Food and Drink
The latest news and updates on food, from 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.
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May- 2019 -21 May
Game of Thrones-inspired immersive dining experience comes to London
The Vaults on Leake Street, London has announced it is running an immersive dining experience inspired by Game of Thrones. Named, Dinner is Coming, the immersive spoof dining experience will run in the restaurant’s underground tunnels until 14 July. The experience promises a “delicious feast of indulgent food with theatre,…
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20 May
Belsfield launches new vegan, vegetarian, gluten and dairy-free menus
Four-star Laura Ashley hotel, The Belsfield, has launched four brand-new afternoon tea menus in order to appeal to a wide-range of diets. As well as a traditional afternoon tea menu, The Belsfield’s two-AA Rosette chefs have created vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free afternoon tea menus. Priced from £22.95 per person,…
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15 May
ICA starts campaign following ice cream van ban
The Ice Cream Alliance (ICA), has told Catering Today it is launching a campaign to get local authorities to provide electricity points so that ice cream vans can trade with their engines off, after a number of London councils banned the vans from streets in their boroughs. An ICA…
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15 May
EU veggie ‘burger’ ban challenged across Europe
The European Parliament’s proposal to ban the use of names such as ‘burger’ and ‘sausage’ from being used to describe vegetarian and vegan products is being challenged across Europe, with food awareness organisation ProVeg International driving the campaign. The agricultural committee of the European Parliament voted in favour of the…
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14 May
Pub introduces mini portions in bid to tackle food waste
A town centre pub and restaurant has introduced smaller portions of some of its most popular dishes in a bid to combat food waste. The Sun in Ulverston has created a British Classics menu for senior citizens, some of whom had commented the pub’s portions were too much. Now smaller…
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9 May
FSA backs mandatory ingredient labelling on food
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has advised that increased allergen information should be provided on pre-packed direct sale food to “give consumers greater confidence in the food they eat”. The board also set out priorities as part of an ambition to make the UK the best place for food hypersensitive…
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3 May
London councils to ban ice cream vans
London councils including Camden, Westminster and Islington are set to ban ice cream vans from operating on roads within the boroughs in order to cut down on air pollution. Most ice cream vans run on diesel fuel, releasing high levels of black carbon, a substance which scientists claim can stunt…
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2 May
Moving Mountains to launch ‘breakthrough’ vegan hot dog
Vegan food manufacturer, Moving Mountains, has announced it is to launch a new hot dog which it claims is “identical” to a pork-based one. The 10-inch gluten-free hot dog will launch in Unity Diner in Shoreditch next week, after the UK manufacturer previously launched the “bleeding” vegan burger last year.…
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Apr- 2019 -29 April
Breakfast and lunch to be ‘delivered by drone in five years’
Drones will be a feature of the delivery channel in Britain within five years, global information company the NPD Group has predicted. The company said delivery was changing the shape of British foodservice with food orders being the industry’s fastest-growing channel and its extensive use of technology making it the…
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17 April
Hilton on Park Lane chef wins Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2019
London Hilton on Park Lane has announced Julien Piveteau has been named ‘Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2019’, winning the David Lyell Scholarship. Piveteau, a demi chef de partie at the London Hilton on Park Lane, presented a menu to the judging panel made up of Mick Burke, Ross…
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