English Cuisine

Indulgence: Brits want to let loose this Christmas

Gluten-free and vegetarian off the Christmas menu

By Nicholas Robinson

Free-from foods have fallen to the bottom of Brits’ Christmas party food wish lists, while traditional turkey and British cuisine top the charts, new research has claimed.

Mark Sargeant's aim for his latest project - the Duke of William - is to provide a welcoming traditional pub environment

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Mark Sargeant: Duke William pub to be 'accessible to all'

By Emma Eversham

Mark Sargeant is planning for his first pub - The Duke William - to be an accessible and welcoming environment where customers will be able to order 'simple pub food done well' alongside local ales, drinks and bar snacks. 

Sundaes, like these using Almondy, are still a winner on pub menus

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Sweet success - ideas for dessert menus

By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie looks at ways pub operators are making their dessert offers, from ice cream to American imports, stand out from the crowd

Pub food ideas: Sharing food

Pub food ideas: Sharing food

By Sheila McWattie

From simple late-night snacks to an elaborate New Year’s Day lunch, sharing foods offer chefs opportunities to experiment creatively and enable customers to tuck into dishes that promote a convivial atmosphere. Sheila McWattie looks at different ways...

Top tips on increasing your pub profits with desserts

Top tips on increasing your pub profits with desserts

By Fiona McLelland

It can often be the first thing diners drop in hard times, but there are ways to put the last course at the forefront of people’s thinking. Fiona McLelland finds out how  to increase profit through desserts

Business Profile: The Bull, Great Totham, Essex

Business Profile: The Bull, Great Totham, Essex

By Matt Moggridge

David Milne, owner of the Bull at Great Totham, near Maldon, Essex, talks Champagne dinners, learning from pricing mistakes and spirit pourers with Matt Moggridge.

Edward Halls, licensee and head chef at the Rose & Crown in Great Horkesley, Essex

Steak out

By Lesley Foottit

Edward Halls, licensee and head chef at the Rose & Crown in Great Horkesley, Essex, tells Lesley Foottit about building up a successful pub...

The Plough: no alcohol offers

A new lease of life for Surrey pub

By Gurjit Degun

David Stanley, licensee at the Plough tells Gurjit Degun how he has managed to increase turnover from £1,000 to £10,000 a week in four years.

Jus-Rol Union Jack pie

East, west, home's best: British food

By Lesley Foottit

Lesley Foottit looks at ideas for how pubs can maximise food and drink sales during British Food Fortnight, which runs from 18 September to 3 October.

Holly Bush: traditional English food offering

Holly Bush Inn: no beating around the Bush

By Sheila McWattie

Geoff Holland, licensee of the Holly Bush Inn, Salt, Staffordshire, shares his trade secrets with Sheila McWattie. How I got here I've been in the...

Ice cream: big summer seller

10 ways to boost dessert sales

By Sheila McWattie

Sheila McWattie speaks to licensees around the country about tempting sweet-toothed customers with something a little bit different. Funky twist...

On the pass: the Lord Nelson's kitchen is now at capacity

Mole Face pizzeria focus

By Lesley Foottit

Four-site operator Mole Face is launching an alfresco pizza and ice-cream dining concept at one of its sites. Enterprise lease the Lord Nelson in...

The Old Ship

The Old Ship

Hackney, London E8 www.urbaninns.co.uk Tucked behind the Hackney Empire, this pub is a great find for theatre-goers or those looking for somewhere a...

Kitchen kitsch

Kitchen kitsch

Greene King licensee Heath Ball talks yummy mummies, retro dishes and whisky collecting with Lucy Britner Chicken in a basket is back. But, in the...

Business boosters

Business boosters

Ideas for driving food sales at your pub Dinner party menu Where: the White Bull, Ribchester, Lancashire www.whitebullrib.co.uk The idea: When Chris...

The Anchor Inn

The Anchor Inn

Lower Froyle, Alton, Hampshire GU34 4NA 01420 23261 ?.anchorinnatlowerfroyle.co.uk The doors of the new-look Anchor Inn may have opened four months...

A Blanc canvas

A Blanc canvas

Top chef Raymond Blanc talks to Lucy Britner about pubs, restaurants and other animals Raymond is busy recruiting wannabe restaurateurs for a second...

As you like it

As you like it

Greene King tenant Malcolm Mant, of the Shakespeare Tavern, in Bristol, talks to Alison Baker about how he has developed his food offer Malcolm Mant...

Seaside special

Seaside special

David Hancock meets Phil Lance, general manager of a boutique-style inn on Norfolk's Holkham Estate Why our food business is a success Producing...

News digest

News digest

A round-up of the month's pub food news Ramsay broadens horizons Gordon Ramsay's first pub, the Narrow in Limehouse, has opened in London's East End....

Keeping it English

Keeping it English

St George's Day celebrations are an ideal opportunity to boost food sales and attract new customers to your pub. Lucy Britner reports If you're...

St George and the flagon

St George and the flagon

The Irish, French and Americans all do it... so why don't the English? Celebrating your country is sadly neglected in England so the MA is launching a campaign to help pubs encourage consumers to get behind St George's Day on 23 April

The full English

The full English

Huw Gott and Will Beckett say the key to a great gastropub is a simple idea, well-executed. Mark Taylor met them at their award-winning incarnation...

Ramsay revolution

Ramsay revolution

Gordon Ramsay has helped turn business around at Lancashire's Fenwick Arms, featured on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares last month. Licensee Brian Rey...

Crowning Glory

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...

Best of British

Best of British

Quick, it's British Food Fortnight! Break out the chalkboard and start flagging up the sausage and mash. Let's be honest, if pubs are doing their job...

3 The Hind's Head

3 The Hind's Head

By Mark Taylor

Heston Blumenthal has chosen to serve classic British food at the hind's Head, says Mark Taylor, rather than his world-famous molecular gastronomy...

Jac Roper

Desserts - Proof of the pudding

Venues need to focus on old English favourites if they want to delight customers with their desserts offer. When eating out, customers often want to...

The stars' bar

The stars' bar

Birmingham-born licensee Phil Elwell counts hundreds of celebrities as regulars at his Hollywood pub. But after 31 years, he's calling it a day....