Chefs

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.

The best 25 pubs where top chefs eat

21-May-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubs from across the country have featured in a book called Where Chefs Eat, which claims to be a guide to chefs' favourite restaurants.

Fuller’s Chef of the Year 2018

17-May-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

A pub chef from a Hampshire pub has taken the title of Fuller’s Chef of the Year 2018.

Chefs swear to 'let off steam'

14-May-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

A pub kitchen can be a hot and fast-paced environment, with the result that chefs have a reputation for using blue language.

Pub chefs need to make the most of social media

26-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Social media is something pub chefs needs to remember when pushing their food offers, a former chef-turned-author has advised.

Chris Evans struggling to recruit chef for his pub

25-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

TV and radio presenter Chris Evans is finding recruiting a chef for his Surrey pub difficult, he told listeners on his Radio 2 breakfast show this morning (25 April).

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?