Gordon Ramsay takes on London pub
19-Sep-2006
Fans of Gordon Ramsay's cooking could be served Foster's with their frites and find John Smith's in the jus when the leading chef opens his first...
Pub food getting too fancy, says Michelin guide
07-Sep-2006
Some of the country's best food pubs are running the risk of transforming themselves into restaurants, the editor of the Michelin Eating In Pubs...
29-Aug-2006
Knorr National Chef of the Year 2006 contenders concoct mystery menus from a box of tricks
26-Jun-2006 By Iain O'Neil
Marcus Wareing, of Michelin-starred restaurant Petrus, has said that airline food is better the what is served up in most of Britain's pubs. Wareing...
Gastro-nomics
01-Apr-2006 By Jo Bruce
Their informal atmosphere and fresh food is waving the flag for quality British fare. Jo Bruce salutes the gastro pub My name is Jo Bruce and I am a...
Antony Worrall Thompson picks up third gastro pub
19-Jan-2006
Television chef Antony Worrall Thompson has bought the freehold of a 16th-century pub near his Oxfordshire home. The star of Saturday Kitchen and...
Trouble shooting
10-Jan-2006
Calling in an independent expert can help your pub business to thrive. Phil Mellows reports.The next couple of months will test the health of every...
CITY BRIEFS
08-Dec-2005
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Gordon Ramsay backs smoking compromise
02-Dec-2005
Leading chef Gordon Ramsay has backed the government's decision to give pubs the choice between serving food or continuing to allow smoking.The star...
Ramsay claim sparks furore
01-Dec-2005
Pub chefs have rounded on Gordon Ramsay after he claimed that women can't cook. Ramsay has launched a national campaign to get women back into the...
In the Hot seat - Tom Kerridge
01-Dec-2005 By Mark Taylor
Opinions from Chef Tom Kerridge
Ramsay talks a load of b*ll*cks
01-Dec-2005
During his current F word series, Gordon Ramsay revealed he has a low sperm count. The three-Michelin starred chef, who nevertheless has four...
Pub Review - Yew Tree Inn, Highclere, Hampshire
01-Sep-2005 By Mark Taylor
Marco Pierre White's Yew Tree Inn, Highclere, Hampshire Judging by the number of battered copies of his classic cookbooks still hanging around...
Show is set to be trade's largest ever
21-Jul-2005
The largest restaurant trade show ever to be staged in the UK opens its doors at London's Olympia Exhibition Centre in September. This follows the...
Book Review - Tough Cookies - Simon Wright
01-Jun-2005 By Mark Taylor
Tough Cookies - Simon Wright (Profile Books, £16.99) Having cut my culinary teeth as a nervous young commis chef in a top restaurant, I know just...
Chef Heroes - Culinary Inspirations that have influenced pub kitchens
01-Apr-2005 By Mark Taylor
In our food survey we asked chef's about their biggest culinary inspiration. Here is the top 10 replies that have helped influenced pub kitchens. Mark Taylor reports
Top chef Novelli says train in pubs
17-Mar-2005
by Max Gosney Pubs eclipse restaurant rivals in the grooming of future chef talent according to Michelin-starred chef Jean-Christophe Novelli. The...
Licensees have grown dizzy over the years trying to keep tra
03-Mar-2005
But if anyone's given up on trying to make sense of it all, now's the time to take note again. For the news this week that SFI is up for sale, as...
Subtle Scots makeover
03-Mar-2005
Snifter is a committed pub man, happy to devote himself to the their homely, warm embrace. But every now and then his head is turned by something a...
Pear fare
13-Jan-2005
Stephen Terry has worked with Marco Pierre White, Gordon Ramsay and the Roux brothers, but is now happily creating food at a Wiltshire pub. Mark...
Booker seeks UK's top caterers
13-Jan-2005
Cash and carry firm Booker has launched its search for the UK's top catering talent in the Booker Prize for Excellence 2005. The prize, which is in...
Gordon Ramsay signs for Booker
07-Jan-2005
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to help wholesaler Booker promote its Chef's Larder and reinvigoration of the wholesalers service to catering...
New menu for Litten Tree
23-Sep-2004
The SFI Group is launching a new menu in its Litten Tree pubs as part of a multi-million pound refurbishment and re-branding programme of its 59...
Dare you work with Ramsay?
16-Sep-2004
by Jason Williams Channel 4 is looking for pub chefs to take part in its second series of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. The programme will...
01-Jul-2004 By Max Gosney
British cuisine with an international edge is helping Laurence Cohen prove how far pub cuisine has moved on. Max Gosney reports. At a pub located...
Ramsay's way with staff is trouble say experts
09-Jun-2004
Pub chefs tempted to copy Gordon Ramsay's management techniques could land themselves with a hefty fine, say expert employment solicitors.Gordon...
Currie is hot in Hell's Kitchen
27-May-2004
Former politician Edwina Currie has donned chef's whites to brush up on her cookery skills in her local pub.Ms Currie, who was forced to resign from...
01-May-2004 By Jo Bruce
Gordon Ramsay Kitchen Heaven, published by Penguin Books, £20. Love him or hate him, his recent TV series Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares has got...
01-Jan-2004
In a new series PubChef gives you guidance on how to get the best out of different ingredients and how pub chefs around the UK are using them. This...
Historic Michelin coup in the offing
06-Feb-2003
by The PMA Team A trio of young entrepreneurs look set to make pub catering history by winning a Michelin star for quality food at two different...
Petrus finally awarded fifth AA rosette
19-Sep-2002
Petrus, the London restaurant co-owned by Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing, has finally been awarded its fifth AA rosette.The restaurant is now one...
High five for Ramsay's Petrus
16-Aug-2002
The AA Restaurant Guide has admitted it may have been wrong when it failed to award London restaurant Petrus five rosettes in its new...
What the Sunday papers said - 20 January
21-Jan-2002
The Sunday TimesBrian Stewart, executive chairman of Scottish & Newcastle, the £3.5bn brewer, is preparing to step down. Headhunters have been...