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67% of men and 57% of women respectively in the UK are overweight or obese

Sugar Tax

Sugar tax and nutritional labelling enforced under lobby group’s plans

By Nicholas Robinson

Prime Minister David Cameron is facing increased pressure from the sugar lobby group Action on Sugar (AoS) to implement a heavy tax on sugary food and drink and to enforce nutritional labelling on menus to help tackle the UK’s growing obesity epidemic.

'Sugar has only four calories per gram,' says Making Sense of Sugar

Sugar Tax

Sugar myths ‘debunked’

By Nicholas Robinson

A campaign to dispel myths about the impact of sugar on diet and health has been launched ahead of National Sugar Week (30 November – 6 December), following celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s pressure on the government to implement a tax on high-sugary food...

The conference was followed by a London study tour

ALMR conference

How to gain investor interest in your business

By Nicholas Robinson

The ALMR conference drew wise words from sector dignitaries — with advice to those seeking investment in the future. Nicholas Robinson reports

Sous vide cooking: are food safety fears grounded?

Food Safety

Sous vide cooking: are food safety fears grounded?

By Daniel Woolfson

A lack of knowledge about the potential safety implications of sous vide cooking has sparked concern from experts, as new research claims many recipes don’t follow the recommended food safety guidelines.

There are 14 known allergens

Food safety

Allergen report: how are pubs performing?

By Alison Baker

They have variously been viewed with hostility, panic, suspicion and as an opportunity to stand out from the crowd. Whatever your starting point, the regulations on food allergy labelling are now a fact of life. Alison Baker looks at how the trade is...

Parlour owner: 'I struggled with getting my head around it'

Chef recruitment crisis

Pub chefs in need of 'more defined career paths'

By Nicholas Robinson

More defined career paths, as well as realistic expectations of head chefs, must be developed for pub chefs in order to attract and retain talent in pub kitchens, industry leaders have agreed.

Pub chef trailblazers met to discuss the chef recruitment crisis

Chef recruitment crisis

'Work together to banish pub chef stigma', say industry leaders

By Nicholas Robinson

The negative stigma associated with being a pub chef must be tackled by the industry, which it could achieve by working together to highlight the benefits to youngsters of a career in pub kitchens.

Word to the street: the ins and outs of pop-up residencies

Word to the street: the ins and outs of pop-up residencies

By Daniel Woolfson

Critics may have long grown tired of pulled pork, “American-style” barbeque and kimchi tacos, but consumer appetites for street food are as high as ever. Daniel Woolfson considers the ins and outs of hosting a street food pop-up residency in your pub.

Inside the Eagle with head chef Ed Mottershaw

Chef focus

The Eagle: the chef behind the 'UK's first gastropub'

By Nicholas Robinson

Ed Mottershaw is pretty much wedded to one pub. Alright, he underwent seven years learning how to cook at Battersea’s Fox & Hounds, but the 11 years since then have all been spent in the kitchen of what is credited as being the first gastropub in...

The winners of the coveted awards will be announced in January

Top 50 Gastropubs 2016

Top 50 Gastropubs: Awards Shortlist

By Nicholas Robinson

The shortlist for the three coveted awards for the specialist categories at the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 has been revealed, after some of the UK’s best food-serving pubs battled it out for a space.

Top 50 Gastropubs profile: the Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, Somerset

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Inside the Pony & Trap, Chew Magna, Somerset

By Daniel Woolfson

Brother and sister duo Josh and Holly Eggleton's country pub the Pony & Trap came second in this year's Top 50 Gastropubs, with chef patron Josh's cuisine revered as being some of the best British cooking in the country.

Pubs also outperformed the average hygiene rating across the food sector

Food safety

How hygienic are pubs?

By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs and bars outperformed restaurants, cafés and canteens in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) food hygiene broad compliance report, a result spurred by increasing competition in the eating out sector.

Pubs aren't up to scratch on allergen labelling, experts claim

Food Safety

‘Pubs not up to scratch on allergen labelling’

By Nicholas Robinson

Pubs are lagging behind the rest of the food industry on food allergen labelling, experts have warned, following the release of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) latest local authority food law report.

The end of 'Gastropubs'? How restauranteurs are changing the game...

Gastropubs debate

The end of 'Gastropubs'? How restauranteurs are changing the game...

By Stefan Chomka

With every place that serves beer and posh pork scratchings now claiming the gastropub moniker, a new breed of food-led pubs has risen. The Publican Morning Advertiser's sister print title Restaurant looks at five examples that are moving things...

The Bull & Last is in Highgate, north London

Gastropubs debate

...And how one chef is still a firm believer in the gastropub term.

By Nicholas Robinson

At a time when its validity is being questioned, chef Ollie Pudney is a staunch advocate of keeping the term ‘gastropub’ alive and kicking. Other than that, as Nicholas Robinson finds out, the owner of Highgate’s Bull & Last is an award winner who...

News analysis: can nose to tail eating rise again in UK kitchens?

TRENDS

Is the whole beast back on the menu?

By Daniel Woolfson

Cheap, sustainable and most importantly, delicious: alternative cuts and offal appear to be making a comeback.

Gastropubs flourish in London, says Harden's

Top 10 London food pubs: Hardens

Gastropubs flourish in London, says Hardens

By Nicholas Robinson

Gastropubs are continuing to flourish in London as easier access to prime sites over the years has allowed more chefs and landlords to take the plunge and run their own high-quality food-serving pubs, according to the 25th edition of Harden’s London Restaurant...

New programme aims to boost skilled chefs in the industry

Chef recruitment crisis

HIT Chef Academy launched

By Nicholas Robinson

A new chef training programme has been launched by HIT Training in a bid to tackle the growing shortage of skilled chefs in kitchens, which is expected to reach a peak of 11,000 in pubs by 2020.

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Top 50 Gastropubs 2016

Top 50 Gastropubs is on Facebook

By Nicholas Robinson

The Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs 2016 list will be revealed in less than three months and to help you keep up with the latest on the UK’s greatest food pubs, the Publican’s Morning Advertiser has launched an exclusive Facebook page.

A stock pot is not a rubbish bin'

Menu focus

Focus on stocks and sauces: it's all gravy...

By Alison Baker

Warming winter dishes are often made better with good stocks and sauces. Alison Baker discovers how you can improve your menu and maintain consistency whether you make your own or buy in

Heinz winter warmer competition hots up

Heinz competition

Connecting to the community

By Nicholas Robinson

Independent pubs and restaurants that consider themselves to be at the heart of their community could win a total of £50,000 in prizes in Heinz’s Heartwarming Heroes competition, which is supported by the Publican’s Morning Advertiser.

Tom Kerridge creates pie for Greene King pie festival

Tom Kerridge pie to feature at Greene King festival

By Daniel Woolfson

­Greene King has launched a pie festival at over 130 pubs across its UK estate, with one pie created by Tom Kerridge’s team at the Hand & Flowers available at selected sites.

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