Chef

Food Excellence Awards

01-Mar-2008

bar dishesMichael Ward Head chef, the Highwayman, Burrow, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire 01524 273338 ?highwaymaninn.co.uk Tenure: The second pub...

Food Excellence Awards

01-Mar-2008

MEATRoss Williams Head chef/owner, the Wellington, Wellington, Herefordshire 01432 830367 ?wellingtonpub.co.uk Tenure: Freehold Dish: Roast rack and...

Food Excellence Awards pubchef of the year 2008

01-Mar-2008

Ross Williams Head chef/owner, the Wellington A former London PR director turned pub owner and self-taught chef has been crowned PubChef of the Year...

'60s retro night

01-Mar-2008

Where: the Inn @ West End, West End, Surrey ? the-inn.co.uk The idea: Theme night offering music, games, quizzes and '60s themed menu. How it works:...

PubChef Food Excellence Awards winners announced

29-Feb-2008

A former London PR director turned pub owner and self-taught chef has been crowned PubChef of the Year 2008. Ross Williams, who left London five...

Williams crowned PubChef of the Year

29-Feb-2008

Ross Williams of the Wellington in Wellington, Herefordshire scoops the prestigious title

King of Herts

14-Feb-2008

TV chef and licensee Paul Bloxham talks to Lucy Britner about his new venture, the Tilbury in Datchworth, Hertfordshire For the first time in his...

It's show time

01-Feb-2008

Hotelympia 2008 promises to be one of the biggest food-related events of the year with plenty to interest the pub sector Hotelympia features 150 food...

Two pubs awarded Michelin stars

23-Jan-2008

The Sportsman in Seasalter and the Goose in Britwell Salome rewarded

The Elite approach

13-Dec-2007

Since arriving from France, Martial Chaussy has built up the highly- successful Elite Pubs company with three food-led outlets in the south of...

Heaven and hell

01-Dec-2007

Lucy Britner discovers what Marco Pierre White protege Tim Payne is making of pub food as head chef of a new London gastropub After spending an...

The call of the wild

01-Dec-2007

Wild foods are on-trend in an increasing number of gastropubs. Alison Daniels goes foraging for more information Consumers often get their first...

What's hot

01-Dec-2007

Mark Taylor looks at ingredients currently tickling the tastebuds of gastropub chefs Bath chaps A traditional English delicacy dating back to the...

The Greyhound

26-Nov-2007

The Greyhound, Battersea

The Gun

26-Nov-2007

Owners: Tom & Ed Martin Head chef: Micky O'Connor Covers: 60 to 70 Covers a week: 700 Best-selling dishes: roast rump of Welsh lamb with baby...

Dining Royal style

22-Nov-2007

From the Ritz to the Royal Oak in Cerne Abbas, Dorset, via the Oak Room - Joe Lutrario talks to chef Darran Ridley My background I've been a chef...

Foodservice news

01-Nov-2007

A look at what's new in the world of pub suppliers Knorr National Chef of the Year The search is hotting up for the Knorr National Chef of the Year...

Back to the kitchen

31-Oct-2007

CHEFS AND kitchens, as Frank Sinatra might have observed had he been able to make it rhyme, go together like a horse and carriage. Except in pubs,...

Essex pub's menu goes back to nature

18-Oct-2007

What Raymond Blanc can do with swanky restaurant Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, so can Essex pub the Anchor.Since 2002, the Anchor has sourced...

Foodservice news

01-Oct-2007

A look at what's new in the world of pub suppliers Mutton makes a comeback This year's Mutton Renaissance Campaign is encouraging pubs to get...

Find good suppliers

01-Oct-2007

Mark Taylor looks at how to develop a lasting relationship with suppliers Achef is only as good as the food he or she puts on the plate and the...

The F-word

01-Oct-2007

Lucy Britner looks at how pubco and brewer Fuller's is working to develop its chefs with a bespoke training course It's a fact that there's a skills...

Raising the stakes

06-Sep-2007

Joe Lutrario talks to head chef James Batchelor about life at the the Pack o' Cards, in Combe Martin, Devon Our pub My parents, Chris and Debbie,...

THE GUV'NOR

06-Sep-2007 By Paul Clerehugh

Watch out for rogue recruitment companies when it comes to hiring a chef, says the licensee of the Crooked Billet in Stoke-on-Rowe, Oxfordshire Page...

High spirits

01-Sep-2007

Lucy Britner discovers what's on the menu for Spirit's Two For One and Chef & Brewer from head of food Paul Farr Claridges and Spirit's Two for...

