Christmas Dinner

Help is at hand with your festive food offer

12-Dec-2023 By The Morning Advertiser

If you haven’t sorted out your food provider for the festive period – or maybe you’ve been let down at the last minute – help is at hand from Booker Wholesale.

Pub to serve free meals to those alone on Christmas day

15-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Alexandra in Wimbledon, London, will serve free Christmas dinners to guests spending the 25 December alone to combat loneliness, a scheme the owners started in 2014.

Turkey crowned king of Christmas

08-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Turkey crowned king of Christmas despite a growing desire for new traditions this year, a study conducted by supermarket chain Tesco has revealed.

‘Christmas with caution’ – Bidfood launches Christmas 2020 range

03-Sep-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

A survey carried out by hospitality food supplier Bidfood has claimed consumers will be seeking a traditional Christmas but with caution, focusing on small gatherings with single serve dishes or personal buffet platters.

Licensee to serve Christmas dinner to homeless for sixth year in a row

18-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Two publicans are preparing to feed the homeless a hearty dinner this Christmas – a project one of the duo began in 2014.

Charity challenge sees hungry eaters tackle 2lb pig in blanket

12-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Despite national reports of a seasonal shortage of festive favourites pigs in blankets, a Cumbrian gastropub is out to discredit this fear in a culinary charity challenge.

Should Christmas dinner be had at home or the pub?

12-Dec-2019 By Alice Leader

Family feuds, dietary requirements and the washing up are among the reasons consumers are opting for Christmas dinner at the pub this year, but cost remains a barrier.

Christmas dinner with all the trimmings for £2, claims supplier

04-Oct-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

A Christmas dinner with all the trimmings can be served at a cost of just £2, according to BB Foodservice.

Pub offers free turkey dinners for Christmas

16-Nov-2017 By Michelle Perrett

A pub in Wimbledon, south-west London, is offering a free turkey dinner to anyone who is on their own on Christmas Day.

CHRISTMAS

Survey: Half of Britons to eat more than one Christmas dinner

27-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

A majority of Britons plan to eat more than one Christmas dinner, according to a consumer survey by Mitchells & Butlers.

Man v Food pub's 6,000-calorie Christmas dinner in Guinness Book of Records

10-Oct-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A 6,000-calorie festive feast created by a Worcestershire pub has been officially recognised as being the world’s largest Christmas dinner.

Wetherspoon to offer £5.99 Christmas lunch

14-Sep-2009

Pub chain JD Wetherspooon has thrown down the gauntlet for a credit-crunch Christmas, offering a turkey dinner with a drink for just £5.99. The meal...

Stocking up for Christmas: Christmas shopping

21-Sep-2007

Have you thought about your Christmas menu yet? There are, inevitably, publicans out there who will tell you they've been marketing their seasonal...

Christmas food - Game on!

01-Sep-2004 By Richard Fox

Give turkey the red card this Christmas, says Richard Fox. Instead, why not take a goosey gander at his hero Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's tempting...

Christmas presence

16-Oct-2002

With summer barely over, pubs are already turning attention to planning their Christmas menus. Kerry Rogan offers some useful advice for the festive...