Chefs

9 top chefs who own pubs and pub chains

25-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub kitchens are traditionally cramped, hot and stuffy but this doesn’t stop well-known figures making their foray into them or, chefs becoming celebrities for their outstanding work.

Pub chef Kerridge shortlisted for National Restaurant Awards

24-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Double Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge has featured on The Morning Advertiser’s sister title Restaurant magazine’s 2018 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards.

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What’s gastropub the Oxford Blue’s secret to success?

20-Apr-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

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 winner leaves Top 50 Gastropub for double Michelin-starred restaurant

12-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

MasterChef: The Professionals 2017 champion Craig Johnston has left the Royal Oak Paley Street for Marcus Wareing’s double Michelin-starred restaurant.

Pub salaries – who gets paid the most?

26-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

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

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park – who’s there?

26-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

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?

Top 50 Gastropubs chef wins Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year award

09-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Kevin Maclean, from the Rat Inn, in Anick, Northumberland, has won the Pub Chef category at this year’s Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year awards.

Colleges need to do more to solve chef recruitment crisis

08-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

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.

Top chef Sargeant eyes pub rollout

10-Jan-2018 By James Wallin

Michelin-starred chef Mark Sargeant has told MCA he is keen to secure a joint venture to increase his portfolio.

Top 50 Gastropubs chef is TV show champion

22-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Top 50 Gastropubs the Royal Oak in Paley Street chef Craig Johnston has won this year’s Masterchef: The Professionals.

The Coaching Inn Group launches chef academies

21-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Coaching Inn Group has joined forces with HIT Training to launch a chef academy at one of its sites.

Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year Awards dates confirmed

04-Dec-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

The Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year Awards competition dates have now been revealed, with the first round of judging due to take place this week.

How to solve the chef shortage

29-Nov-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

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 chefs Alyn Williams and Nathan Eades to join the pub sector

13-Nov-2017 By Michelle Perrett

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.

Men paid 14p an hour more than women

06-Nov-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Male workers in the hospitality sector are paid more per hour than women, research from software company Fourth has revealed.