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05-Jun-2020 By Alaska Seafood
Frog chef Adam Handling cooks a Thailand-inspired dish that celebrates Alaskan black cod’s ability to stand up to powerful flavours.
16-Oct-2017 By Nikkie Sutton
Pubs took to social media to showcase their best curry dishes for National Curry Week earlier this month (October).
10-Oct-2017 By James Beeson
For many years, the universally accepted combination of curry and mainstream lager has ruled supreme.
21-Apr-2016 By Daniel Woolfson
Foodservice supplier Brakes has announced the launch of a new range of prepared meals.
Consumer trends
05-Feb-2016 By Daniel Woolfson
UK pubs are missing out on considerable growth in the oriental food market, according to new research.
NEW PRODUCTS
16-Nov-2014 By Noli Dinkovski
PubFood's pick of the latest product launches
16-Oct-2014 By Noli Dinkovski
Stonegate Pub Company has included a number of ‘winter warmer’ dishes on its new Classic Inns menu.
Menu Insights
11-Sep-2014 By Sheila McWattie
Pub Food highlights seven unique ways in which caterers are making the most of the curry occasion.
22-Mar-2013 By Jo Bruce
J D Wetherspoon has added a Fish Club to its weekly food offers.
19-Sep-2012 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon will add full calorie counts to its new menu in pubs from 17 October.
26-Mar-2012 By Lesley Foottit
Peter’s Food Service has launched a brochure cataloguing over 1,000 products.
01-Jun-2011 By Jo Bruce
J D Wetherspoon is launching a cider festival across all sites in July — the promotion will feature 12 cider festivals.
05-Nov-2010 By John Porter
John Porter looks at how pub caterers can make the most of Oriental flavours on their menus in the forthcoming Chinese year of the rabbit. Despite...
Curry favour with your customers
21-Oct-2010
With origins in India, curry has really found its home in Britain. Whether it's a korma or a vindaloo that gets your pulse racing and your brow...
Enter your chef for the Curry Week Cook-Off
27-Sep-2010
Do you make a mean madras, a terrific tikka masala or a delicious dopiaza? Then we want to hear from you. The Publican is looking for the best pub...
17-Nov-2009 By Ewan Turney
Breakfast sales at Town & City pubs have increased 479% since the company emerged from the pre-pack administration of Laurel Pub Company in early...
23-Sep-2009 By Jo Bruce
JD Wetherspoon's new menu focuses on British comfort dishes and bigger portions. The menu, out on 30 September, features new dishes including steak...
Snacks focus: A taste of the Orient
17-Aug-2009
At the start of June, a group calling itself the Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH) - and you'd be forgiven for speculating that someone came...
JD Wetherspoon expands curry offer
30-Oct-2008 By PubChef
JD Wetherspoon has introduced an "enjoy a feast for two" offer to its curry menu. The offer includes two curries, served with yellow basmati rice,...
Curry-flavoured chips aim to spice up pubs
12-Sep-2008
Curry and chips is a staple of many pub menus, while chips with curry sauce is a takeaway favourite. It takes a special kind of genius to combine the...
Lovin' this month...
01-Jun-2008
Our round-up of what's pulling at the PubChef team's heartstrings this month Malt matches British cheese and whisky matching. The British Cheese...
China in your hand
08-May-2008
Traditionally, pub customers have only eaten Chinese food in the takeaway once time has been called. So publicans might be forgiven for taking some...
Sharwoods has the flavour of South East Asia
18-Apr-2008
Sharwood's is to offer pubs an expanded choice of menu ideas with a relaunch of its ethnic range, which includes Indian, South East Asian and Chinese...
Beer & food focus: A taste of Thailand
16-Jan-2008
Chef Max Piao explains a Thai-style tapas concept, and what better to accompany it than Thai beer Chang?AS ANYONE who has ever tried to order sweet...
Beer and food matching: A curry with CAMRA
24-Oct-2007
Beer and a curry are a classic combination, but the question which has sparked many a poppadom-fuelled debate is exactly which flavours work best...
Countryside curries
17-Oct-2007
For a pub in the heart of the English countryside which makes a virtue of local sourcing to be promoting Indian takeaways is a little unusual....
