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Soil Association awards Pride Catering three silver Food for Life Catering Marks

Brian Turner and Pride CateringPride Catering has scooped a hat trick of silver Food for Life Catering Marks for its school meals work in the South-east. The caterer's contracts at Vineyard, Heathfield and Brookland schools - all in the South-east - were previously bronze. Pride now holds one gold, four silver and seven bronze catering marks.
Posted: 05 January 2012 | 12:21

Menuwatch – Turner's at Butlins

Turner's restaurantThe days of school dinner food and first and second sittings at Butlins are long gone. John Radford went to visit Brian Turner's new restaurant
Posted: 22 August 2011 | 11:08

Academy of Culinary Arts to stage cook-off to find next Bocuse d'Or candidate

Bocuse d'Or trophyThe Academy of Culinary Arts has confirmed the two chefs who will take part in a cook-off to become the next candidate to represent the UK at the Bocuse d'Or contest. The two shortlisted candidates...
Posted: 19 August 2011 | 11:54

Academy of Culinary Arts unveils shortlist of chefs to represent UK in 2013 Bocuse d'Or

Bocuse d'Or trophyThe Academy of Culinary Arts has unveiled a shortlist of potential candidates to represent the UK in the next Bocuse d'Or culinary competition. Following former entrant Simon Hulstone's decision to retire from the prestigious biennial contest, the academy has narrowed the search for his replacement down to three chefs.
Posted: 06 May 2011 | 10:49

Mark Birchall named 2011 Roux Scholar

Mark Birchall named 2011 Roux ScholarMark Birchall, head chef at the Michelin-starred L'Enclume in Cartmel, Cumbria, has been named the 2011 Roux Scholar. Birchall, who had entered the...
Posted: 19 April 2011 | 09:53

Brian Turner to open restaurant at Butlins Bognor Regis

Celebrity chef Brian Turner is to launch a restaurant at Butlins' Bognor Regis holiday park resort in West Sussex, with a further two sites in the pipeline....
Posted: 28 March 2011 | 12:48

Bocuse d'Or and Coupe du Monde round-up

The UK teams were well represented at the two top culinary contests in Lyon last week. But with other countries still eclipsing the Brits in the Bocuse d'Or and Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie, the preparations for 2013 need to start now. Kerstin Kühn and Amanda Afiya report
Posted: 02 February 2011 | 11:31

Simon Hulstone's final countdown to Bocuse d'Or 2011

Next Wednesday, Simon Hulstone will represent the UK at the most high-profile competition of his career, the Bocuse d'Or 2011, in Lyon. He tells Amanda Afiya how he is preparing for the mother of all cook-offs
Posted: 19 January 2011 | 11:32

Tributes flood in for veteran food critic Egon Ronay

Egon RonayA gentleman with an air of class and quality about him who was full of integrity is how chef Brian Turner CBE described Hungarian gourmet and food guide editor Egon Ronay, who passed away at the weekend, aged 94.
Posted: 14 June 2010 | 14:13

Welsh schoolboy to compete with the best chefs in Wales

FutureChef winner Luke Thomas with Brian TurnerA sixteen-year-old Welsh schoolboy is to take on the best chefs in Wales in the country's premier culinary contest. The Welsh winner of this year’s FutureChef competition, Luke Thomas from Connah's Quay, who recently made his television debut with celebrity chef Brian Turner on the UK Good Food Channel...
Posted: 06 November 2009 | 14:32

Michelin-starred Simon Hulstone to cook for the UK in the 2011 Bocuse d’Or

Simon Hulstone outside the Elephant restaurantSimon Hulstone, chef-proprietor of the Michelin-starred Elephant restaurant in Torquay, Devon, and the current Knorr National Chef of the Year, will represent the UK at the next Bocuse d’Or competition in 2011. Hulstone, who was placed tenth in the prestigious culinary competition held in Lyon...
Posted: 05 November 2009 | 13:08

Chef Conference - Hail to the chefs 

Heston Blumenthal, Angela Hartnett and Elena Arzak, part of our Michelin-starred line-upSome of the biggest names in UK and European cooking came together in London last week for the 2009 Caterer and Hotelkeeper Chef Conference.
Posted: 07 October 2009 | 17:09

Armando Lemar is Tabasco oyster-opening champion for eighth time

Armando Lemar The Tabasco British Oyster Opening Championship 2009 winner is defending champion Armando Lemar of Coastline La Brocca. The 17th Oyster Opening Championship was held at Green’s Restaurant & Oyster Bar in Cornhill. Eleven contestants attempted to break the record for opening and ...
Posted: 03 September 2009 | 15:15

Jerry Brand’s Host makes first profit

Jerry BrandJerry Brand’s Host Contract Management has made its first annual profit since being set up more than four years ago. Brand, who was the major shareholder in Russell & Brand and later went on to set up and subsequently sell restaurant chain Orange Balloon ...
Posted: 19 May 2009 | 07:00

Lucknam Park sous chef is 2009 Roux Scholar 

Hrishikesh DesaiHrishikesh Desai, sous chef at the Michelin-starred Lucknam Park in Colerne, Wiltshire, has been named the 2009 Roux Scholar.
Posted: 07 April 2009 | 11:24

Six Roux Scholarship finalists are named

Daniel Cox was the 2007 Roux ScholarThe six national finalists for this year’s Roux Scholarship have been selected, following regional finals at University College Birmingham and Thames Valley University.
Posted: 09 March 2009 | 13:19

Brian Turner - A Minute on the Clock

Celebrity chef Brian Turner was the British judge at the 2009 Bocuse d'Or competition, which took place in Lyon last week. He spoke to Kerstin Kühn about his experience of the event
Posted: 05 February 2009 | 00:00

Royal Garden hotel team wins Springboard Slingsby Trolley Challenge Cup

One of the Springboard trolley-run teamsThe hospitality industry was out in force at London’s Westminster Kingsway College last week to participate in the second Springboard Slingsby Trolley Challenge Cup.
Posted: 23 September 2008 | 07:00

Italian eaterie to replace Brian Turner venture

London's Millennium Mayfair hotel London's Millennium Mayfair hotel is to launch a new Italian restaurant to replace Brian Turner's eponymous venture which closed last week.
Posted: 06 August 2008 | 15:58

Bradley Johnston wins Springboard's Future Chef 2008 title

Bradley Johnston, a 15-year old from Strangford College in Northern Ireland, was today crowned as the winner of Springboard’s Future Chef national final 2008.
Posted: 17 March 2008 | 17:42

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