Roast Dinner

Making the most of your roast!

14-Feb-2023 By Ed Bedington

A great roast dinner is the cornerstone of many pub operations, and a cultural touchstone for many - but why is that? And what we are getting right or wrong when it comes to the classic dish. The Lock In team take a deep dive into the world of roasts,...

Two pubs crowned Britain’s best roast dinners

03-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

The Eight Bells in Hawkhurst, Kent and the Perch on Lancing Beach near Brighton beat tough competition to win the ‘Best Meat Roast Dinner’ and ‘Best Vegetarian Roast Dinner’ in Knorr Professional’s Great British Roast Dinner Competition.

TV chef teams up with pub operator Fuller's

09-Nov-2021 By Rebecca Weller

Pub operator Fuller's has partnered with Brian Turner CBE as ambassador of its Sunday roasts across the company's managed pubs and hotels.

The Great Roast Revival – in association with Knorr Professional

What the roast of the future will look like – Episode 3

21-Sep-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

You may think the humble Sunday roast has changed little over the years, but in actual fact it has and continues to do so.

The Great Roast Revival – In association with Knorr Professional

Why does a roast dinner make us feel so good? – Episode Two

14-Sep-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

Roast dinners are notoriously difficult to make Instagram-worthy when it comes to plating up, but that doesn’t have to be the case.

The Great Roast Revival – in association with Knorr Professional

Make the most from your roast – Episode one

04-Sep-2020 By Nicholas Robinson

The weekly culinary focal point for many is the Sunday roast, but it does occasionally stand accused of lacking innovation. However, in this three-part video series we change that with an in-depth look at how to make the roast dinner shine.

What are consumers’ pet hates when ordering a roast dinner?

29-Nov-2019 By Alice Leader

New research has revealed the British roast dinner is the top meal to drive both positive or negative reviews, with beef being the deal breaker.

Sunday roasts

Getting rid of the roast? Sundays wouldn't be the same...

21-Sep-2016 By Daniel Woolfson

When JD Wetherspoon announced earlier this year it would finish serving Sunday roasts to focus on its core menu offer, reactions from some of the chain’s patrons were borderline riotous

News analysis

Is this the end of the Sunday roast?

07-Mar-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

The decision by managed pub chain giant JD Wetherspoon to axe the Sunday roast has sent shock waves through the trade. Nicholas Robinson finds out if the reverberations will hit other pubs too

Maggi reveals regional roast dinner tastes ahead of ‘biggest ever’ Christmas

18-Dec-2014 By Noli Dinkovski

People’s most popular roast dinner meat and veg options vary greatly from UK region to region, a survey by Nestlé Professional’s gravy brand Maggi has found.

W e had to do something or die ­ that's how Country Carvery'

07-Nov-2002

He continues: "As a brand, it had a good run until 1993/94. By 1997/98, business really started to slow and it was obvious the business was dying."...