Gastropubs

Great Pub Chefs - Courage under Fire

01-Feb-2006 By Mark Taylor

In the hot seat - Jonny Haughton What do you think of the gastro pub explosion? "On the whole, it's clear that standards of food and standards of...

Great Pub Chefs - Courage under Fire

01-Feb-2006 By Mark Taylor

Jonny Haughton's favourites Places to eat - "The places are all local to where I used to live in Hammersmith, west London, and they all have the...

Great Pub Chefs - Courage under Fire - Jonny Haughton

01-Feb-2006 By Mark Taylor

Jonny Haughton was on the verge of celebrating 10 years at the Havelock Tavern when fire broke out. Despite such a harrowing ordeal, Mark Taylor...

Battle of the Chefs - Sauce of Inspiration

01-Feb-2006 By Alison Baker

Two chefs from sister inns in West Sussex were in for a saucy time when our latest Ready, Steady, Cook face-off took place. Alison Baker reports...

PubChef Awards - Team

01-Feb-2006 By Jo Bruce

The new team category challenged pub chefs to prove how effective they were in working together to produce a three-course menu. Jo Bruce reports Our...

PubChef Awards - Poultry

01-Feb-2006 By Jo Bruce

Poultry is a versatile and healthy ingredient that can also produce an excellent GP for chefs. The finalists were asked to create dishes that...

PubChef Live - Vickery's views

07-Jan-2006

Phil Vickery's views on various food topics

Chef's CV - Tom Kerridge

01-Dec-2005 By Mark Taylor

Chef's CV - Tom Kerridge

PubChef Live - Mutton's on the button

01-Dec-2005 By Mark Taylor

The mutton revival continues as the meat returns to trade kitchens. It was the focus of attention at this month's PubChef Live. Mark Taylor reports...

Great Pub Chefs - Well in Hand - Tom Kerridge

01-Dec-2005 By Mark Taylor

Tom Kerridge has taken the plunge and opened his own pub. He's worked hard to create the right atmosphere and it certainly seems to have paid off,...

PubChef Awards - Desserts

01-Dec-2005 By Jo Bruce

For diners with a sweet tooth, the dessert section of the menu is probably the one they most look forward to, and our finalists seemed keen to...

PubChef Awards - Meat

01-Dec-2005 By Jo Bruce

Provenance seems all the rage as consumers demand to know more about the source and supply of their ingredients. Nowhere is this better illustrated...

PubChef Awards - Pub Classics

01-Dec-2005 By Natalie Cooper

These dishes have stood the test of time, becoming enduring favourites on the menus of British pubs. To stir things up a bit, our category finalists...

Battle of the Chefs - Top of the Pots

01-Dec-2005 By Alison Baker

Two chefs from a West Sussex inn use French Charlotte and Amandine potatoes in this month's head to head. Alison Baker reports Think of two young,...

Chefs set to face payments probe

01-Dec-2005

by Lucy Britner Customs officers are poised to launch an investigation into 'back-handers' allegedly made to chefs by suppliers. Independent tax...

Top pub chef is Keen as mustard

03-Nov-2005

Pub chef Daniel Keen has been named as Tees Valley's hottest culinary talent in a regional newspaper award scheme.Darren, joint licensee with his...

Pub Chef awards bulletin

03-Nov-2005

Jonathan Furby, landlord/chef of the Linnet in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, won the Starters and Light Bites category with baked pork and mustard tart on...

PubChef Awards - Starters and Light Bites

01-Nov-2005 By Natalie Cooper

As the first or possibly the only dish many customers try, pub starters and light bites need to make a great impression. Natalie Cooper reports...

PubChef Awards - Game

01-Nov-2005 By Natalie Cooper

Game is growing in popularity in pubs, with diners attracted by the health benefits and flavours inherent in the meat. This category saw chefs...

PubChef Awards - Beer and Food

01-Nov-2005 By Natalie Cooper

These days, there's a growing trend to accompany food with beer. The intention behind our Beer & Food category was to challenge chefs to create...

Chef's CV - James Rudden

01-Nov-2005 By Tony Halstead

John Rudden's route to the award-winning White Hart comprised spells in the kitchens of numerous pubs and hotels, giving him the perfect grounding to...

Great Pub Chefs - A vision realised - John Rudden

01-Nov-2005 By Tony Halstead

A bleak, run-down pub swathed in mist was not John Rudden's idea of a promising career move. But 10 years on, the White Hart is an expanding and...

Great Pub Chefs - From rags to seafood riches - Clare Mansfield

01-Oct-2005 By Alice Whitehead

Clare Mansfield freely admits she was an appalling cook when she started 10 years ago - so how did the former trainee tailor become an award-winning head chef at a gastro pub in the Highlands? Alice Whitehead finds out.

Battle of the Chefs - Creative Juices

01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper

Using Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce in a menu that didn't include turkey inspired the chefs at the Baskerville Arms in Lower Shiplake. Natalie Cooper...

