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Junior sous chef: 'Working in a pub is so rewarding'

06-Dec-2018 By Robert Mann

At a time when it is claimed 18 pubs are closing for good each week, one chef says the key to a successful and sustainable pub is with its food.

Chef Marco Pierre White launches premium craft lager

28-Nov-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has launched a new premium lager that gives “the perfect balance of malt and hop”.

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More than two-thirds of hospitality workers are proud to be there

16-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Some 70% of those working in hospitality are proud to work in the trade, according to research from Nestlé Professional.

The Alchemist launches apprentice chef scheme

10-Oct-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Bar operator the Alchemist, which has 13 sites across the UK, will launch an apprenticeship programme to train aspiring chefs.

Chefs take ‘soft’ policy on free-from food options in kitchens

24-Sep-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Almost one in five (18%) of chefs have worked in kitchens that operate a ‘soft’ policy on food intolerances, according to a new study.

Kerridge is the nation’s favourite pub chef

20-Sep-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Celebrity chef and operator Tom Kerridge is the UK’s favourite pub chef, according to a new survey, based on cookbook sales over the past two decades.

Dominic Chapman: ‘I’m done with running 3 or 4 pubs’

12-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Elite chef Dominic Chapman will focus on growing his Top 50 Gastropub the Beehive and making it the best it can be.

How pubs have plugged the chef recruitment gap

17-Aug-2018 By Katie Coyne

With trained cooks difficult to come by, three businesses explain how lateral thinking found a way around this shortage

How the Staith House’s John Calton launched a second site

27-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Five years in and the dynamic trio behind the success of the Staith House, in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, are setting their sights on the future of the gastropub, which has come a long way from its beginnings as a ramshackle quayside boozer.

Stosie Madi: 'Our location gives us scope to do a lot'

27-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The Parkers Arms in Clitheroe, Lancashire, may be off the beaten track, but chef-patron Stosie Madi uses this to her advantage.

Young Chef of the Year: what the chefs cooked

19-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Young chefs battled it out in an Oxfordshire kitchen earlier this month for the chance to be crowned the UK’s Young Chef of the Year at the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).

Chef of the Year finals: what the chefs cooked

18-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The cook-offs for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards Chef of the Year competition were held this week in Didcot, Oxfordshire, where five chefs battled it out for the title of the UK’s best chef.

Ex-Duck & Waffle chef Dan Doherty to open pub

12-Jun-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Former Duck & Waffle chef Dan Doherty has revealed plans on Instagram to open a London pub after “a lot of bloody hard work”.

Young’s pubs’ Chris Knights: ‘Healthy eating isn’t a trend, it’s a culture’

24-May-2018 By Tom Gatehouse, Food Spark

The group executive chef talks huge changes in customer viewpoints, why the Burger Shack will continue to draw crowds this summer and how every Young’s pub now has a vegan option.