Brand activity
01-Oct-2007
Be prepared Unilever Foodsolutions Knorr Patak's prepared sauces help pub caterers to bring an intense flavour to their meals. Using a blend of...
Recipe: Chicken Dopiaza
18-Apr-2007
Makes: 10 portionsIngredients1.25kg Chicken breast or thigh, prepared & boneless50g Knorr Patak's Madras Indian Spice Blend Paste...
The Publican Live..add to taste...
08-Mar-2007
With food becoming more important than ever to pubs, visitors to Publican Live will find a wide range of menu and equipment ideas from exhibitors....
Product trial: Mine's a mild
30-Jan-2007
With more pubs than ever including Asian dishes and flavours on the menu, the Crown in Old Oxted, Surrey decided to tackle a seasonal dip in food...
Keep up to date with what's on the market
26-Oct-2006
The pies have it Brakes has launched two contemporary-style fully-baked square pies, made with a luxurious, butter-enriched pastry. Brakes square...
Food for thought
01-Oct-2006
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...
East meets West
01-Oct-2006
Spice up your life with some Eastern mysticism - but make sure you're no fusion fool, says Richard Fox
Lights fantastic
01-Oct-2006
Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance with lights,...
New Products
01-Oct-2006
l The Authentic Food Company has six new Indian products. Bombay potatoes, aloo gobi saag, aloo gobi, saag aloo, chick pea masala and tarka daal can...
Peggy's Pick of the Products
18-Sep-2006
Young's salmon range I can remember when salmon was only for special occasions - although the less said about my first wedding, the better. We sell...
The spice is right
27-Jul-2006
Product Trial: Sharwood'sVenue: The Maypole Inn, Hayling Island, HampshireIndian and Asian is one of the UK's most popular food styles, particularly...
Beer and food matching: Thai green curry
11-Apr-2006
This month - what would you serve with Thai green curry?Curry? Again? OK, we asked our panel to look at chicken curry a few months ago, but based on...
01-Mar-2006
Bernard Matthews has launched a range of pre-cooked,
Beer and Food: Cash in on food need
17-Feb-2006
Clever licensees should seize upon the opportunity to sell food to customers who only came in to drink.A great deal of the focus of the beer and food...
Mediterranean - Everything under the sun
01-Nov-2005 By Richard Fox
Healthy and full of flavour, Mediterranean food encompasses a whole range of cooking styles - from Spanish and French to Lebanese and Egyptian - that...
Book Review - Cooking without Fuss - Johnny Haughton
01-Nov-2005 By Mark Taylor
Book review of Cooking without Fuss
Christmas ideas Mixing it up with combos and sharing platters
01-Nov-2005
Christmas menu ideas
Peggy's Pick of the Products
27-Oct-2005
Veteran pub cook Peggy takes a break from steaming her puddings to sample some of the latest products designed to tempt the jaundiced palates of her...
Beer and food matching: Chicken curry
04-Oct-2005
This month - What would you serve with chicken curry? John Porter gets some expert advice.Chicken curry is now one of the nation's favourite foods,...
The Bartons Arms
08-Sep-2005
44 High Street, Aston, Birmingham 0121 3335988 Built by architects James and Lister Lea in 1901, the Grade II listed Mitchells & Butlers pub...
Eastern Cuisine - Out of this World
01-Aug-2005 By Richard Fox
The huge diversity of cultural cuisine on offer in Britain means diners can get a taste of the world without even leaving their pub table. Richard...
JDW spices up curry offer
28-Jul-2005
by Tony Halstead JD Wetherspoon has expanded its Thursday night Curry Club menu with the addition of seven new dishes. The extra choice will mean up...
Pub Classics - Ripe for a Makeover
01-Jun-2005 By Richard Fox
With demand for speciality cheeses growing, Richard Fox looks at how the ploughman's is set to shake off its image problem and become a sexy addition...
Pub review - The Vobster, Lower Vobster, near Bath
01-Mar-2005 By Mark Taylor
The Vobster Since moving from Australia to this small village, proprietors Chris and Lizzie Matthews have turned the long, farmhouse-style building...
