Health & safety
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A Birmingham catering firm has been shut down by environmental health officers after 44 police officers suffered food poisoning. Meal Machine was closed by Birmingham City Council under Food Hygiene regulations as a result of concerns over cleanliness and cross-contamination of foods.
Posted: 21 July 2009 | 17:02
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
A German chef, who blew off both of his hands in a liquid nitrogen kitchen accident, has had one of his hands reattached. The young chef, known as Martin E from Stahnsdorf, near Berlin, was experimenting with a recipe involving liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze food, when the accident happened.
Posted: 17 July 2009 | 09:00
The hospitality industry is being urged to create firm contingency plans to deal with the increasingly imminent impact of the swine flu pandemic. The British Hospitality Association (BHA) is urging the industry to develop strategies to cope with an outbreak, which claimed its 17th ...
Posted: 16 July 2009 | 07:30
A German chef has blown off both of his hands in a liquid nitrogen kitchen accident. The young chef, known as Martin E from Stahnsdorf, near Berlin, was experimenting with a recipe involving liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze food, when the accident occurred.
Posted: 15 July 2009 | 00:00
Four in 10 people in the UK have an allergy or intolerance to food at some time, Caterer looks at how operators can accommodate sufferers and tap into a lucrative and growing market.
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 15:10
The former owners and operators of a Norwich-based restaurant have been banned from running any food business, after being found guilty of a number of serious food safety offences. Father and daughter Geoff Brooke-Smith and Nicola Lloyd, who ran the Greens restaurant in Aylsham ...
Posted: 10 July 2009 | 12:16
An Indian restaurant in Stockport will have to pay compensation to a customer who tripped and broke an ankle as she left the premises. Gatley Tandoori was before the Civil Appeal Court in London trying to reverse an earlier decision by Manchester County Court. At the earlier court hearing ...
Posted: 16 June 2009 | 11:37
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
A Chinese restaurant in Leicester was warned eleven times over a three-year period to improve its hygiene standards, a court heard.Shong Qiang Wang, owner of the Great Wall Chinese restaurant in Welford Road, admitted breaches of the hygiene regulations during a hearing before magistrates in Leicester.
Posted: 12 June 2009 | 08:00
A Suffolk hotel has been fined a total of £38,000 after health inspectors found appalling conditions in the kitchens. Oxford Hotels and Inns Management, owners of the Riverside Hotel at Mildenhall, admitted breaches of the hygiene regulations during a hearing before Bury St Edmunds ...
Posted: 02 June 2009 | 11:07
Little Chef has announced a nationwide roll out of the menu created by celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal.
Blumenthal’s revamped menu, which he created during the Channel 4 documentary Big Chef Little Chef, has been trialled at the Little Chef branch in Popham, Hampshire ...
Posted: 26 May 2009 | 14:05
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Novelli loses two restaurants in failed gastropubs; Ramada Jarvis looks to restructure or to sell some hotels; Marriott Hotels is the UK’s 17th greenest company; Oldham drinkers may have to queue and more ...
Posted: 26 May 2009 | 10:35
Restaurant group D&D London is part of an investigation into the death of a woman who passed away after dining at its Quaglino’s restaurant in St James last weekend. Westminster Council has launched a probe into the death of a 50-year old woman, who had dined at Quaglino’s on Saturday night (16 May).
Posted: 22 May 2009 | 15:18
Mexico’s hotel industry suffered a sharp decline in occupancy rates as a result of the swine flu outbreak, figures have revealed. According to data from analyst firm STR Global, hotels in Mexico saw a 50% drop in occupancy in the days following the outbreak, between 26 April and 2 May.
Posted: 11 May 2009 | 08:00
War in the Middle East, terror attacks, foot-and-mouth, Sars and now swine flu. The hospitality industry should be ready for anything by now. Gemma Sharkey reports
Posted: 07 May 2009 | 07:30
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Mexican hotelier outlines a week hit by swine flu; IHG launches energy-saving website ; London hotel evacuated over chemical found with dead bodies; Punch seeks financial advisers after banking breach; and demand soars for Holiday Inn’s credit-crunch wedding package
Posted: 05 May 2009 | 11:22
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
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has said swine flu is a “serious concern, but no cause for panic”.
Posted: 01 May 2009 | 10:05
VisitBritain has said it does not plan to issue specific advice to visitors to the UK on the swine flu pandemic, as yet.
Posted: 28 April 2009 | 11:42
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