Wadworth appoints catering development manager
18-Apr-2007 By Jo Bruce
Wadworth has appointed a catering development manager to help improve the food offer in its 39 managed pubs.
La Tasca to bolster Laurel
12-Apr-2007
LAUREL PUB Company will soon be back in growth for the first time in two years after Robert Tchenguiz won the bidding war for La Tasca. The Spanish...
Have your say...
05-Apr-2007
"Publicans are well used to dealing with disturbances and patrons breaking the law. This law is no different. Public co-operation is important but if...
Pick of the pubs
05-Apr-2007 By James Wilmore
The Woolpack Hotel is situated at the centre of the Kent market town of Tenterden, around 10 miles from Ashford. Four trading areas exist - including...
Easy access
01-Apr-2007
Humayun Hussain focuses on menu presentation Whether you present your menu as a printed copy or just chalk up the details on a blackboard - or...
Buyers swayed by food opportunities
22-Mar-2007 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
Pub buyers are more interested in food potential than barrelage returns, according to agents. As the smoking ban ap-proaches, newcomers to the trade...
Taste of success
22-Mar-2007
Changing conditions in the pub market have far-reaching consequences for the trade as a whole. Tony Halstead listens to the experts' views The pub...
Win a menu makeover with our Food Champion
15-Mar-2007
Anyone working in a pub kitchen will be all-too-familar with the concept of 'menu fatigue', but it's easy for customers to get just as fed up with...
'Meat' the new head chef at 26 Smithfield
15-Mar-2007
Local sourcing will be no problem for Roland Embleton in his new role as head chef at a London pub - one of the world's most famous meat markets is...
Pubs must act to avoid menu origin laws
05-Mar-2007
Pub groups must stop hiding behind excuses and give customers more information on the origin of meat on the menu, says Labour minister Lord...
A breath of fresh air
01-Mar-2007
With National No Smoking Day on 14 March, Richard Fox, author of The Food & Beer Cook Book, shows you how to road-test simple menu ideas that...
Regent buys in to Brandasia
08-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns has expanded further into the fast-casual dining market with a £500,000 investment in an upmarket Indian restaurant, Asha's. The...
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.
06-Feb-2007 By The PMA Team
Regent Inns has expanded further into the dining market with a £500,000 investment in Indian restaurant, Asha's.
Wales
01-Feb-2007
Usk Inn Talybont-on-Usk, Powys Andrew and Julie Felix spent a year looking for their ideal pub before spotting the Usk Inn and taking the plunge to...
West Country
01-Feb-2007
Globe Inn Lostwithiel, Cornwall Will Erwin says that from the age of five, he always wanted to be a chef. He eventually achieved that ambition just...
North West
01-Feb-2007
Three Fishes Mitton, Lancashire Food awards and accolades have flowed in to the Three Fishes since the pub first opened its doors just over two years...
DoneDeals
01-Feb-2007
Rock House Inn Dulverton Somerset First-time buyers Ian and Joanne Bamford have acquired the Rock House via Christie+Co's Exeter office. The...
31-Jan-2007 By The PMA Team
The PMA Team looks at the gastro-legacy of the pub food innovator - Michael Belben.It's easy to forget that the gastropub, a term universally...
31-Jan-2007
This award recognises the pub company that has most successfully developed and delivered a successful food offer in the past year across its estate....
30-Jan-2007
This award recognises the pub company that has most successfully developed and delivered an outstanding food offer over the past 12 months for one of its food concepts. The concept will be performing exceptionally well to suit its location, customer
Ultimate Leisure buy Huddersfield bar for £3.3m
22-Jan-2007 By Hamish Champ
Ultimate Leisure has acquired the Cotton Factory bar and lounge in Huddersfield for £3.3m. The bar operator bought the freehold property from Daisy...
East and West Midlands
11-Jan-2007
Fountain Inn Clent, Worcestershire A decision to provide customers with al-fresco dining and drinking facilities is playing a major role in boosting...
West Country
11-Jan-2007
Puesdown Inn Compton Abdale, Gloucestershire The Puesdown Inn is a glorious roadside tavern that looks as if it has welcomed customers for centuries....
MLC welcomes food provenance campaign
11-Jan-2007
The Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) has thrown its weight behind a new campaign which wants pubs to tell customers where food on the menu comes...
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...
MyShout
14-Dec-2006
Poker and great food are two ways to draw consumers back into the pub, says David Elliott I have been amazed during recent conversations with...
