Nestlé launches club for pub chefs
16-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Chef's Club is being launched by Nestlé Professional this February, designed to help and support chefs. The club will aim to inspire chefs and...
26-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A chef who gained a Michelin star working for Gary Rhodes has taken on a Northamptonshire pub. Adam Gray has bought half the lease of Charles Wells...
18-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Richard Phillips is opening a pub in Whitstable, Kent — the Pearson's Arms — on 1 December.
16-Nov-2010 By Joe Lutrario
Claude Bosi, chef patron at two-Michelin star Mayfair restaurant Hibiscus, is to take on an Enterprise pub-with-rooms with brother Cedrick. The Fox...
29-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Home counties pub company Miller's Collection has appointed an executive chef to oversee the food offer at its three pubs. Kevin Chandler, currently...
Pub chefs lend talents to '3 Michelin Star Evening'
20-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
Four chefs across three pubs have put heads together to create a pop up dining event to raise interest in fresh local produce as part of the...
Top Michelin award for Heston
09-Sep-2010
Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal's village pub has been named the Michelin Pub of the Year 2011. The Michelin guide said the Hinds Head in...
08-Sep-2010 By Jo Bruce
Heston Blumenthal's Hinds Head in Bray-on-Thames, Berkshire, has been named as Pub of the Year in the new Michelin Eating Out in Pubs guide.
13-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Michelin-starred Star at Harome, North Yorkshire is hosting five guest chef nights featuring Michelin-starred chefs from 14 October. Chef/owner...
11-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A Devon chef has been crowned South West Chef of the Year 2010 in a competition organised by food group Taste of the West. Three finalists competed...
11-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Orchid Group's development chef has been crowned winner of the Red Tractor pork competition. Ben Keggins of the company's Modern British Pub...
30-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Caledonian Club in London's head chef has been crowned champion of the League of Club Chefs annual competition. Paul Hodson won the final...
29-Jul-2010 By Jo Bruce
Bay Restaurant Group plans to run another chef school following the success of its inaugural course. Chefs from the company's newly launched Bay...
08-Jul-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Four pub chefs have been crowned winners in EBLEX's Taste of England Challenge. Dishes entered had to be traditionally British and use cuts of beef...
11-Jun-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge cooked at a banquet for HRH the Prince of Wales after winning the main meal round of BBC Two's Great British...
28-May-2010 By Jo Bruce
A pub chef who won a top gong at the Morning Advertiser's Great British Pub Food Awards has been promoted.
27-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Top industry names have signed up to cook in support of Help the Heroes charity, to be held at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight on 2 and 3 July.
27-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Shepherd Neame has named Alan Skinner of the Flying Horse in Wye, Kent, its 2010 Chef of the Year. He was awarded the accolade for his approach to...
23-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
TV chef Simon Rimmer has teamed up with Stockport brewer Robinson's to take on the region's best chefs in the Great Northern Cook Off. The brewer is...
09-Apr-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Award winning chef Andrew Green has been named the new chairman of the Craft Guild of Chefs following a unanimous members' vote. The Sodexo general...
09-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Paul Bloxham is to open a second gastropub — the Blue Anchor in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
05-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The Craft Guild of Chefs is looking for the cream of cooking talent in the National Chef of the Year competition 2010. Changes have been made to the...
03-Mar-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The head chef of a Cardiff pub has been crowned 2010's Face of British Pie Week, in association with Jus-Rol Professional. Adam Pavey won the prize...
Academy trains pub chefs and managers of tomorrow
15-Feb-2010
Nestle Professional is backing the launch of a new academy aimed at helping budding pub, restaurant and hotel managers to train in a fully operating...
18-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
Gordon Ramsay's pub the Narrow in Limehouse, London, has lost its Michelin Bib Gourmand in the Michelin Guide 2010.
15-Jan-2010 By Jo Bruce
Three pubs have been awarded the prestigious Michelin star in the new Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2010. This brings the total of pubs...
Great food - no chef required
25-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
If you simply looked at the facts surrounding the Royal Oak and its food trade you would think that licensee Myles Ball was either an extraordinary...
Chef competitions: Can you rise to the challenge?
05-Oct-2009
Modesty is not an attribute normally associated with publicans, but too many pub kitchens are keeping the talent that lurks within a secret. That's...
11-Sep-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An East Midlands pub chef will challenge TV's Hairy Bikers to see who can produce the best local dish when they visit his pub. The Red Lion at...
