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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
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
Story of the week: A massive fire broke out in a Shoreditch office block which houses a number of bars and restaurants yesterday morning. Owner of two bars affected by the fire, Jonathan Downey, told Caterer it won’t be back in business for at least 18 months.
Posted: 12 March 2010 | 15:39
Contract caterers are stepping up their support for the School Meals Matter campaign by presenting the petition to staff at schools and to parents of pupils. Simon James, managing director of Eden Foodservice, the education catering arm of Initial, has taken the campaign to his employees.
Posted: 11 March 2010 | 14:59
Accent Catering has been awarded a new 12-month rolling education contract at Harlesden Primary School in North London. The deal, worth £60,000 a year, sees the caterer provide lunches to the school's 150 pupils aged between three and 11 years old.
In a bid to encourage good take-up,
Posted: 05 March 2010 | 10:58
Efforts to improve the quality of school meals could all be in vain if canteens aren’t made fit for purpose, according to new research. An independent study, carried out on behalf of the School Food Trust (SFT) as part of its Canteen Rescue campaign launched today, found that poor quality canteens ...
Posted: 26 February 2010 | 10:28
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
If the multitude of quangos survives the next Government, the industry must have a greater influence on how they operate, says
British Hospitality Association chief executive Bob Cotton
Posted: 17 February 2010 | 14:32
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
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
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
Story of the week: Caterer and Hotelkeeper launched a campaign this week to gain a commitment from the incoming Government to support the school meals service and continue investment in the wellbeing of the nation’s children. In other news, chef and food campaigner Rob Rees ...
Posted: 05 February 2010 | 14:29
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
This week Caterer and Hotelkeeper launches a campaign to gain a commitment from the incoming Government to support the school meals service and continue investment in the wellbeing of the nation’s children.
Posted: 04 February 2010 | 13:08
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
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
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