Attract families
Mark Taylor continues our series with a look at how to encourage families to use your pub. The Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire As parents of young...
Archives for December 1, 2006
New Inn of Michelin fame
The New Inn, Chalkhouse Green Road, Kidmore End, Reading, Berkshire. Tel: 01189 723115. Just five miles from the centre of Reading, the New Inn is...
A right Royal Variety Performance
Until relatively recently, pub companies were seen as safe, reliable and ever-so-slightly dull investments. Aside from steady, cash-generative...
The REIT stuff?
It's hard to imagine Tim Clarke, the reserved chief executive of Mitchells & Butlers, dancing on the tables of one of his establishments. But...
John Rudden, chef director, White Hart, Lydgate, near Oldham, Lancashire
Although White Hart chef/ director John Rudden's first attempt at creating a green gammon main course fell rather flat, he was pleased with his final...
Get a listing
Tips for putting together a wine list by wine consultant, Peter McCombie MW How would you recommend marketing a pub's wine offering? The best way is...
Best of the bunch
PubChef looks at new equipment launches and ask licensees and chefs to tell us about devices working well for them. My fab four Chris Bicknell, head...
Taste of the future
MIXING BUSINESS with pleasure is not always said to be a good idea, but the chance to taste, touch, hear, smell and see the very latest products and...
Corin Earland, head chef, the Fishes, North Hinksey, Oxfordshire
A gammon joint was a new challenge for Corin Earland, but he enjoyed devising experimental dishes, including slow-cooked green gammon in Guinness...
Aberdeen pub first for Beautiful Beer in Scotland
An Aberdeen pub has become the first in Scotland to achieve a Beautiful Beer Award.Launched in March this year by the British Beer & Pub...
A Capital tour de force
The Inn at Kew Gardens Sandycombe Road, Kew, Surrey Capital Pub Company has done it again. Its formula to "find a run-down old boozer in an...
Trade worry at lack of smoke guidance
Several trade bodies have hit out at the Government's decision to announce the smoking ban start date without publishing guidance on the regulations....
Is it time to spend a penny?
Pub toilets can leave an impression on your customers as indelible as that created by food. Humayun Hussain reports. Acracked toilet seat or dirty...
ALMR warns over lack of smoke ban details
ALMR hits out at Government for announcing start date for the smoking ban but failing to give licensees the tools to prepare.
Crowning Glory
James Burn and Penny Hawes have only been running the food-led Crown in Dialpost, West Sussex for a few months but already it looks likely that they...
A perfect Cornish companion
Star of TV programme Food Heroes, Chalky the terrier has given his name to Rick Stein's new Belgian-style beer. Fiona McLelland talks to his famous...
Hawk that pork
Pork products are rising in popularity among diners and provide ideal, cost-effective dishes for pub menus. Research from the British Pig Executive...
A big thank you
Thank you to everyone who took part in PubChef's Food Report survey that helped us produce our October edition. We learned that government red tape,...
Imitating art
Susan Nowak steps back in time to sample a taste of 16th-century Flemish living. A huge pair of bloomers and other bits of laundry flap from a...
New products
Click of a button Call Systems Technology (CST) is launching a new version of its EasyCall system. The system makes it easier for customers to call...
The Mexican wave gathers momentum
A Mexican menu not only meets the demand for ethnic and healthy food, it's ideal where simple preparation and kitchen space are priorities, explains...
Haven in the hills
Wellington Arms, Baughurst Road, Baughurst, Hampshire Tel: 0118 982 0110 The "Welly", formerly a hunting lodge for the Duke of Wellington, is...
Trade associations call for clarity over smoking ban
Trade associations are calling for clarity over the smoking ban which is due to come into force on July 1, 2006. In particular they are concerned...
Name change for Wolves & Dudley
Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries has announced it is to change the name of the company to Marston's PLC. The move will be effective from 8th...
Government confirms July 1 start-date for smoking ban
The smoking ban in England will come into effect on July 1 2007. Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt confirmed the start-date for the ban, which will...
New products
l Schöller Ice Cream has extended its range of tortes from French manufacturer Christophe Delmotte. Nine new Delmotte individual portion desserts...
Wine wisdom
Licensees give us insight into what has made their wine offer successful. We talk to Murray Harris, the Bridge Pub and Dining Rooms, Barnes, London...