Head Chef

Michelin chefs Alyn Williams and Nathan Eades to join the pub sector

13-Nov-2017 By Michelle Perrett

Michelin-star awarded chefs Alyn Williams and Nathan Eades are set to take up new roles within pub sector in 2018 by joining the team at the Wild Rabbit in the Cotswolds.

Michelin-starred chef doubles Lancaster Brewery's food sales

13-Jul-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Food sales at Lancaster Brewery sites have doubled after it hired Michelin-starred chef Steven Doherty.

Fuller’s announces Chef of the Year 2017

22-May-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Fuller’s has revealed its Chef of the Year in both of its age categories, after months of rigorous judging.

New head chef for Michelin-starred Treby Arms as Anton Piotrowski departs

09-Mar-2017 By Daniel Woolfson

Michelin-starred Devon gastropub the Treby Arms has appointed a new head chef following the resignation of executive chef Anton Piotrowski.

New head chef at Daniel Clifford’s Essex gastropub

07-Jul-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

Double Michelin star-winning chef Daniel Clifford has announced the appointment of a new head chef at his recently opened Essex pub the Flitch of Bacon.

NEW OPENING

Farewell to the city: leaving the Gherkin for the Grantley Arms

26-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Matt Edmonds recently ditched a high-profile role at Searcys at the Gherkin in the City to become chef-patron of Surrey pub the Grantley Arms, in Wonersh, ahead of its reopening under new management this month. Daniel Woolfson gets the lowdown on Edmonds’...

Chef Shortage

BII chairman: "If you're working over 55 hours a week, you're not managing your staff correctly"

07-Sep-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) chairman Anthony Pender has spoken out on the need for a more positive outlook on the ongoing chef shortage.

GREAT BRITISH MENU

Great British Menu 2015: the pub contenders

17-Jul-2015 By Fred A'Court

This year’s BBC2 Great British Menu is approaching and with past winners including Emily Watkins of the Kingham Plough, Oxfordshire, James Durrant of the Plough Inn, Longparish and Tom Kerridge of the Hand & Flowers, it’s a veritable proving ground...

Two pub chefs win at Craft Guild of Chefs Awards

16-Jun-2015 By Jo Bruce

Peach Pub Company head chef Ray Brenner, head chef at the Chequers at Eversley Cross, Hampshire, won the Pub Restaurant Chef Award.

PUB chefs

Nominees for Craft Guild of Chefs Awards announced

16-Apr-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Four pub chefs have been shortlisted as nominees for the 2015 Craft Guild of Chefs Awards.

Kit

Tools of the trade: essential equipment

10-Apr-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Top chefs talk kit with Daniel Woolfson.

New head chef for Columbo Group site

26-Mar-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Columbo Group pub Paradise By Way Of Kensal Green has appointed a new head chef to oversee the site’s food offer.

Pub chefs offer up recipes for charity cookbook

23-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

A host of leading pub chefs have contributed to a new book of recipes put together to raise money for charity.

Tom Kerridge’s head chefs to take centre stage at IFE

15-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

The head chefs at both of Tom Kerridge’s pubs are to take part in a cooking demonstration at the UK’s largest food and drink event next spring.

Menu ideas

Inspirational ideas for your Christmas menus

28-Aug-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

Here's PubFood's guide to how to make the most of the festive period with creative menu options and time-saving tips

Hampshire’s youngest landlord and head chef helping to support new talent

20-Aug-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita

Hampshire’s youngest landlord and head chef is providing opportunities for students to gain experience in his pub.

Seven ways to get game on your pub menu this year

30-Aug-2012

The main game season is highly anticipated by those in the trade. Sheila McWattie looks at seven ways to get it on to the menu this year

Business Focus: The Castle Inn, Chiddingstone, Kent

01-Oct-2011 By Lesley Foottit

John McManus of the Castle Inn, Chiddingstone, Kent, knew he was going to be a chef from the age of 13. Having worked with some of the biggest names in the restaurant business, he tells Lesley Foottit how he turned his hand to running a pub

Miller's Collection appoints exec chef

29-Oct-2010 By Lesley Foottit

Home counties pub company Miller's Collection has appointed an executive chef to oversee the food offer at its three pubs. Kevin Chandler, currently...

Hampshire reveals finest

30-Jul-2010 By Jo Bruce

The head chef of Fuller's pub the Pilgrim Inn, Marchwood, has won a competition to find the Hampshire Dish of the Year. Aaron Pace beat three other...

Royal Oak chef wins Craft Guild award

02-Jun-2009

Dominic Chapman, head chef at the Royal Oak in Maidenhead, has been named Pub Chef of the Year.The accolade was announced at the Craft Guild of Chefs...

Bar dishes winner

29-Feb-2008

Michael Ward, head chef, the Highwayman, Burrow, Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, 01524 273338 www.highwaymaninn.co.uk Tenure: The second pub from Nigel...

New pubs on the block

01-Dec-2007

Mark Taylor looks at some of this year's hottest new openings The Narrow Limehouse, London, E14 ?gordonramsay.com When Gordon Ramsay announced his...

Openings

01-Nov-2007

Duke of Sussex 75 South Parade, Chiswick, London W4 5LF 0208 742 8801 Who: After eight years as head chef at St John's, in Archway, Chris Payne has...

Amanda Green: Week 2 of the flood recovery

09-Aug-2007

I had to lay my head chef off last week, because insurance companies look to make savings, but luckily he has found another job already. He's an...

Keeping your chef sweet

01-Dec-2006

Lee Watts, head chef and manager of the Inn @ West End, West End, near Woking, Surrey. Head chef Lee Watts is in an unusual position in that he is...

Ways and means

01-May-2006 By Fiona McLelland

Pubs all round the country are using simple - but effective - methods to generate extra income. Fiona McLelland looks at some of the ideas that could...

Tricks of the trade

01-Mar-2006

How do you use beer as an ingredient? David Edwards, head chef, Three Fishes, Mitton, Lancs. "For our steak and kidney pudding, we use Bowland...

PubChef Awards - Poultry

01-Feb-2006 By Jo Bruce

Poultry is a versatile and healthy ingredient that can also produce an excellent GP for chefs. The finalists were asked to create dishes that...

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...

Not just a time for traditional fare

01-Dec-2005

We take a look at what's on offer on some of the UK's pub menus at Christmas time this year Tony Ellis, head chef of the Dinton Hermit, Ford,...

Pub Chef awards bulletin

03-Nov-2005

Jonathan Furby, landlord/chef of the Linnet in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, won the Starters and Light Bites category with baked pork and mustard tart on...

Great Pub Chefs - From rags to seafood riches - Clare Mansfield

01-Oct-2005 By Alice Whitehead

Clare Mansfield freely admits she was an appalling cook when she started 10 years ago - so how did the former trainee tailor become an award-winning head chef at a gastro pub in the Highlands? Alice Whitehead finds out.

Chef's CV - James Rix

01-Jul-2005

Chef's CV - James Rix

Battle of the Chefs - Two Cool Cats

01-Jun-2005 By Max Gosney

When the Merrie Harriers' chefs lined up for battle, they were nearly scuppered by a feline adversary. Max Gosney reports on a fishy incident. In...

Marks & Spencer recently launched a range of meals called Ga

18-Nov-2004

The panel: Anthony Williams, head chef, the Williams Arms, Braunton, Devon. Killian Callender, head chef, the Merrie Harriers, Cowbeech,...