Food

Annabel throws down the gauntlet

06-Mar-2008

CHILDREN'S FOOD is undoubtedly picking up momentum in pubs, with the importance of quality, healthy dishes increasingly recognised. But one celebrity...

Family focus: The taste of adventure

04-Mar-2008

WHILE SOME some children have conservative food tastes, others can be persuaded to be more adventurous. In response, the Authentic Food Company has...

Food Excellence Awards

01-Mar-2008

food pub managerJohn Taylor Punch Tavern, Fleet Street, London 0207 353 6658 punchtavern.com Covers: 100 Average covers a week: 500 Average food...

Did you know? Fifty official food facts

13-Feb-2008

.The British diet is changing; consumption of milk, fresh meat and potatoes has fallen over the past 30 years2. Meals are less bound to particular...

Top tables

01-Feb-2008

Our regular focus where licensees give tips on customer service. What should you do when customers bring along their own food and drink for their...

'Police chief calls for tougher sentences for drink drivers'

08-Jan-2008

A top Lothians police officer today called for tougher sentences to tackle a "hard-core" of drink drivers, including the one in four offenders who...

'A third of young motorists drink-drive'

07-Jan-2008

Nearly a third of young motorists drink-drive and say they feel fine to get behind the wheel after boozing, a survey revealed yesterday - Daily...

TV show pair open Charles Wells pub

13-Dec-2007 By Lucy Britner

Two contestants from Raymond Blanc's BBC2 programme The Restaurant have taken on a Charles Wells lease. Mother and son team Nicola and Tom Nickerson...

Let's change face of food

22-Nov-2007

Nothing, says Andrew Jefford, lowers the standard of pub food more than the dreariness, tedium and mediocrity of the food offer in pub chains As...

PubChef's round up of what the critic's have penned recently about pub food

01-Nov-2007

The Island College Road, London 0208 960 0693 Zoe Williams, The Sunday Telegraph, 21 Oct You'll think I have something against duck eggs, which I...

LETTERs

18-Oct-2007

Political solution for tenant benefit I am sure you are aware of the Government's decision to abandon plans for taxing managers who live at pubs. I...

MyShout

11-Oct-2007

A menu catering for nut-allergy sufferers could make your pub stand out from the crowd, says Stephen Crawley The House of Lords recently reported on...

Pork pie is crowned food champ

05-Sep-2007

A free-range pork pie has been crowned Supreme Champion at the Great Taste Awards. The competition is run by the Guild of Fine Food and this year...

The Kingham Plough

01-Sep-2007

Kingham, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 6YD 01608 658327 thekinghamplough.co.uk What do you after you've been the sous chef at the best...

New kids meals for pubs

06-Aug-2007 By Lucy Britner

A children's cookery writer is launching a range of healthy ready meals for pubs. Annabel Karmel MBE is launching in September a range of four main...

M&B fined over kitchen hygiene

25-Jul-2007

Mitchells & Butler (M&B) has been fined in a Welsh court after pleading guilty to breaches of food hygiene laws in a Swansea pub.The UK's...

Chris Maclean: food from weeds

23-Jul-2007 By Chris Maclean

On Saturday there was a fine photograph of our chef in The Guardian's food section. We expected some decent copy too but that didn't materialise....

Legal advice: How to prepare for an EHOs visit

06-Jul-2007

HERE IS advice for preparing for a visit from an enviornmental health officer (EHO) or other enforcing authority.The problemAn EHO visited a pub and...

Pubs face fightback in smoking ban price war

26-Jun-2007

The local curry house can be expected to mount a strong defence as pubs try to steal food trade from rivals.With more 'casual diners' expected to eat...

Spirit pub fined over hygiene breaches

25-Jun-2007

Spirit Group has been fined £17,500 for seven breaches of food hygiene rules at an Edinburgh pub.The managed pub operator, owned by Punch Taverns,...

Creative challenges

21-Jun-2007

BII's chief executive John McNamara on food, the smoking ban and the BII's new food qualification Describe the BII's new Essentials in Catering...

Fresh or frozen? Keeping ahead

08-Jun-2007

THERE'S NO doubt that that the reputation of frozen food has been through the mill a bit since the days when Captain Birdseye used to take boatloads...

Pubs taking share of tougher food market

01-Jun-2007

Pubs are still gaining share of the eating out market, despite consumers being more cautious overall, according to new market data.The latest figures...

We're listening

31-May-2007

Nigel Anstead tells Joe Lutrario how talking to customers, organising events and taking care of staff doubled sales and tripled net profits over two...

