04-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Young's has opened a new pub in Kingston-upon-Thames after a £220,000 refurbishment. The Bishop Out of Residence accommodates 165 covers across...
31-Jan-2011 By John Harrington
Managed operator Stonegate Pub Company is to convert nine O'Neill's pubs into its first major bar brand, another Irish-themed concept called...
16-Nov-2010 By Joe Lutrario
Claude Bosi, chef patron at two-Michelin star Mayfair restaurant Hibiscus, is to take on an Enterprise pub-with-rooms with brother Cedrick. The Fox...
12-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
British Pub Week proved a big boost for licensees, and rose to national prominence with high-profile backing from the likes of David Cameron. Lesley...
Pub champs crowned in time British Sausage Week
01-Nov-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
A butcher, brewer and licensee have proved that teamwork is best, after fighting off competition from some of the best butchers in the country to...
Pub Food Profile: The Red Lion in Cricklade, Wiltshire
09-Sep-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
"Music can bring nostalgia - even music you hated at the time can take you back 10 or 15 years - and food can have the same effect," says Daniel...
Search is on for the Best Pub Sausage
13-Aug-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
The best pub bangers in the business are once again being invited to compete for the prestigious title of Best Pub Pork Sausage. The Publican has...
Pub snacks: How to make the perfect Scotch egg (video)
13-May-2010
My first visit to the Coach and Horses was last autumn. We were on our way to a gig and needed some quick food and a pint. Time being of the essence,...
09-Apr-2010 By Jo Bruce
TV chef Paul Bloxham is to open a second gastropub — the Blue Anchor in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Walkers launches world cup for crisps
30-Mar-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
Will it be English roast beef and Yorkshire pudding or will German bratwurst sausage claim the title on penalties? For while the footballing elite...
11-Mar-2010 By The PMA Team
Plans to open JD Wetherspoon pubs at 7am across the country should be "cash neutral", according to the managed pub giant. Earlier today, Wetherspoon...
01-Mar-2010 By Jo Bruce
Ideas for boosting food sales at your pub including coffee and cake offers, a sausage club and village nights.
25-Feb-2010 By Jo Bruce
Claude Bosi, chef/owner of two-Michelin-starred restaurant Hibiscus has left the Bell at Yarpole, Herefordshire. The Enterprise Inns tenancy had...
04-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs and restaurants can help raise funds for the Help for Heroes (H4H) charity by buying A Turner & Sons sausages in March.
Get behind British Pie Week 2010
13-Jan-2010
Customers travel from as far away as 70 miles to sample the menu at the Old Farmhouse in Ulverston, Cumbria. Food sales are up 22 per cent on last...
It's British Sausage Week!
02-Nov-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
There's probably not a licensee in the land, except the odd vegetarian, who isn't fond of a good old banger. After all, sausages are simple fare....
Winner of best pub sausage announced
23-Oct-2009 By Claire Dodd Claire
The best pub bangers in the business have fought it out, but there could only be one winner. Kevin Berkins, owner of the Fence Gate Inn in Fence and...
Stocking up for Christmas: Talking turkey
01-Oct-2009
When it comes to Santa's helpers, Nigel Crane, Dorchester trained chef and managing director of professional stock and gravy maker Essential Cuisine,...
21-Aug-2009 By Jo Bruce
Licensee Tim Bilton has cooked up a novel way of attracting customers to his newly-launched Sunday brunch at the Butchers Arms, Hepworth, West...
Research: Talk up your pork
17-Aug-2009
The old adage that 'less is more' doesn't always hold true - at least when it comes to pub menus. A few well-chosen adjectives can make all the...
Profile: Beer bangers at the White Lion, Bramcote
04-Jun-2009
The Nottingham area is well served for pubs called the White Lion, something which would cause more confusion if the locals didn't adopt the entirely...
Best pub pork products named
11-Mar-2009
Pubs can take their pick of the best pork products in the business, after industry body BPEX named the winners of its annual Foodservice Pork Product...
FSA warns on Irish pork
08-Dec-2008
Pub should not serve any products made with Irish pork products, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned.The agency has urged the withdrawal while...
Fuller's City chefs dish it out
27-Nov-2008
Chefs from some of London brewer Fuller's flagship pubs have been put through their paces with a contest to develop a signature dish.More than 25...
Lancashire publican named supreme sausage champion
24-Oct-2008
The pub trade has seen off competition from the best butchers in the business to prove that the British local is the true home of the British...
Back to Basics: Well matched
09-Oct-2008
Have you ever had that feeling where you've missed out on a joke? Where everyone is having the greatest time laughing about it but the joke has gone...
