Features

The latest exclusive features, from industry figures and the business journalists at Catering Today. We bring you the latest on what’s happening in the restaurants, bars and catering industry, with exclusive stories, analysis, best practice and industry comment.

Jan- 2023 -

16 January

The Ice Cream & Artisan Food Show: it’s ice cream time

The Ice Cream & Artisan Food Show is organised by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), the trade body for the ice cream sector. This year’s show will feature the biggest free seminars programme it has ever hosted. “We are delighted to have what we think is the most compelling seminar…
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12 January

Adam Hyman on the Happiness in Hospitality 2022 report

What is your background in hospitality and can you tell us a little bit about your career progression? I don’t have an official hospitality background so to speak; like a lot of people, I have dabbled in working in restaurants and pubs growing up. I studied and worked in commercial…
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9 January

Naughty Pizza expands from Bedfordshire to Dubai on its franchising journey

Naughty Pizza was founded in the heart of Bedfordshire, UK, and has become a hotspot, with people coming in from surrounding counties to try the contemporary, gourmet pizza cooked with genuine Italian ingredients. Founded in 2020, Naughty Pizza prides itself on authenticity. Nearly all ingredients are sourced from Italy –…
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Dec- 2022 -

1 December

The Grand, York, on hosting the Delifresh young chef competition

Can you tell us a little bit about what it was like to host the competition and what sort of preparations the venue had to make? Ahmed Abdalla: The conference itself was pretty straightforward. We met with Delifresh a few times, me and my events team, prior to the actual…
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Nov- 2022 -

15 November

The viability of the roadside dining market

Roadside dining had its heyday some 50 years ago and when Little Chef, one of Britain’s most iconic and successful diner chains became defunct in 2018, it seemed like the extinction of the UK’s tenuous motor dining culture was finally complete. Four years on, and the nationwide operator Loungers of…
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10 November

Andy Lambert: ‘the perfect local restaurant’

Can you tell us a little bit about your career leading up to becoming head chef at the Bistro Union? I’ve been cooking professionally since I was 21, but if you’d asked me what I wanted to be when I was a young boy, I’d have said a chef. I…
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1 November

Operations behind Lusin, Mayfair’s first Armenian restaurant

Can you tell me about your career and how you came to be director of operations at Lusin Mayfair? I started hospitality management back in Lebanon, my home country, and I continued my master’s degree in the same field. At the same time I was working in restaurants, starting from…
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Oct- 2022 -

25 October

In conversation with the co-MD of Heavenly Desserts

Can you tell me about your career and how you came to be managing director at Heavenly Desserts? When I left school at 16, I went to college and then went on to university, but decided that the academic route wasn’t for me. I was always somebody who enjoyed working,…
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12 October

Why do casual dining sites thrive in economic uncertainties?

“Quick service restaurant companies like us often do well during periods of recession and economic uncertainty,” says Richard Morris, chief executive officer of Tortilla, “as consumers tend to turn to good value-for-money products and brands that they can trust during such times.” In fact, more people are purchasing takeaway or…
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11 October

In conversation with the executive chef of Steak and Company

Can you tell us a little bit about your background as a chef? I was classically trained as a chef. I started as a pastry chef in Poland before going on to travel around the world. I was in the United States for five years and that’s when I got…
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