mori survey, which was carried out in...
The food factor sees outlets in demand
01-Apr-2004
Licensed property agents are increasingly marketing pubs that already enjoy a substantial food business. Miller Commercial, based in Truro, Cornwall,...
Rogan josh lasagne
31-Mar-2004
Preparation…30 minsCooking…45 minsServes…202.25kg Tilda rogan josh saucefour tbsp oilfour onions, finely chopped1.8kg minced beef or lamb400g...
Chefs are happy at work
25-Mar-2004
Chefs are among the happiest workers in Britain, according to a survey by training body City & Guilds. The organisation's "happiness index"...
Wiltshire's Tollgate Inn wins Catering Pub of the Year
24-Mar-2004
Licensees Alison Ward-Baptiste and Alexander Venables have scooped the title of Catering Pub of the Year at the prestigious Publican Awards after...
FSA plans to cut fat, salt and sugar in children's food
18-Mar-2004
Family pubs could be forced to put detailed nutritional information on their children's menus under new proposals to tackle the increasing problem of...
Paul Morgan is chef/patron at the Hampshire Arms, in Crondal
18-Mar-2004
Where do you get inspiration for your menu from? Out of my head mostly, although there is also some collaboration with my chefs. My wife Gill has...
Food sales catch fire
11-Mar-2004
The story so far: The Phoenix, a managed Laurel house in Throgmorton Street in the City of London, recently became the capital's first no-smoking...
Anchor & Hope is gastro pub of year
11-Mar-2004
The Anchor & Hope in Waterloo, London, has won the Gastro Pub of the Year award at the Tio Pepe ITV London Restaurant Awards. Owners are Jonathan...
Atkins pushing up steak prices'
11-Mar-2004
JD Wetherspoon claims it is paying more for its steak due to the worldwide increase in consumption because of the Atkins diet. The company's new...
Wheat's a treat
10-Mar-2004
Hoegaarden started a wheat beer trend in the UK that has grown steadily ever since. Ben McFarland sheds light on this burgeoning beer style.It's been...
Taxman may collect on tips
10-Mar-2004
Publicans of food-led pubs are being warned to tighten up the way they distribute tips or face investigation by the Inland Revenue and a hefty tax...
Threat to pub grub favourites as Prince urges boycott
03-Mar-2004
Cod and chips, a traditional pub food favourite, could become a thing of the past after the Prince of Wales urged consumers to avoid threatened...
01-Mar-2004 By Richard Fox
Richard Fox looks at menu ideas for celebrating St George's Day. St George's Day is one of the biggest events in the English pub calendar - well it...
01-Mar-2004 By Chris Losh
This month former Wine magazine editor Chris Losh looks at ideas for the roast and different white wines for your list. Food and wine matching With...
01-Mar-2004
Brakes has added three new luxury flavours to its La Cremeria range of premium dairy ice creams. The new Belgian Dark Chocolate & Orange and...
01-Mar-2004 By Clive Beddall
The Yew Tree Inn Highclere, near Newbury, Berkshire The meal: Lunch The embarrassment etched across the waiter's face was plain for all to see. Well,...
01-Mar-2004
PubChef's regular focus on local produce - Sandridge Farmhouse Bacon
Starters - Menu of the month
01-Mar-2004
The Jolly Sportsman, Chapel Lane, East Chiltington, East Sussex. STYLE: Informal yet refined. European mainstream cooking with a twist. WHAT'S ON...
01-Mar-2004 By Richard Fox
Richard Fox looks at how beer with food stretches back thousands of years and suggests some simple ways of using beer in your kitchen. Ambling...
Whitbread pubs boss Bill Shannon quits
27-Feb-2004
Bill Shannon, the head of Whitbread's pubs and restaurants division, has quit the leisure group.Mr Shannon was one of the front runners to succeed...
Food turns the tables
26-Feb-2004
The post-Christmas trade slump did not hit the Coach & Horses as hard as freehold owners Steve Sharples and Mark Walker first feared. In fact, as...
No plans for 'fat VAT'
25-Feb-2004
Plans for a "fat tax" on unhealthy foods in the battle against obesity are not on the cards, despite national newspaper reports.The Publican has...
Eat, drink and beer merry
19-Feb-2004
Beer and food can mean much more than a pint and a ploughman's. Phil Mellows reports.The decline of Britain's heavy industries has naturally...
Abroad choice
19-Feb-2004
Italian and Indian foods are the latest links with beer.We're used to Germans and Belgians telling us to drink their beer with our food but, with the...
Customers being misled by labels, says food watchdog
19-Feb-2004
Licensees should avoid misleading customers with ambiguous menu descriptions, according to the government's Food Standards Agency (FSA).The FSA has...
Each month we talk to chefs about their pub's food offering.
19-Feb-2004
The pub serves around 1,500 covers a week. The wet:dry split is 60:40 and the average spend per head is £10. What are some of the biggest sellers on...
Yates getsthe taste for Atkins style
19-Feb-2004
Yates is to revamp and extend its successful "Atkins-style" menu across its 136 UK pubs after an enthusiastic response from customers. The new...
Fisherman gets three years for pub fire
12-Feb-2004
A fisherman has been jailed for three years for setting fire to a north Wales pub during a drunken rampage. Dewi Stubbs, 28, of Amlwch Port, admitted...
Food to the fore in UK Pubs Week
12-Feb-2004
Hundreds of licensees around the UK are planning to use National Pubs Week to promote their food offerings. Many pubs will be featuring special menus...
SFI's food focus
11-Feb-2004
Troubled pub and bar operator SFI Group has appointed award-winning food manager Jason Danciger to take its recovery to the next level.Mr Danciger...
Quorn fillets in red pesto sauce
02-Feb-2004
Preparation: 15 mins, plus marinating timeCooking: 25 minsServes: fourIngredients:four Quorn filletsfour tbsp Haywards tomato relishtwo tbsp olive...
01-Feb-2004 By Nigel Huddleston
The Edrington Group - owner of the Famous Grouse and the Macallan - is out to get drinkers to look at whisky in a new light. Nigel Huddleston...
