The Oxford Blue represents the skills and passions of the four people behind it. Steven Ellis is the chef-proprietor and is engaged to head pastry chef Ami Blakey. Meanwhile, husband and wife Daniel Crump and Margriet Vandezande-Crump head front of house
MasterChef: The Professionals 2017 champion Craig Johnston has left the Royal Oak Paley Street for Marcus Wareing’s double Michelin-starred restaurant.
Employment in pubs is at a five-year high, with staff on average paid more than the national living wage. However, the trade still struggles to fill vacancies and some workers can feel short-changed when it comes to salaries
Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park food and drink festival has expanded to four locations and features some of the UK’s finest gastropubs and restaurants, but who will be starring at each event?
Education plays a big part in tackling the lack of chefs in the hospitality industry and catering colleges need to up their game, MA500 delegates heard.
International recruitment, early age intervention and maximising college opportunities are just three of the ways to ease the chef recruitment crisis, according to recruitment experts.
Michelin-star awarded chefs Alyn Williams and Nathan Eades are set to take up new roles within pub sector in 2018 by joining the team at the Wild Rabbit in the Cotswolds.
Stonegate Pub Company has launched a new nationwide apprenticeship programme for back-of-house staff as part of its training scheme called the Albert Theory of Progression (ATOP).
The first four chefs to graduate from pubco Brunning & Price’s first cookery apprenticeship have been announced, after completing 12 months of training.
