Chefs

Pubs need to offer chefs a better work-life balance

18-Nov-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Pubs need to take better care of their chefs and give them a better work-life balance, a leading recruitment agency has claimed.

CHEF SHORTAGE

Chef shortage will hit hard over Christmas, warn recruiters

15-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Recruitment agencies will struggle greatly to meet demand for chefs from pubs and restaurants this Christmas, the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) has warned.

FOOD

BrewDog Cardiff to host ex-Gordon Ramsay and Hedone chef's pop-up restaurant

14-Nov-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A chef who worked at some of the country’s top Michelin-starred restaurants will showcase his cooking at BrewDog’s Cardiff bar next year.

Michelin Pub Guide 2017

'Proper London boozer' named Michelin Pub of the Year

28-Oct-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A self-proclaimed “proper London boozer” has been named Pub of the Year by the prestigious Michelin guide.

NEW OPENING

Michelin star pub chef Josh Eggleton to open site with ex-Butcombe director

24-Oct-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Michelin star-winning chef Josh Eggleton has taken over a new pub in Bristol with the former director of Butcombe Brewery, Guy Newell.

Skills shortage

Living Ventures launches chef academy to fight shortage

13-Oct-2016 By Nikkie Sutton

North-west-based Living Ventures has teamed up with The City of Liverpool College to launch its Chef Academy in a bid to help tackle the chefs shortage.

NEW OPENING

Michelin star-winning chef brothers unveil new Essex pub

07-Oct-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Serial restaurateurs the Galvin brothers have announced their second pub will open in Essex next month.

Chef

Ex-Truscott Arms chef to lead kitchen residency at new London pub

27-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The chef who ran the kitchen at now-closed London gastropub the Truscott Arms has announced his return to the pub trade.

CHEFS

Tom Kerridge to cook one-off charity dinner at Hampshire pub

22-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Double Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge has announced plans to host a one-off supper club at a Hampshire gastropub.

PUB CRIME

Sex offender chef 'pulled customer's trousers down'

21-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

A chef who pulled a man’s trousers down in the beer garden of a Yorkshire pub has been ordered to sign the sex offenders’ register.

Somerset licensee to compete in World Chilli Cook-Off championship

14-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

An Admiral Taverns licensee will compete against rivals from across the world after being named the winner of the UK Chilli Cook-Off championship.

Top 50 Gastropubs

Get ready for Top 50 Gastropubs 2017

07-Sep-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

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