Food service
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A consultation document on education funding has raised concerns that the Government will not continue its investment in free school meals.The document, Investing for the future, protecting the front line: school funding 2010-13, sets out how the Government will prioritise education spending.
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 11:26
The publication of the Nutrition Action Plan in 2007 highlighted the steps that needed to be taken to combat the rising scourge of malnutrition among the elderly. While there is still a long way to go, Janet Harmer reports on some of the care homes and local authorities that improving their catering offer for the elderly.
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 16:42
Compass Group has announced the appointment of Nick Potter to the role of managing director of its business and industry arm Restaurant Associates. Potter will report to business and industry sector managing director Jason Leek when he takes up his new position in April.
Posted: 11 March 2010 | 17:40
Sodexo Prestige has won a £5m contract to provide event and banqueting services for at number of venues for Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM). Sodexo will provide locally-themed menus at the Discovery Museum, Laing Art Gallery, South Shields Museum and Art Gallery, and Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum. This is in addition to the Great North Museum: Hancock, for which Sodexo won the contract last May.
Posted: 10 March 2010 | 10:46
Story of the week: Industry figures have paid tribute to Rose Gray, the co-founder of the acclaimed River Café in London, who has died aged 71 after a prolonged battle with cancer. It was Hotelympia 2010 this week, and to round off the five-day event, the godfathers of the British culinary scene...
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 16:10
A school cook from Cheshire has beaten hundreds of competitors to win the Sodexo Chef of the Year title in a contest held at Hotelympia. Andrew Willcox, a chef at Cheadle Hulme School in Cheshire, was one of 10 finalists representing Sodexo’s healthcare, education, defence and corporate services divisions.
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 11:21
Providing nutritional information in workplace canteens has helped to improve the health of staff at Unilever, the consumer goods giant has revealed.
The company is to offer all 7,500 UK employees advice on better diets and exercise after a workplace trial involving 175 employees last year...
Posted: 03 March 2010 | 11:35
The food and service management sector saw turnover increase in 2009 to £4.2b, according to the annual survey of the British Hospitality Association’s Food and Service Management Forum. The forum chair Phil Hooper, who announced the results of the BHA’s 21st survey at Hotelympia yesterday...
Posted: 03 March 2010 | 11:21
A team of chefs from the House of Commons took gold medal in La Parade des Chefs on the first day of Hotelympia 2010. Working in the glass-enclosed kitchens of La Parade and preparing a meal for 100 paid-for covers, the team, which consisted of Nick Wort, Luke Fouracre, Daniel Terry, David Bush,...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 14:17
Malnutrition may have contributed to the deaths of nearly 50,000 patients each year in NHS hospitals, according to a study commissioned by government ministers. The figure is substantially higher than numbers reported previously. Ministers said last May that 239 patients had died...
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 16:27
Independent contract caterer Restaurants at Work has secured a two-year deal with the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. The £200,000 per year contract will see the Epsom-based caterer run the Chamber’s staff café and provide hospitality meals and buffets for thousands of delegates ...
Posted: 15 February 2010 | 11:58
Bob Cotton, chief executive of the British Hospitality Association, is among the senior hospitality industry figures to voice their support for Caterer's School Meals Matter campaign. Cotton said he strongly supports the principles of the campaign, which calls on the post-election Government...
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 13:00
Primary school children are choosing healthier lunches following the introduction of mandatory standards for school food, according to a new report by the School Food Trust (SFT). A national study carried out by the SFT found that the lunches taken by pupils in 2009 were healthier than those of children four years earlier,
Posted: 11 February 2010 | 12:12
Last week, we launched our School Meals Matter campaign in association with the Local Authority Caterers Association. Its aims are to call on the new government to commit to continued funding of school meals; and to galvanise hospitality operators to help ensure a pipeline of future customers and recruits by alerting school children to the pleasures of nutritious food and cooking.
Posted: 11 February 2010 | 10:03
Elior UK has extended its business relationship with bookseller Waterstone's with a new 10-year deal worth in the region of £10m.The new contract sees the launch of the 5th View Seafood Bar, following a refurbishment project to extend the hospitality space, with Elior's consultant chef, Anton Edelmann...
Posted: 04 February 2010 | 12:45
Chef and food campaigner Rob Rees has been appointed as the new chair of the School Food Trust (SFT), taking over from Prue Leith who is retiring after three years in the role. Rees, who took over the two-year post on Monday, said he knew he wanted the job as soon as he heard that Leith...
Posted: 01 February 2010 | 17:31
Host, the independent contract caterer run by entrepreneur Jerry Brand, has won three new contracts with a total value in excess of £3m. The first of two new education wins is a five-year deal at Box Hill School in Dorking, Surrey which sees Host take over the £450,000 a year contract ...
Posted: 28 January 2010 | 17:33
Hertfordshire Catering has signed up the Saracens rugby union team to help convert more school children to the benefits of having a school meal. The St. Albans team is collaborating with Hertfordshire county council’s school meals provider for 12 days of competitions aimed at encouraging...
Posted: 25 January 2010 | 13:18
Baguette Express, the Scottish-owned sandwich chain, expects to open around 50 new stores in and around London over the next three to four years after signing a “master franchise” deal with one of its franchisees. Robin and Billy Stenhouse, who founded the chain in 1999, have sold ...
Posted: 17 November 2009 | 07:00
Roast dinner followed by sponge pudding with custard is the nation’s favourite school meal, research has revealed. The online poll of 3,000 people was conducted by the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA) to mark today’s launch of the 2009 National School Meals Week (NSMW).
Posted: 09 November 2009 | 14:04
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