04-Sep-2009 By Jo Bruce
A pub owner is using celebrity chefs to pull in the punters at his Northamptonshire pub. Freehold the Crown at Weston, is hosting a celebrity chef...
Heroic pub chef saves 81-year-old customer's life
02-Sep-2009 By James Wilmore
A licensee and her chef have been hailed as heroes by the ambulance service after helping save an 81-year-old woman from choking to death. Marie...
Chefs fight it out for Shepherd's Pie crown
01-Sep-2009
The winner of the Major Shepherd's Pie Challenge has been named. David Woods, executive chef at the Sofitel London hotel, Gatwick, saw off the...
Royal Oak chef wins Craft Guild award
02-Jun-2009
Dominic Chapman, head chef at the Royal Oak in Maidenhead, has been named Pub Chef of the Year.The accolade was announced at the Craft Guild of Chefs...
Pub chef claims Yorkshire pudding record
06-Apr-2009
Award-winning publican and chef Paul Clerehugh is claiming the world record for Britain's tallest Yorkshire pudding. Paul, lessee at the Crooked...
McMullens' chef wins pie competition
06-Mar-2009
With steak and ale pie one of the most popular dishes on pub menus, a McMullens chef has won a competition to have his recipe used across the family...
Final chance to enter 'Chef's Oscars'
26-Feb-2009 By Claire Elliott
It's the last chance to nominate a deserving pub chef for this year's Pub Restaurant Chef of the Year. The closing date for entries for the Craft...
Barman cooks up trouble after leaving £1k in oven
25-Feb-2009
A barman came under fire from staff and customers after he accidentally burnt £1,000 in the oven.Martin Talbot, licensee of the Jolly Farmer in...
Chefs show their passion for beef and lamb
22-Jan-2009
Pubs can pick up ideas for menus and specials boards with a new recipe book from EBLEX. Eleven chefs have contributed beef and lamb recipes to...
Pub chef wins Tatler Restaurant Award
22-Jan-2009 By Claire Elliott
The award for best young chef at the 2009 Tatler Louis Roederer Restaurant Awards has gone to a pub chef. Dominic Chapman, of the Royal Oak in Paley...
Search is on for Pub Restaurant Chef of the Year 2009
21-Jan-2009 By Claire Elliott
The Craft Guild of Chefs is on the search for this year's 'Oscar' winning pub chef. Matt Van Wyck, chef patron of the Rose and Crown in Mayfield, was...
Chefs compete to make Britain's best shepherd's pie
20-Jan-2009 By Claire Elliott
Major International launched a national competition at Hospitality, NEC yesterday to find Britain's best shepherd's pie. In conjunction with the...
19-Jan-2009 By Gemma McKenna
An Oxfordshire pub, the Nut Tree in Murcott, has been awarded a prestigious Michelin star in the 2009 list published today. Chef-proprietor is...
Fuller's City chefs dish it out
27-Nov-2008
Chefs from some of London brewer Fuller's flagship pubs have been put through their paces with a contest to develop a signature dish.More than 25...
Pub chef crowned British Turkey Chef of the Year
26-Sep-2008 By PubChef
Pub chef James Rogers has been crowned British Turkey Chef of the Year. James, from the Grundisburgh Dog in Grundisburgh, Suffolk, fended off...
Chefs head to Jimmys farm
11-Sep-2008
A group of pub and restaurant chefs came face to face with the residents of Jimmy's farm on a day out to the country.Industry body BPEX took a...
Chefs battle it out for food award
03-Sep-2008
Two former kitchen colleagues are going head-to-head in a bid to see their pubs recognised in a local food competition.The New Inn, at St. Owen's...
03-Sep-2008 By Jo Bruce
The Punch Bowl Inn, at Crosthwaite, Cumbria, has been named Michelin Pub of the Year 2009. The pub is owned by Paul Spencer, who also owns the...
Beefeater chefs sizzle in the summer
26-Aug-2008
However variable the weather, chefs from the Beefeater chain are offering some seasonal sizzle with a series of chargrilling roadshows dubbed the...
You're hired! Apprentice chefs celebrate
30-Jul-2008
Two Essex pubs have tackled the skills shortage head-on, putting young chefs through their paces in a contest combining elements of 'Hells Kitchen'...
Sweet success for St Austell pub chef
19-Jun-2008
Six chefs from across the St Austell Brewery estate have battled it out in a contest to find Cornwall's best pub pud. The brewery's dessert...