The right kit in the kitchen
27-Aug-2008
Tumbledown Farm in Cannock, Staffordshire, was part of the first wave of contemporary carveries developed by Orchid Group. The pub was originally...
11-Aug-2008 By Lucy Britner
The British Pig Executive has launched a series of recipes for British Sausage Week (3-9 November 2008).
Summer Menu focus: Simply the best
30-Apr-2008
SUMMER BRINGS with it the promise of warmer, lighter evenings and - if the sun shines - the chance to fire up the barbecue. Sausages are a firm...
Sausages riding high on pub menus
14-Apr-2008
Sausages are increasing in popularity on pub menus, according to new research.The regular Menurama survey of branded operators' menus shows a 2.5 per...
Don't be a boar, try a bison burger
09-Apr-2008
GAME IS always popular on pub menus, and pubs can expand customers' horizons with the latest products from 3G Food Service.The specialist chilled and...
City diary
07-Feb-2008 By The PMA Team
Cannon has plenty to grouse about A little local difficulty for serial entrepreneur Michael Cannon who has been left facing a legal bill for nearly...
MyNewPub
10-Jan-2008
Featherston Arms Kirkoswald, Cumbria Agent: Kings Business Transfer First-time pub buyers Jennifer and Glen Mossop have been very busy at the...
The Pipe & Glass
26-Nov-2007
Licensee: James MacKenzie & Kate Boroughs Tenure: Freehold Head chef: James MacKenzie Covers: 65, plus 22 in the bar Covers per week: 750 to...
Sausages sizzle for JD Wetherspoon
02-Nov-2007
JD Wetherspoon has picked up a prestigious Banger award, recognising its commitment to the sausage.Presented by the British Pig Executive (BPEX)...
Striking service
01-Nov-2007
Richard Fox looks to Spain for service tips The football season is well and truly underway, and if the first few weeks are anything to go by, it...
Essex pub's menu goes back to nature
18-Oct-2007
What Raymond Blanc can do with swanky restaurant Le Manoir Aux Quat' Saisons, so can Essex pub the Anchor.Since 2002, the Anchor has sourced...
The Only Running Footman
01-Oct-2007
5 Charles Street, Mayfair, London W1J 5DE 0207 499 2988 themeredithgroup.co.uk It was suggested recently in The Guardian that Punch head honcho...
Take three
01-Oct-2007
Richard Fox explores ways of combining a humble trio to make tasty, original meals This little combo is pub food heaven -quite literally cheap as...
Stocking up for Christmas: Peggy's festive picks
21-Sep-2007
Heal Farm 12-Bird 'True Love Roast' When I told Sid the barman I was thinking of having a 12-bird roast this Christmas, he got that funny look again....
Oktoberfest: German food suppliers
30-Aug-2007
Bahlsen 01753 889822 www.bahlsen.co.uk Bahlsen biscuitsContinental Fine Foods 0161 8646600 www.finefoods.co.uk Bavarian ham, pepper salami, German...
Polar beers
28-Aug-2007
Polish beers have moved on and moved over here. Susan Nowak suggests some magic matches Ioriginally drank beer in Poland when it was still a...
Seasonal menu autumn: Roast pork recipe
22-Aug-2007
Roast Loin of Pork with Bacon, Black Pudding & Cranberry Stuffing and Rum-soaked ApplesSuitable Cuts: Lean pork loin or leg jointTemperature:...
Seasonal menu autumn: Flexible Fall
22-Aug-2007
IF 2007 has taught us anything at all so far, it's that planning for the weather is fraught with peril. Seasonal menus are no different.Although...
PubChef's round-up of what the critics have penned about pub food
01-Jul-2007
The Swan, Southrop, Gloucestershire Alex James, Observer Food Monthly 27/5 The menu features pommes frites. Not so long ago I wouldn't have felt that...
15-May-2007 By Jo Bruce
J D Wetherspoon is raising awareness of the provenance of ingredients used on its menus with a new food facts booklet for customers. The booklet...
A hot topic
11-May-2007
SOMETIMES THE simplest ideas are the best ones. Hot dogs can hardly be described as complex, but the popularity of a simple banger in a bun at sports...
Celebrate speciality
05-Apr-2007
This month Andrew Burnyeat looks at how concentrating on a speciality can help differentiate your pub's food offer and boost trade A simple food...
Keeping it English
29-Mar-2007
St George's Day celebrations are an ideal opportunity to boost food sales and attract new customers to your pub. Lucy Britner reports If you're...
Beer and food matching: Best combinations
26-Feb-2007
What with smoking bans, climate change and a new 'face' to get used to on the Big D nuts card, pubs are having to deal with their fair share of...