Gastro mole

01-Sep-2007

Lucy Britner checks out Moleface Pub Co's innovative new gastropub in Nottingham Chips cooked in dripping and crispy pork scratchings, herb plants in...

Keep them keen

01-Sep-2007

Mark Taylor considers methods of motivating and retaining good staff With more and more pubs turning to food as their main source of income, skilled...

Promotional videos

01-Sep-2007

Where: Walpole Arms, Itteringham, Norwich, Norfolk; www.thewalpolearms.co.uk The idea: Having been a TV producer before taking over the Walpole Arms,...

Last chance to enter Hardys Chef of the Year competition

30-Aug-2007

Don't miss your last chance to enter a competition for a licensee and chef to win £5,000 each in Hardys food and wine matching competition

Project update 7: Could do better?

29-Aug-2007

Two-thirds of the way into the project, Barcena is showing some great results.The bar in Burgess Hill, West Sussex - representing the high street in...

A round-up of the month's pub food news

28-Aug-2007

Sixth site for Merchant Inns Merchant Inns, the company headed by veteran entrepreneur Robert Breare, has opened its sixth site - in Ripley, Surrey....

Openings

28-Aug-2007

The Headley The Common, Great Warley, Brentwood, Essex CM13 3HS 01277 216104 theheadley.co.uk Top restaurant chefs - especially those with celebrity...

Project update 6: Secrets of our success

09-Aug-2007

It has been a busy month at Barcena, with licensee Richard Podesta and the Sell More, Save More champions looking to build on the bar's successful...

Amanda Green: Week 2 of the flood recovery

09-Aug-2007

I had to lay my head chef off last week, because insurance companies look to make savings, but luckily he has found another job already. He's an...

Excellence on a plate

26-Jul-2007

Don't miss the chance to gain the recognition you deserve in the PubChef Food Excellence Awards 2008. Read on for details The search is now on to...

Search now on for Pub Chef of the Year 2008

02-Jul-2007 By Jo Bruce

Don't miss the chance to gain the recognition your chef and pub deserve in the PubChef Food Excellence Awards 2008. The search is now on to find the...

Hasty but tasty

01-Jul-2007

Lucy Britner looks at ideas for maximising snack sales Thank goodness the Earl of Sandwich decided his slice of beef was making his hands too greasy...

Nestlé Toque d'Or winners announced

26-Jun-2007 By Jo Bruce

A team from Blackpool and the Fylde College have won the Nestlé Toque d'Or 2007 competition. Now in its 19th year, the competition combines...

Lancashire's finest take the culinary crown

25-Jun-2007

A team from Blackpool and The Fylde College have won the prestigous Nestlé Toque d'Or student chef challenge .The competition tests students'...

Careers: Secret is in the sauce

19-Jun-2007

FOR MARK Blanchford, there's one word that sums it all up - piccalilli.For the uninitiated, that may need a little more explanation. Mark, the...

£10,000 prize up for grabs from Hardys

14-Jun-2007 By Jo Bruce

Hardys wine, in association with Matthew Clark, has launched a competition to find the Hardys Chef of the Year. If you are a pub chef with a...

Match point

14-Jun-2007

Don't miss this opportunity to win £10,000 in Hardys' food-and-wine matching competition Hardys, in association with Matthew Clark, has launched a...

46 Gastro entrepreneurs

31-May-2007

Michael Belben, Paul Whittome, Rupert Cleveley, Nigel Hawarth (new entry)

Whitbread winners announced

25-May-2007 By Lucy Britner

Two kitchen teams have been honoured in the Whitbread Kitchen Excellence awards. Two teams from the Brewers Fayre and Beefeater restaurant estates...

Whitbread crowns kitchens of the year

24-May-2007

Two Whibread kitchen teams are celebrating their success in the company's Kitchen of the Year contest.The winners came from the Brewers Fayre at...

Fuller's to hold chef recruitment days

16-May-2007 By Jo Bruce

Fuller's, the London brewer and pub retailer, is holding two open days as part of a strategy to recruit the best chefs in the industry.

Great expectations

01-May-2007

Humayun Hussain looks at getting the language just right on your menu When you present your customers with the menu, the idea is to tempt and...

Back to basics for Michelin chef

02-Apr-2007

Lancashire-born chef Steve Midgely is heading back to his roots after taking over a pub in his native county.After more than a decade working in...

Wild about game

01-Apr-2007

Lucy Britner talks game to head chef and proprietor Mark Gough at his pub the Tollemache in Buckminster, Leicestershire Mark Gough shot some of the...

Six-figure plans

01-Apr-2007

New pub owners James Middleton-Burn and Penny Hawkes share their latest initiatives with Lucy Britner Since we last saw Penny and James at the Crown,...