Haul of the wild
07-Dec-2006
Fresh, local produce from land and sea is the order of the day at the Steam Packet Inn. Alice Whitehead meets the owner of a popular coastal haunt...
Food awakening
30-Nov-2006
Sue Coughlan, licensee at Shepherd Neame pub the Sun Inn, in Faversham, Kent, offers words of reassurance for any would-be kitchen wizards "We...
Barracuda menus moving with times
16-Nov-2006 By Tony Halstead THals22851@aol.com
Barracuda Group is giving a "gastro feel" to new autumn and winter menus. The upmarket menus will feature in the company's Juniper Inns, Smith &...
Bay View Inn for sale
07-Nov-2006 By James Wilmore
Winner of The Publican Freehouse of the Year 2006, the Bay View Inn, in Bude, Cornwall, has been placed on the market for £1.75m. Owners Alison and...
FoodBriefs
02-Nov-2006
Fish body wants cod ban for 2007 The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a complete ban on cod fishing in the...
Desserts: An easy sell
17-Oct-2006
The 'gastropub' revolution means that the expectation and customer profile of those eating at a pub, compared to a restaurant, is now very similar....
DoneDeals
12-Oct-2006
Kelstedge Inn Kelstedge Derbyshire GA Select has sold the private free-of-tie lease on behalf of Shirley Finney. Mr and Mrs Slack paid close to the...
MyNewPub
05-Oct-2006
New owners Martin, Sarah and Philip Barnaville paid £575,000 for the freehold interest of the Olde Yew Tree Inn. The trio own the Kestrel Inn at...
Equipment surgery
01-Oct-2006
I run a high street pub that attracts a lot of office workers at lunch time. I'm keen to extend my rather basic menu to offer more high-quality...
Win a laptop with The Publican Food Report 2006
12-Sep-2006
Publicans completing the annual Publican Food Report survey can win a Toshiba laptop or one of 75 other great pub food prizes. The internet-ready...
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...
Snacks focus: Time for a quick bite
01-Sep-2006
A successful snack menu is only limited by the imagination of the licensee of chef, believes Antony Bennett, development chef with RHM Foodservice,...
The New Inn, Farmborough, Bath
01-Sep-2006
Situated in a village on the main A39 between Bath, Wells and Bristol, the New Inn is a very busy pub that serves food all day. It's popular with...
M&B to segment Vintage Inns brand
31-Aug-2006 By Mark Stretton
Mitchells & Butlers is to segment one of the most profitable casual-dining brands in Europe as part of the ongoing development of its country pub...
Critics wrong to condemn all
31-Aug-2006
Lucy Mangan, a journalist with The Guardian, had a pop at pub food last week. As a result of being served a bad beef sandwich in a pub in...
Three Fishes
31-Aug-2006
The Three Fishes arrived on the pub scene two years ago when restaurateurs Craig Bancroft and Nigel Haworth opened the country roadside inn which had...
Blubeckers gobbles up rural pub sites
04-May-2006
Blubeckers, the pub-restaurant format bought by the Restaurant Group last year, has acquired two new sites and targeted four more by the end of the...
I'd rather be sitting in a pub
01-Apr-2006 By Mark Taylor
Giles Coren, The Times restaurant critic, tucks into a debate with Mark Taylor on the gastro-pub phenomenon What are your earliest memories of dining...
Alter Egon
01-Apr-2006 By Jo Bruce
Renowned as a restaurant critic, Egon Ronay's latest guide includes 300 gastro pubs. He talks to Jo Bruce about the sector that he believes has had...
4 The Angel Inn
01-Apr-2006 By David Hancock
Despite southern pretenders to the title, the Angel Inn was the UK's first gastro pub, says David Hancock, though its late, pioneering host didn't...
Smoking ban is food for thought
30-Mar-2006
With pubs telling smokers to stub out for good next summer, landlords will have to cook up some new ideas to make up for the predicted drop in trade
Del Monte launches foodservice arm
01-Mar-2006
The man from Del Monte is off to the pub - the international fruit brand is launching a UK foodservice operation.Del Monte Foodservice is offering a...
Great Pub Chefs - Courage under Fire
01-Feb-2006 By Mark Taylor
In the hot seat - Jonny Haughton What do you think of the gastro pub explosion? "On the whole, it's clear that standards of food and standards of...