PubChef Live - Dish of the day that PubChef Live guests savoured

01-Oct-2005 By Jeremy Hollingsworth

Pot Roast Partridge with Smoked Bacon & Savoy Cabbage Serves six Ingredients 6 oven-prepared partridges 2 litres chicken stock 250ml red wine...

PubChef Awards - Eastern Cuisine

01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper

With pub menus at chains and gastro pubs increasingly showing eastern influences, this category challenged pub chefs to create dishes with a...

PubChef Awards - Seafood

01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper

With growing customer awareness of the health benefits from eating fish, recipes in the seafood cook-off reflected the category's increasing...

PubChef Awards - Young Pub Chef

01-Oct-2005 By Natalie Cooper, Jo Bruce

The PubChef Awards 2006 began by celebrating the talent of some of the country's youngest chefs. Natalie Cooper and Jo Bruce report Our inaugural...

Battle of the Chefs - Adam's winning recipe

01-Sep-2005

Supreme of chicken with Crottin de Chavignol, black olives and sweet potato frites. Method: Dice the Crottin de Chavignol into a bowl. Pit about 20...

Battle of the Chefs - Fuller's full-on fight

01-Sep-2005 By Jo Bruce

Two Fuller's head chefs pitted their skills against each other by working their magic with French goat's cheese. Jo Bruce reports PubChef headed to...

Great Pub Chefs - A Vintage Year - Michael Maguire

01-Sep-2005 By Mark Taylor

The Trengilly Wartha Inn at Constantine in Cornwall has built a reputation for food - and led to the emergence of a thriving wine merchants, which...

Pub Chefs make their mark in contest

01-Sep-2005

Three pub chefs have been highly commended in a competition to find the best dish using Worcester sauce. They are: Chris Bicknell, head chef, of the...

North meets South as chefs trade skills

17-Aug-2005

Top chefs have joined forces with food developers, catering suppliers and farmers to share their passion for quality beef and lamb.Hosted by the...

Incentivise your chef - Viewpoint

01-Aug-2005

Do you think enough incentives are offered to chefs working in the pub industry? Kim Scicluna, Licensee/chef, the Sun Inn, Feering, nr Colchester,...

Incentivise your chef - Stop your chef jumping ship

01-Aug-2005

Keeping a happy team in the kitchen is essential to running a successful food pub. Mark Taylor looks at how pub owners encourage their chefs to stay...

Battle of the BBQs - Chefs on Fire

01-Aug-2005 By John Harrington, Jo Bruce

The heat was on when PubChef staged its Battle of the BBQs competition, where finalists fought for a trip to the US. John Harrington and Jo Bruce...

Great Pub Chefs - Building Business the Hard Way - Brent Castle

01-Aug-2005 By Nigel Huddleston

When the workmen failed to complete his pub extension in time for a wedding booking, chef and owner Brent Castle knuckled down to finish the work...

Westminster's young chefs take Toque d'Or

27-Jul-2005

The team from London's Westminster Kingsway College hopes to follow in the footsteps of Anton Mosimann and Jamie Oliver after being named winner of...

Tomorrow's top chefs await their fate

12-Jul-2005

Young culinary stars from the UK's catering college are awaiting the results of the Nestlé Toque d'Or 2005 competition. The Toque d'Or gives...

Chef's CV - James Rix

01-Jul-2005

Chef's CV - James Rix

PubChef Live - Buy Local, Buy British

01-Jul-2005 By Mark Taylor

That's the message from celebrity chef Phil Vickery whose pub, the King of Prussia, formed the stage for our third PubChef Live. Mark Taylor reports...

Great Pub Chefs - Tasting the country life - James Rix

01-Jul-2005 By Mark Taylor

He wasn't keen on the gastro pub tag, but after moving to a sleepy corner of Hertfordshire, top London chef James Rix found it pulled in the punters...

Award winning chef takes over Wiltshire pub

22-Jun-2005

Pub Food Award winning chef Paul Morgan has opened his new venture, the Shears Inn and Country Hotel in Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire.After five...

Chef's CV - Nigel Ramsbottom

01-Jun-2005

Chef's CV - Nigel Ramsbottom

Battle of the Chefs - Two Cool Cats

01-Jun-2005 By Max Gosney

When the Merrie Harriers' chefs lined up for battle, they were nearly scuppered by a feline adversary. Max Gosney reports on a fishy incident. In...

Great Pub Chefs - Feather in his cap - Nigel Ramsbottom

01-Jun-2005 By Max Gosney

Chef Nigel Ramsbottom realised his dream of buying his own pub, having been won over by the informality of pub dining. But turning a tired business...

Great Pub Chefs - Russian Revolution - Olga & Dag Crawford

01-May-2005 By Alice Whitehead

A tremendous culinary change has swept through an idyllic Scottish isle thanks to a couple's first foray into the gastro-pub scene. Alice Whitehead reports

Battle of the Chefs - Two Pubs go to War

01-May-2005 By Max Gosney

The month's contest becomes a double act as two chefs from two venues vie for the Battle of the Chef crown. Max Gosney reports on the ultimate duel...