Kitchen

UKH calls for chefs to be added to immigration list

01-Jun-2023 By Gary Lloyd

UKHospitality (UKH) has urged the Government to add chefs to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL), in order to alleviate persistent shortages.

Food inflation drops below 20% for first time in five months

12-May-2023 By Gary Lloyd

The hospitality sector has received a small amount of respite on increasing prices with inflation dropping to 18.9% in March 2023.

Zero Carbon Forum: onus on operators to cut carbon

12-Sep-2022 By Gary Lloyd

Not-for-profit eco-friendly group Zero Carbon Forum has argued the onus is on sector operators to cut their carbon footprints but they can also save on energy costs at the same time.

William Reed acquires The London Coffee Festival

05-Aug-2022 By The Morning Advertiser

The Morning Advertiser publisher William Reed has further deepened its relationship with the Allegra Group by acquiring The London Coffee Festival.

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Get Inspire-d with Callebaut’s latest publication

20-Jun-2022 By Callebaut

Callebaut’s highly anticipated Inspire magazine is now available to download.

In association with Food Alert

The rise of digital compliance: ‘virtual is here to stay’

08-Mar-2021 By The Morning Advertiser

A renewed appreciation of the power of technology is one of Covid-19’s enduring on-trade symptoms according to Food Alert’s operations director Mike Williams.

Kitchen Hierarchy: The Different Types of Chefs & Titles Explained

07-Jul-2020 By The Morning Advertiser

You’re unlikely to come across a lot of French job titles during your quest for employment, that is, unless you’re a professional chef – cue 19th-century Chef Georges Auguste Escoffier's French Brigade system (or Brigade de cuisine) as detailed in...

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How can pub kitchens operate with social distancing?

26-May-2020 By Stuart Stone

While two-metre distancing in pubs remains a raw subject, we look at what measures operators need to consider to avoid making a meal of their post-lockdown kitchen policies.

The hottest kit in the kitchen

09-Mar-2020 By Rob Brown

Are you committing too much of your own time and poor-quality equipment to your business when you could be working smarter and using better tools?

Bath Pub boss: ‘You can’t find any kitchen porters’

20-Aug-2019 By Emily Hawkins

The director of a city pub company has expressed his fears about recruiting kitchen staff after Brexit.

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Hedonist's Guide founder opens new gastropub with acclaimed chef

25-Jul-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

The founder of A Hedonist's Guide To... has opened a new pub in Cornwall with a menu co-created by one of the top gastropub chefs in the country.

Word to the street: the ins and outs of pop-up residencies

18-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Critics may have long grown tired of pulled pork, “American-style” barbeque and kimchi tacos, but consumer appetites for street food are as high as ever. Daniel Woolfson considers the ins and outs of hosting a street food pop-up residency in your pub.

My PUB

My Pub: the Marksman, Hackney

06-Oct-2015 By Joe Lutrario

Chefs Tom Harris and Jon Rotheram reopened archetypal East Endboozer the Marksman to rave reviews earlier this year. Joe Lutrario catches up with the pair to talk beef and barley buns and keeping the locals sweet.

BUSINESS PREVIEW

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

15-Apr-2015 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. 

TECHNOLOGY

Zonal launches 'slow service' technology solution

27-Feb-2015 By Mark Wingett, M&C Report

Zonal Retail Data Systems, the provider of integrated hospitality management solutions, has launched Kitchen iQ to help operators improve speed, quality and accuracy of service and “transform the overall dining out experience”.

JLA acquires the Carford Group

11-Dec-2013 By Lesley Foottit

JLA has acquired independent catering equipment distrbutor and service provider the Carford Group.

Who Cares Wins opens second site

04-May-2011 By Jo Bruce

Pub company Who Cares Wins has opened a second site, with plans for further sites over the next two years. Business partners Richard Coltart and...

Refurb and Interiors: Do kitchen refurbs properly

31-Oct-2007

AS PEGGY, The Publican's trusty pub cook would agree, working in an unfamiliar kitchen is no fun. "I like to know where my bits and bobs are," our...

Designer kitchens

26-Oct-2006

Keswick Lodge's space-saving kitchen revamp proves it always pays to get the professionals in. Award-winning pub manager Neil Vigerstaff believes...

David's Diary: week three

24-Feb-2006

Becky Salisbury's husband David takes the hot seat this week to give his slant on the re-opening of the Old Queen's Head in Penn,...

Trade Secrets - Fresh Inspiration - The Albion, Clifton, Bristol

01-Oct-2005 By Mark Taylor

This month, Mark Taylor talks to Elly Curshen, manager of the recently-opened Albion in Clifton, Bristol Bar snacks We serve bar snacks until 6pm....

Day in the life of a gastro pub

31-Mar-2005

With its wine evenings, healthy turnover and a place in the guidebooks, the Bear & Swan in Somerset is a pub to be reckoned with. Mark Taylor...

A matter of routine

08-Mar-2002

Spring cleaning originated back in the days of Chaucer when farmers didn't have the luxury of central heating. During the winter months they used to...

Catering equipment

02-Jul-2001

Equipping a pub kitchen is a major expenditure - and it is essential to ensure the equipment you buy can do the job you need it to and has adequate...