Chefs

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?

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.