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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Apr- 2018 -30 April
Ombra hits back after grated parmesan charge criticism
A restaurant that faced a social media backlash for charging £1.50 for grated Parmesan, Ombra in Hackney, London, has hit back, telling Catering Today its “Parmigiano is not a commodity product”. Customer Rosie French posted a complain on Twitter comparing parmesan to harissa oil (used in kebabs), and claimed the…
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26 April
Young’s extends ‘Proudly Made in Britain’ range
Fish and seafood business Young’s Foodservice, will extend its ‘Proudly Made in Britain’ credentials to eight further products in its foodservice range, including their Young’s Chip Shop products. This follows the brand’s ‘Proudly Made in Britain’ campaign in December 2017. Designed specifically for cafes, pubs and casual dining restaurants to…
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26 April
London cake shop launches ‘edible tampon’ macarons
A London cake shop, Ohlala, is selling tampon-shaped macarons in support of Bloody Good Period, a charity which supplies free sanitary products to those who cannot afford them. For every box of eight sold (priced at £24.50), Ohlala will donate £10, enough to supply a month of free sanitation products…
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25 April
Norse seals Norwich university catering deal
Catering company Norse has secured a deal to supply Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) with a range of hot and cold food along with beverages to over 2,000 people working and studying at the university. Norse will be creating more jobs by recruiting new supervisors and catering assistants at…
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20 April
Owner of ‘best restaurant in the world’ to open second outlet
A chef whose North Yorkshire restaurant has been described as the ‘best in the world’ in the annual in TripAdvisor awards last year, is set to open a new restaurant called Roots in the heart of York. There is no firm opening date for the new restaurant as of yet…
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20 April
Wyboston Lakes Resort chef awarded top honour at international competition
Wyboston Lakes Resort has announced that one of their young chefs Leanna Bromley-Higgs, has won the IACC Copper Skillet Global Chef of the Year competition at this year’s conference held in Philadelphia. IACC recognises the vital role that foodservice plays in conference venue operations and stages an Annual Copper Skillet…
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19 April
New Soho Cantonese restaurant to serve food through tiny hole in the wall
A new Cantonese restaurant will be opening today (19 April) through a window decorated with traditional Mandarin calligraphy on Greek Street, Soho. The Pleasant Lady Jianbing Trading Stall will be serving traditional jianbing (like a Chinese burrito) from 11:30am to 8:30pm. The hatch will be offering jianbing for £1 during…
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17 April
Chef Martin Morales to open London’s first Peruvian bakery next month
Chef and former iTunes head Martin Morales is due to open Andina Panaderia, London’s first Peruvian bakery in May. The bakery’s aim is to celebrate female Andean chefs and will be led by head pastry chef Ana Velasquez and the menu will consist of savory items such as Chancay bread…
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17 April
Hospitality specialist Vacherin reports its 15th year of growth
London-based independently-owned contract caterer, Vacherin, has reported its annual turnover has risen for the 15th consecutive year. Figures published this week for the year ending 31 August 2017 show turnover at £19.7m, a rise of almost 15%. It is managing director Phil Roker’s first full year in his position and…
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13 April
Easter weekend boosts restaurants following dismal March
Strong trading over the Easter holiday weekend helped lift the gloom for Britain’s managed pub and restaurant groups – after a poor, snow-hit March. Latest figures from the Coffer Peach Business Tracker show that collective like-for-like sales for the four days of Easter were up 5.9% compared to the Easter…
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