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Alison Baker looks at more innovative food business ideas Cookery demonstrations Where: The Puesdown Inn, Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire The idea:...

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Overseas staff in pubs

By Andrew Burnyeat

Overseas staff are making an increasingly valuable contribution in pub kitchens. Andrew Burnyeat reports The future of British pub staff looks as...

Matt Shropshall, Jeff and Ben

Marston's licensees scoop food gongs

By Lucy Britner

Two Marston's Pub Company licensees have scooped Bronze and Merit awards at a Hospitality Show cooking competition. Jeff Thomas, chef patron at the...

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PubChef Food Excellence Awards WINNER - Young Pub Chef

Three 19-year-old pub chefs battled it out to be crowned Young Pub Chef of the Year. The category was open to chefs aged under 21 and our fi nalists had one hour and 15 minutes to create a main course, using the ingredients of their choice. No pre-

Menus made easy?

Menus made easy?

Bruce McLernon, manager and head chef at the Red Lion in Corley Moor, near Coventry, won a new laptop, courtesy of www.menumakers.co.uk, as top prize...

Best of the bunch

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...

Fair game

Fair game

Most pub cooks are game for just about anything, a proposition that was put to the test when Punch Taverns organised a special skills day devoted to...

A family affair

A family affair

Cliff Nye, who owns a successful pub in Norfolk, tells Humayun Hussain how he is now doing the same in Hertfordshire

Food for thought

Food for thought

We ask industry experts for their views on the future of pub foodPrime targets As a food consultant, Alec Howard influenced the type of meals served...

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Pub chefs win cash share

Female pub chefs have scooped a share of the £11,600 pot of prize money for the 2006 Lea & Perrins WorcesterChef Recipe Competition. Sam...

A chef in a kitchen

In the know

In the first of a new series challenging chefs

Ahead of the pack

Ahead of the pack

An isolated country setting in Berkshire has not stopped the Hare at the Hare & Hounds from winning a Michelin star. HUMAYUN HUSSAIN talks to head chef Tristan Lee Mason

Grown-up food

Grown-up food

Having a clear idea about the sort of atmosphere you want to create in your pub is vital. But does it still work in your favour when that clear idea...

Back to the sauce

Back to the sauce

It was double trouble in our latest battle of the chefs when we challenged two teams of chefs from the Inn@West End, in West End, Surrey, to pair up...

Jack of diamonds

Jack of diamonds

Matthew Mason has turned the Jack in the Green Inn's food offer into an award-winning, £1m business. Mark Taylor finds out how he balances quality with profit

A wizard from Oz

A wizard from Oz

By Mark Taylor

If Trish Hilferty thought it was tough being a female chef in Australia, making it in Pom country proved even harder. But the top-flight chef has...

Jac Roper

Taking stock - Plotting a new course

Mathieu Eke seemed destined for a career as a chef in the high-pressure restaurant world until a health setback gave him a chance to gain some...

Jac Roper

Equipment - This works a treat

Continuing PubChef's new-look focus on equipment, a duo from Hertfordshire explain how they chose their glass and dishwasher, we look at some of the...

PubChef Awards - Team

PubChef Awards - Team

By Jo Bruce

The new team category challenged pub chefs to prove how effective they were in working together to produce a three-course menu. Jo Bruce reports Our...

PubChef Awards - Game

PubChef Awards - Game

By Natalie Cooper

Game is growing in popularity in pubs, with diners attracted by the health benefits and flavours inherent in the meat. This category saw chefs...