Catering Companies
The Catering Companies section on Catering Today focuses on the UK’s contract catering and event catering sectors, highlighting the businesses, partnerships, and innovations driving industry growth. It covers corporate, education, healthcare, and leisure catering, with news on contracts, sustainability, workforce management, and operational efficiency. Through company profiles, market analysis, and expert commentary, Catering Today provides professionals with insight into the strategies and challenges shaping modern catering services across the UK.
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Jul- 2018 -13 July
Wimbledon caterers paid same hourly rate for night shifts as day
Caterers at Wimbledon tennis championships are being paid the same hourly rate for night shifts as day shifts by catering company Compass Group, it has emerged. The caterer’s wages are below the London Living Wage at £8 per hour it was discovered by The Guardian. It is not illegal to…
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12 July
Food awareness organisation calls for ‘major shake up’ to school meals
Food awareness organisation Proveg UK has called for a “major shake up” in school meals saying that changes could “improve the health of their pupils, help save the planet and save money”. Proveg has set out a plan of five changes to the meals, increasing their intake of healthy food,…
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5 July
Catering company probed as 70 fall ill at graduation ceremony
An investigation has been launched into catering company CH&Co after Public Health England (PHE) received reports that more than 70 people fell ill at a graduation ceremony in London. Multiple cases of gastrointestinal illness were reported following the event held by the Royal College of Art in London, the location…
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2 July
Vacherin wins five-year catering contract with ITV
London-based catering provider, Vacherin, has won a five-year contract with television broadcaster ITV. The contract will see Vacherin delivering a variety of catering services at the company’s existing site in Gray’s Inn Road and new temporary offices in Waterhouse Square, both in London. ITV was looking to appoint a service…
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Jun- 2018 -15 June
Gather & Gather face legal action after meal leaves father fighting for life
A father was left fighting for his life after contracting a rare nerve disease from eating a chicken liver parfait at an awards dinner, served by contract caterers Gather & Gather. The disease resulted in Philip Earlam being admitted to hospital without the use of his limbs, speech and ability…
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11 June
Tesco and Sainsbury’s vegetarian products found to contain meat
Tests carried out by The Daily Telegraph have found vegetarian meals from Tesco and Sainsbury to contain traces of meat. Following the research the Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to conduct an investigation into the products, one of which passed an independent test by the Vegetarian Society. The products in…
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8 June
Bidfood cuts sugar content in its ice cream
The sugar content in foodservice supplier Bidfood’s Everyday Favourites ice cream has been reduced by 23%, to fall in line with Public Health England’s (PHE) target to reduce the sugar content in nine food categories. The reduction in the four flavor ice creams helped Bidfoods achieve the 2020 target in…
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8 June
The Queen on the lookout for new chef
Buckingham Palace is advertising for a new pastry chef as part of the Master of the Household’s department. The perks of the job include living in the queen’s house along with 33 days of paid holiday, a workplace pension, and access to the palace’s employee recreational facilities. Those working at…
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6 June
Huge fire tears through Mandarin Oriental Hotel
The Mandarin Oriental hotel in Knightsbridge has caught fire. Some 20 fire engines and 120 firefighters and officers have been called to the property on William Street. The fire brigade was called at 3:55pm, and crews from Chelsea, Kensington, Hammersmith, Battersea and other surrounding fire stations are at the scene.…
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6 June
Hallgarth Manor Hotel appoints new chef
Hallgarth Manor Hotel has appointed Thomas Knott as its new consulting and executive chef. The new appointment comes following the refurbishment of the hotel which saw extensive modernisation of the kitchen and dining facilities as well as a stylish new bridal suite converted from a former meeting room. Knott brings…
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