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Food inflation hits school meals contract caterers

School meals caterers are warning that they cannot continue to bear rising food prices, but are reluctant to break the £2 price barrier. Chris Druce reports
Posted: 24 April 2008 | 11:43

Shropshire on a plate - breakfast watch

As part of Caterer's Best Breakfast competition, Tom Vaughan sniffs out Lower Buckton Country House's local, home-made offering
Posted: 24 April 2008 | 00:00

What's on the menu at the 2008 Chef Conference

This year's Chef Conference lunch will showcase British dishes and produce. Joanna Wood had a sneak preview at the menu run-through
Posted: 24 April 2008 | 00:00

Talk about quality

Consumers want to know about what they're eating, so give them the full story, says Rob McFarlane, meat and poultry director, Prime Meats, Brakes Group
Posted: 24 April 2008 | 00:00

Caterers and restaurants still struggling to find sustainably produced produce

fishCaterers and restaurants are still struggling to source responsibly-produced ingredients due to a lack of support, a procurement expert has claimed.
Posted: 23 April 2008 | 15:03

Food prices soar as food inflation increases

eggsFood inflation increases have seen prices soar across the UK in the last year, official figures have revealed.
Posted: 22 April 2008 | 17:05

Celebration of Greek food launches next month

greek olivesNext month will see the launch of the inaugural Kerasma London festival, a celebration of Greek foods and produce.
Posted: 22 April 2008 | 14:30

The Compleat Angler's Dean Timpson prepares goat

Compleat Angler's Dean TimpsonSpring might evoke lamb in the UK, but Dean Timpson tried a more unfamiliar meat on his Easter menu - goat. Tom Vaughan reports on one of the world's staple meats
Posted: 21 April 2008 | 12:36

Jamie Oliver says a love of dumplings is hurting Germany's love life

Jamie OliverCelebrity chef Jamie Oliver has left the kitchen and strayed into the bedroom by suggesting that dumplings are killing off the sex drive of Germans.
Posted: 18 April 2008 | 12:15

Metro's critic unimpressed by Tom's Place

Tom AikensMichelin-starred chef Tom Aikens eco-friendly fish and chips restaurant Tom’s Place has been given a panning by the London Metro’s food critic Marina O’Loughlin.
Posted: 17 April 2008 | 16:36

Know the source of your ingredients

cowsEverybody needs to know where their food comes from, it seems. If the menu doesn't say which farm supplied the beef, or the staff don't know what the lamb was fed on, discerning diners will stay away. Diane Lane and Emma White report
Posted: 17 April 2008 | 00:00

How Debenhams revamped its food offering

Debenhams divisional director Peter BarrettListening to customers' demands has been a major consideration in the £5m revamp of the catering outlets at department store chain Debenhams. Divisional director Peter Barrett, who is driving through the changes, explains to Janet Harmer the thinking behind the refit
Posted: 17 April 2008 | 00:00

L'Autre Pied, London - Menuwatch

L'Autre Pied, LondonSister restaurant to London's two-Michelin-starred Pied à Terre, L'Autre Pied opened last November with Marcus Eaves at the helm. Tom Vaughan reports
Posted: 17 April 2008 | 00:00

Scottish Government to target caterers in national food debate

cows in a fieldThe Scottish Government is to target caterers in its attempts to develop a food policy for Scotland.
Posted: 16 April 2008 | 15:17

Coffee Republic to offer free Wi-Fi

Coffee Republic today unveiled plans to offer free Wi-Fi to customers at the majority of its stores from 1 May.
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 14:36

Tom Lewis on building his own business empire

He may not be widely known outside Scotland, but Tom Lewis is slowly building up a remarkable empire of hospitality businesses with his siblings in a sleepy corner of Perthshire. Tom Vaughan went to explore the Mhor vision
Posted: 14 April 2008 | 11:55

Irish restaurateur fails in bid to take review challenge to High Court

Pizza sliceThe Irish restaurateur whose £25,000 libel award for a bad review was quashed last month has failed in his bid to take the case to the House of Lords.
Posted: 11 April 2008 | 13:15

No margins for errors

Peter Backman, managing director of food service analyst Horizons FSFood-price inflation is putting an unacceptable squeeze on operators' chances of profitability, says Peter Backman, managing director of food service analyst Horizons FS
Posted: 10 April 2008 | 00:00

Jaundiced view of liver pâté?

geeseFoie gras is the food that divides the dinner table, and a recent surge in protests against restaurants has forced many to stop selling the controversial delicacy. Is there a future for foie gras on British menus? Kerstin Kühn investigates
Posted: 10 April 2008 | 00:00

Prezzo restaurant expansion pays off

Prezzo restaurant group Prezzo’s expansion into the provinces from its London and south-east heartland has paid off with sales up 29% in 2007.
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 14:03

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