Schoolchildren taste success with healthy menu ideas

29-May-2007

A Leeds bar chain has given children from a local school a chance to show what they know about healthy eating.Around 60 children from St Matthew's...

Not just with curry

24-May-2007

There was a time when matching lager with food was considered to be a pointless exercise. Noli Dinkovski discovers how this view is changing Last...

Pub food mark-up 'too light'

19-Apr-2007

Pubs are being encouraged to be less modest with their profit margins post-smoking ban. With dining out set to increase after 1 July, research...

Evening: extend your food offer

18-Apr-2007

Food in the evening is a slightly trickier problem for pubs than it might seem at first glance. The general assumption is that if a pub serves food,...

Durham Fat Buddha to open

07-Feb-2007

Utopian Leisure, the bar, nightclub and restaurant company is planning to open a 8,500 sq ft Japanese barbecue restaurant in Durham.

South East

01-Feb-2007

Countryman Inn Shipley, West Sussex Food has been an essential aspect of the Countryman Inn from the moment Alan Vaughan bought the freehold 21 years...

Beer and food matching: Relationship issues

17-Jan-2007

Beer's relationship with food is changing and its status is now rivalling that of wine at the dining table, believes Richard Fox, one of the regular...

Whining and dining

20-Dec-2006

As if pubs needed telling, the myth of stoic customers eating leathery steaks and half-frozen lasagnes without a word of complaint is just that - a...

Kitchen Refurbishment: How to pick the right klt

13-Dec-2006

Driving revenue from food is widely seen as a way for pubs to offset probable losses of wet sales following the introduction of the smoking ban.While...

Kitchen refurbishment: Peggy's Equipment Essentials

13-Dec-2006

Rational mobile SelfCooking CenterI don't think I'm ready for meals on wheels yet, but it feels like it some days. I quite like the sound of...

A perfect Cornish companion

01-Dec-2006

Star of TV programme Food Heroes, Chalky the terrier has given his name to Rick Stein's new Belgian-style beer. Fiona McLelland talks to his famous...

Think before spend

26-Oct-2006

Assessing your needs carefully before you decide on the equipment for your pub kitchen is vital if you are to make the correct choices. Our experts...

The GUV'NOR Paul Clerehugh

12-Oct-2006

I became a "dinner lady" two years ago when I was emotionally blackmailed by my village school, forcing me to witness the only three kids brave...

A slice of the action

01-Oct-2006

So, how was it for you? Almost 12 months have elapsed since the new licensing laws were introduced, giving pubs in England and Wales a huge...

FoodBriefs

21-Sep-2006

Pub is most popular place for a meal A new report says the pub remains the most popular place for UK consumers to have a formal meal. Research by...

Reaping tasty rewards

07-Sep-2006

In the second of our monthly features offering licensees helpful hints on introducing a food offer, we provide tips on choosing a menu and getting your gross profit right

My fab four - Mathew Shropshall

01-Sep-2006

Mathew Shropshall has been chef/patron of the Royal Oak in Kings Bromley, near Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, for the past seven years. He also...

Pub Grub is in the bag for McCoys

21-Aug-2006

Three new flavours bring a pub food feel to McCoy's, the crisps range from United Biscuits UK (UBUK).The new limited edition McCoy's Pub Grub range...

Website promotes pub food excellence

02-Aug-2006

A Cumbrian couple have transformed their love of pub food into a business with the launch of a new website. Directors Sharon Wood and Jon Green are...

FSA aims to tighten up allergy guidelines

10-Jul-2006

Pubs are being asked look more carefully at the advice they give to customers with food allergies.The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is concerned about...

Man bites dog

21-Jun-2006

There's been quite a bit of a focus on the potential for hot dogs in pubs during the run-up to this summer's big sporting calendar. Hand-held snack...

Fill the gap with food expansion

29-May-2006

There's a touch of cibophobia sweeping though the pub trade at the moment. Before you book an appointment at the GP, though, bear in mind that...

Mitchells & Butlers - gamekeepers turned poachers?

25-May-2006 By Hamish Champ

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B), which today announced half year sales up nearly three per cent and operating profits up 4.4 per cent to £143m, is...

Equipment surgery

01-Apr-2006

Leading supplier Enodis answers your equipment questions I want to add food to my pub's offer but only if I can provide high-quality meals with...

Peggy's Pick of the Products

22-Mar-2006

Shocked by suggestions that she has been lowering the tone, our pure-as-the-driven-snow pub cook Peggy checks out some of the latest food and snack...

Al Fresco: Peggy's Pick of the BBQ Products

02-Mar-2006

Our long suffering pub cook abandons her efforts to char-grill chips to run a jaundiced eye over a few of the latest food products developed to help...