Healthy eating
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Story of the week: England's visitor economy can grow from £97b in 2010 to £147b and create 225,000 more jobs over the next decade, according to VisitEngland.
John Footman is to become the new chef at the Goose in Britwell Salome, which was forced to close ...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 16:36
Cash-strapped students are resorting to the unhealthy option and even skipping meals in a bid to make their money go further, according to research carried out by Sodexo. 42% of students are adapting their diet in order curb spending and many are missing meals...
Posted: 19 March 2010 | 11:06
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
Chef Simon Rogan is going back to basics. He has
acquired Howbarrow organic farm, which he will
use to supply his L'enclume and Rogan & Company
restaurants, where he aims to serve the ingredients
in their natural state. Andy Lynes reports.
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 14:41
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
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
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: pub landlord jailed for defying smoking ban; Grosvenor House hotel tipped to become residential scheme for ultra-rich; Yo! Sushi looks to expand in Scotland; Rocco Forte Collection posts £35.8m annual loss...
Posted: 01 March 2010 | 10:23
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
With financial support from the government due to end next year, now is the time to help out the school meals programme, or risk wasting the work that has been done in the past five years to educate the young about healthy eating. Tom Vaughan reports.
Posted: 24 February 2010 | 14:43
Aramark has revealed plans to remove 5.5 tonnes of saturated fat from its customers’ diets by switching to 1% milk. The contract caterer will replace its 2.27 litre semi-skimmed milk packs with 1% milk across its onshore business portfolio from 1 March in a move believed to be an industry first.
Posted: 22 February 2010 | 14:48
Contract catering giant Sodexo has today announced the appointment of Matt Dawson as an ambassador for the company to help raise awareness of health issues. The ex-England rugby player and 2006 Celebrity Masterchef winner will work across all of Sodexo’s business segments...
Posted: 15 February 2010 | 11:07
Story of the week: Two major chef departures this week as rumours surround Cliveden and the news that Chris Horridge, star of the Great British Menu and head chef of the property’s Waldo’s restaurant, is to leave, while earlier in the week Michelin-starred chef Ryan Simpson – and his brigade – quit the Goose...
Posted: 12 February 2010 | 14:33
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
Rob Rees, last week appointed chairman of the School Food Trust, is calling on school headteachers to adopt a lunchtime lock-in policy in a bid to encourage healthy eating habits. The former chef, who took over the role from television cook Prue Leith, said to the Independent...
Posted: 09 February 2010 | 12:17
When it comes to improving the diet and thereby the health of the nation's children, we are all stakeholders. As parents, we wish to see our children achieve their full physical and mental potential. As taxpayers, we welcome the savings in NHS expenditure that a decrease in the rates of obesity...
Posted: 05 February 2010 | 11:41
Beverley Baker, chairman of the Local Authority Caterers Association (LACA), says we must safeguard the school meals service "LACA is delighted to have the support of Caterer and Hotelkeeper for this high-profile campaign to draw the attention of the incoming Government ...
Posted: 04 February 2010 | 17:09
The School Food Trust has awarded a Doncaster primary school £5,000 in recognition of its efforts to promote healthy school lunches. Bentley New Village Primary School received the cheque in a special assembly attended by Civic Mayor for Doncaster, Ros Jones as part of the SFT’s ‘Million Meals ...
Posted: 04 February 2010 | 16:35
Story of the week: Spanish celebrity chef Ferran Adrià dominated the news this week with the announcement at Madrid Fusion that he is to close his three-Michelin-starred restaurant El Bulli for two years. Still on the theme of iconic chefs, French patissier-chocolatier Pierre Herme...
Posted: 29 January 2010 | 16:01
A London council is considering the implementation of a ‘No Fry Zone’ around its 65 primary schools in a bid to curb the growing obesity trend in the region’s children. Lewisham Council is to meet later this month to discuss the proposal after a report found that a quarter of 10-year-olds...
Posted: 27 January 2010 | 16:13
‘Grow your own school dinners’ is Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s suggestion to help tackle childhood obesity in the capital. Nearly one in four children in the city is classed as obese. This figure rises to one in three by the time they are aged 11. Fast food exclusion zones around schools...
Posted: 26 January 2010 | 10:41
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