Eight months ago, 2016’s top 50 gastropubs were named, followed by a whirlwind of national press coverage. Plans for 2017’s event are under way and it’s shaping up to be a belter
High-profile chef Nuno Mendes is set to cook a five-course meal based on Fergus Henderson’s revered British cookbook Nose to Tail Eating at Hackney pub the Marksman later this month.
Pubs are finding it harder to recruit skilled chefs despite significant positive action by large segments of the trade during the past year, a leading pub chef has warned.
Earlier this month, Claude Bosi, owner of double Michelin-starred London restaurant Hibiscus announced the opening of his new pub, the Swan Inn in Esher, Surrey, with his brother Cedric. The Publican's Morning Advertiser (PMA) caught up with Bosi...
Chef Steven Ellis has spent the last decade cutting his culinary chops at some of the UK's top eateries including triple Michelin-starred Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in Chelsea and Andrew Pern's Star Inn, Harome, North Yorkshire. Daniel Woolfson...
Food-serving pubs should push assured meat and produce on their menus, following the recently revealed record global haul of illegal food and drink by the European police agency Europol last month.
Fuller's chefs enrolled in the London-based pub company's Chefs' Guild internal training and development programme faced each other at a cook-off at the University of West London yesterday (22 March).
A British exit from the European Union could further exacerbate the shortage of skilled chefs faced by the country’s hospitality industry, a leading recruiter has warned.
Pubs can thrive under the national living wage (NLW) when it comes into force on 1 April, two operators have said, despite dire warnings from other trade leaders who say otherwise.
The two winners of the British Beer and Pub Association’s (BBPA’s) Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year awards were announced last night (23 February) at a ceremony in the House of Commons
Trade leaders and Members of Parliament have called for action to solve the pub chef shortage at an awards ceremony at the House of Commons last night (23 February).
Dishes from the Mediterranean, Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam top a list of foods consumers want to try, while a desire to eat more pulled meats – including chicken cooked in cola – also made the list, according to research from Premier Foods.
While groups concerned with health matters argue all pub and restaurant food menus must have calorie content labelled on them, Nicholas Robinson finds out why that’s not as simple as it sounds
The countries supplying Britain's fresh fruit and vegetables are overlapped by drug-smuggling gangs, an expert in the field has revealed, following warnings that operators may have long-since been at risk of many types of food fraud.
Star Pubs & Bars will pump £75,000 into its food chef consultancy programme, rolling it out to 100 licensees, following its success in 36 pubs in 2015.
Consumers are pickier than ever, especially when it comes to foods that are perceived to be bad for health and the waistline. Here are nine things you need to know to put a succesful dessert offer on in your pub.
Food fraud and crime are very real and growing dangers to operators serving food, who should have strong preventative systems in place, a group of experts in the field have warned.
Diners need to know the food they are eating at your site is safe but some experts fear budget cuts could see a reduction in safety measures. Nicholas Robinson investigates
Tom Kerridge's second pub, the Coach, Marlow, came fourth in this year's Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs awards, making it the highest new entry to the list.
This year’s Top 50 Gastropubs saw a massive influx of 17 new entries – more than ever before. On top of that, several pubs climbed unexpectedly up the list. Here are the most notable movers.
The launch of a revenue-boosting gourmet burger shack and shepherd’s hut seating area secured the Windmill, Clapham, the Business Innovation of the Year Award at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs.
Celebrity chef brothers Chris and James Tanner have swiped the title of Newcomer of the Year at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 for their Kent-based pub the Kentish Hare.
Front-of-house manager Agnieszka Tyczka of the Freemasons at Wiswell, Clitheroe, Lancashire, brought home the gastropub’s first award of the day at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs.
The line that has been drawn between pubs and restaurants is blurring as restaurateurs are being priced out of London and pushed into pub operations, according to Michelin-starred chef, restaurateur and pub operator, Jeff Galvin.
The Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 list and awards were presented by celebrity two Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge at the Hermitage Road Bar and Restaurant on 25 January.
After stiff competition, the Truscott Arms, Maida Vale, London, has taken the prestigious Wine List of the Year Award at this year’s Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs.
Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s gastropub the Coach in Marlow has rocketed onto the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs list as this year’s highest new entry for the first time.
It was amazing to be invited back to host the Top 50 Gastropubs Awards again — it’s an event that I think is the best awards ceremony in the pub sector.
Seven pubs chefs as well as several chefs from high profile restaurants and food businesses have been announced as finalists for the upcoming Great Sausage Roll Off competition.
