Friday wrap
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Story of the week: Heston Blumenthal has issued an official apology to the victims of the food poisoning outbreak at his three-Michelin-starred restaurant the Fat Duck; British people are the rudest guests and poorest tippers, according to a straw-poll of front-of-house staff conducted by Caterer; and more ...
Posted: 25 September 2009 | 17:21
Story of the week: Report shows contaminated shellfish caused food scare at Heston Blumental's Michelin-starred Fat Duck The Good Food Guide has expanded its list of the top 40 UK restaurants to 50 to reflect the rise in up-and-coming chefs. Three Michelin-starred chef Gordon Ramsay ...
Posted: 11 September 2009 | 16:18
Story of the week: Phil Howard is one of Britain's most accomplished and respected chefs - he's also a recovering drug addict. Watch Caterer's exclusive interview with the Michelin-starred chef. The future of VisitEngland's accommodation bookings system, EnglandNet, is in jeopardy and more...
Posted: 04 September 2009 | 16:30
A round-up of the week's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Pierre Gagnaire to open first US restaurant; Compass opens its first post office; Merchant Inns chairman Robert Breare is fired; Starwood finds guests want a great night's sleep rather than sex; win a water system, and more...
Posted: 28 August 2009 | 17:59
The sun is shining, and the weather is sweet...and even restaurateurs in the UK have kept their sunny disposition. They remain confident that they will outperform the economy over the next two years - despite a lack of funding for growth or expansion.
Posted: 21 August 2009 | 17:18
Last summer the rift between Michelin-starred chefs Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing - which ultimately left Marcus leaving Gordon Ramsay Holdings - was big news.
Posted: 07 August 2009 | 15:52
Friday is normally a quiet day in the office but Caterer has learnt that French chef Eric Chavot is set to leave the two-Michelin-starred restaurant at the Capital hotel in London. The surprise move sees Chavot leave the restaurant in Knightsbridge after more than a decade behind the stove.
Posted: 31 July 2009 | 16:22
The week kicked off with arguably the biggest chef move of this year as double-Catey-winner John Campbell announced his decision to leave the Vineyard at Stockcross and join the Dorchester Collection's Coworth Park near Ascot. Campbell has notched up no less than two Michelin ...
Posted: 24 July 2009 | 14:55
A bad end to the week with news in this morning that the Ritz Carlton and Marriott hotels in Jakarta have been hit by two bomb blasts overnight killing at least nine people and injuring 48.
Posted: 17 July 2009 | 15:37
The prestigious Catey Awards took place earlier this week and culinary legend Raymond Blanc took the big trophy of the night, the Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 18:10
Don't leave me this way! All good things end dear readers and this is my last Friday Wrap as I’m off to pastures new. I hope you’ve enjoyed the show, which must go on, after all. Looks like it's most certainly been squeaky bum time for Gordon Ramsay recently, with global expansion ...
Posted: 03 July 2009 | 13:12
I'm starting with the man in the mirror; I'm asking him to change his ways; And no message could have been any clearer; If you wanna make the world a better place; Take a look at yourself and then make a change.
Posted: 26 June 2009 | 15:18
Caterer Best for Business participant the Taverners pub in Godshill on the Isle of Wight has been recommended in the Guardian’s "Guide to Summer Pub"s, which isn't bad going. For all the latest in the series see our Best for Business page.
Posted: 19 June 2009 | 14:20
The deadline for the RSPCA good business awards, which recognise ethical business approaches to animal welfare, is looming. The 2009 Hotel Cateys entry process is now in full swing as well. So to be considered for one of these prestigious awards, get your entry in now.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 15:35
To celebrate the re-opening of the Waterside Inn following the new kitchen installation, Hobart is offering one lucky Caterersearch reader dinner for two at The Waterside Inn, including a glass of Champagne on arrival. Six lucky runners up will win a signed copy of Michel Roux's latest book, Pastry.
Posted: 05 June 2009 | 15:01
Whisper it, but are those green shoots I spy? A number of Europe hotels and restaurants believe we have may hit the bottom of the recession, research revealed this week. More than a third of the 200 hotels and restaurants surveyed by KPMG expected growth in their volumes of business ...
Posted: 29 May 2009 | 14:16
Having hung on by his fingertips last year after the disastrous Tchenguiz-gate, the game was finally up for Tim Clarke, chief executive of pub group Mitchells & Butlers, this week when another cunning debt swap turned out to be no where near as clever as a fox that has been to the university of cunningness.
Posted: 22 May 2009 | 15:45
So it really never simply rains if you're a pub operator, it pours and then some. Compounding a quite miserable few months for the pub trade, MPs this week accused the likes of Enterprise Inns and Punch Taverns of bullying their tenants. Ouch, that's going ...
Posted: 15 May 2009 | 15:43
Tips was one of the issues that dominated the headlines this week, namely the practice of using non-cash tips to subsidise staff wages, which will be outlawed from October. First the Government rejected the British Hospitality Association's claim that ...
Posted: 08 May 2009 | 15:49
Don't Panic! Sage advice featured in both Dad's Army and the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and now by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) in an attempt to diffuse the hysteria rapidly building around swine flu.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 15:52
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