Hospital Catering
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Aramark has announced that Graham Merchant, a divisional director with the contract caterer until November 2010, has died. In a note to colleagues, the UK chief executive Andrew Main said that Merchant passed away on December 16 following a short illness related to a hereditary kidney condition.
Posted: 22 December 2011 | 13:15
Compass Group's healthcare brand Medirest has been ordered to pay £200 compensation after a patient...
Posted: 14 March 2011 | 12:33
When frozen meals supplier Apetito decided an all-encompassing sustainability policy was the only way forward, it led to a change in culture and mindset - not only for its own employees, but its customers and suppliers, too.
Posted: 14 October 2010 | 12:19
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Richard Shepherd puts Langan’s Restaurants on the market; Premier Inn launches £199 wedding and honeymoon deal; GMB blames pub tie for decline of rural pubs and more...
Posted: 20 September 2010 | 11:06
The vetting and barring scheme, which affects those working in education and health services, is due to be 'fundamentally remodelled'. Emilie Bennetts asks what this means for those working with children or vulnerable adults.
Posted: 09 September 2010 | 16:13
Care caterer Caterplus has announced the graduation of four people from its 'Can Cook Will Cook' catering training programme, run in association with homelessness charity St Mungo's.
Posted: 12 August 2010 | 11:32
As the NHS tightens its belt, contract caterers are pacing the corridor to see if it outsources a bigger proportion of its food provision. Daniel Thomas asks healthcare caterers how their processes can breed cost savings.
Posted: 05 August 2010 | 15:29
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Scottish health campaign likens NHS malnutrition to euthanasia; Inverness to host UK's first social enterprise hotel; Gloucestershire schools banned from 'spying' on pupils' lunchboxes and more...
Posted: 05 July 2010 | 10:39
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: Premier Inn bans vuvuzelas to protect customers sleep; late-night bars to pay the cost of policing drunken disorder; Qatari government interested in Savoy hotel and Grosvenor House and more
Posted: 21 June 2010 | 10:30
Compass Group has bought French food service business Caterine Restauration. The French caterer, which specialises in the provision of services in the education and healthcare sectors, posted revenues of €41.8m (£35.8m) for the 12 months to 31 August 2009 with gross assets valued at €34m (£29m).
Posted: 05 May 2010 | 10:16
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry. News includes: hotel insolvencies rise by 61%; Bannatyne Group buys Charlton House hotel for £3m; Armani opens his first hotel in Dubai; tourism boss calls for Government funds for Scottish B&Bs and more...
Posted: 04 May 2010 | 10:16
The chair of the Hospital Caterers Association Kevan Wallace is calling for “common sense” after the Conservative Party outlined plans to ensure public bodies buy British.Shadow Defra secretary Nick Herbert outlined a range of proposals at the launch of the party’s Honest Food Campaign...
Posted: 27 April 2010 | 14:45
Our weekly round of of the week's hospitality news includes: Story of the week: Volcanic ash cloud creates havoc for hoteliers; Tom Aikens and Compass to launch two restaurants at Somerset House and more...
Posted: 23 April 2010 | 14:27
Don’t drop standards in the face of spending cuts, was the key message at the Hospital Caterers’ Association (HCA) conference in Blackpool last week.
Catering and hotel service managers within the NHS were encouraged to rise above the current pressures...
Posted: 22 April 2010 | 17:08
Standards for hospital food should be enshrined in law according to food policy pressure group Sustain, after failed attempts to improve it is found to have cost taxpayers more than £50m in the last 10 years. A new report by Sustain entitled Yet more hospital food failure… says legislation is the only way...
Posted: 01 April 2010 | 14:12
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's tip: These look great on a buffet table - use for a birthday party or special event. Use blanched leek strips instead of string to tie the parcels. Keep your filo covered with a damp cloth until needed.
Posted: 18 March 2010 | 12:00
Two chefs from the north-east have taken gold in the Hospital Chefs Team Class at the 2010 Le Salon Culinaire International de Londres, which took place at Hotelympia last week. Organised by the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA), the awards aim to give hospital chefs...
Posted: 09 March 2010 | 10:45
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
Many in hospitality will have greeted New Year's Eve's midnight chimes not with Champagne and singalongs, but with an almighty sigh of relief. A decade that opened to the crackle of Millennium fireworks closed to the plaintive sound of operators thanking their lucky stars...
Posted: 11 January 2010 | 15:23
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