18-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Heston Blumenthal's business partner at the Hinds Head in Bray has backed a new pub opening. James Lee has opened the Beeches Grill in Burnham...
14-Feb-2011 By Jo Bruce
Town and City Pub Company, operators of Yates's and Slug and Lettuce has launched its own chef schools. The two schools offer chefs and kitchen...
Posh pies for St Patrick's Day and Royal Wedding
11-Feb-2011 By Claire Dodd Claire
Pie maker Pieminister has launched two limited edition pies and a number of special offers for those wanting to celebrate St Patrick's Day, the royal...
11-Feb-2011 By Jo Bruce
A London pub is aiming to capitalise on the capital's afternoon tea market by opening a tea room. The Coach & Horses in Greek Street, Soho, has...
11-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
The team behind award-winning London gastropub the Garrison are opening their third site at the end of March. Adam White and Clive Watson, who also...
Fish: What's the catch?
10-Feb-2011
"The best fish I've had was some mackerel that had just been caught. It was so fresh it still had rigor mortis." Keir Meikle says fish is his "great...
08-Feb-2011 By Jo Bruce
The former head of food at Hall & Woodhouse, Alec Howard, has launched a specialist food consultancy.
Carvery company marks royal wedding with food portrait
08-Feb-2011
Crown Carveries has commemorated Kate and William's iconic engagement portrait - using a traditional roast dinner. The carvery brand with 115 pubs...
Sheps steaks a claim with US-style cuts
07-Feb-2011 By Claire Dodd Claire
Shepherd Neame is set to introduce some innovative cuts of steak from the US as part of a shake-up of its menus. The cuts, the flat iron steak, club...
Al Murray the Pub Landlord needs your support
04-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Pub Landlord Al Murray is attempting to sell more crisps for Comic Relief than fellow comedians Jimmy Carr, Stephen Fry and Frank Skinner. And The...
Greene King offers licensees 'easy' food option
04-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Greene King has refreshed its food training for licensees to help them drive trade from the kitchen. The tenanted and leased division of the Suffolk...
02-Feb-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Pub caterers are joining the Fish Fight campaign launched in a Channel 4 programme hosted by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. In a documentary aired...
Greene King pledges to improve food training
01-Feb-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubco and brewer Greene King has vowed to help its licensees improve its food offer following the first results of a customer survey. Research...
28-Jan-2011 By Joe Lutrario, Restaurant
A worrying number of restaurants are not embracing technology and the internet to promote their businesses, according to new research.
Spud secrets: Top tips for top chips
26-Jan-2011 By Claire Dodd Claire
Forget Valentine's Day. If the way to someone's heart really is through their stomach, then the British are pretty easy. Let me explain. "Chips...
'Rising commodity prices will push up food costs'
21-Jan-2011
The price of a loaf of bread in the shops is to rise again after Associated British Foods, the owner of Kingsmill, warned that profits would be hit...
21-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A Liverpool pub won Town and City Pub Company's 2011 Pie Competition thanks to the help of a regular. Customer and amateur cook Gill Armstrong...
21-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
A number of Whitbread brands have introduced a variety of lower salt soups to their menus. Brewers Fayre, Beefeater Grill and Table Table now offer...
21-Jan-2011 By Jo Bruce
The lucky finalists in the Great British Pub Food Awards' Pub Chef of the Year 2011 competition have been announced. The 34 chefs will compete in...
Pubs urged to back Al Murray in Walkers challenge for Comic Relief
19-Jan-2011 By Matt Eley Matt
Pubs are being given the chance to get behind Pub Landlord Al Murray in his bid to sell more crisps than his comedian colleagues for Comic Relief....
18-Jan-2011 By Gurjit Degun
Admiral Taverns is offering a series of events at Booker branches to help licensees make the most out of serving food. The events will run from...
13-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Almost half of foodservice companies are unaware of major EU legislation in egg production, which could result in their products being banned.
11-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Pub chefs have just five days left to get their entries in for British Pie Week's Pub Pie Champion Competition, in association with Jus-Rol and in...
3663 launches 20% off sale for January
07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Licensees can save 20% on all catering equipment bought online at 3663 in January, as the company helps customers beat the VAT rise.
07-Jan-2011 By Jo Bruce
Pub operators have launched a range of January food offers to help drive post-Christmas sales. Town & City Pub Company brand Yates' is offering...
07-Jan-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Tim and Nic Cockburn opened their second gastropub in London's Mill Hill Village at the beginning of December. They took on a lease at the Adam and...
15-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Dining venues have been warned they could be losing trade by using Parmesan cheese in too many dishes. Parmesan is not suitable for vegetarians as...
15-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
BPEX is calling all chefs to enter its annual competition to find the best pork products in the industry. The Foodservice Pork Product of the Year...
15-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
JD Wetherspoon is offering a full all-day brunch on New Year's Day for the first time. The brunch costs £4.59 and consists of two fried eggs, two...
15-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Slug and Lettuce has brought back its festive "12 days of Christmas" promotion for its 2010 celebrations. The offer, promoted by Town and City Pub...
Snow 'n' ice dents Whitbread's fortunes
14-Dec-2010 By Hamish Champ
'Value' meal deals are continuing to drive customers into Whitbread's pub restaurants, the group said today, but it warned recent bad weather had...
14-Dec-2010 By Ewan Turney
Whitbread has reported a 5.5% uplift in covers at its pub restaurants for the 39 weeks to 2 December despite a slow third quarter due to the poor...
Pub Food: Kitchen not essential
09-Dec-2010
In these difficult times, if you're running a pub it must be reassuring to read all these features and reports telling you that if you get your food...
Top marks for former 'filthiest pub kitchen'
09-Dec-2010 By Matt Eley Matt
A pub that was condemned for having the filthiest kitchen in the country is celebrating after scoring top marks from health and safety visitors....
07-Dec-2010 By Phil Mellows
Gastropub entrepreneur Peter Borg-Neal talks to Phil Mellows about cantankerous chefs, pubs that must close and those cheats at M&S.
07-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Pubs, restaurants and cafés in Brighton are adhering to their claims that the food they serve is local, according to a new survey. The...
06-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The chef/owner of the top gastropub in the Morning Advertiser's "Old Speckled Hen" Top 50 Gastropubs 2010 is launching a second cookbook. "Loose...
Wadworth announces food pubs of the year
03-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Brewer Wadworth's "food pubs of the year" were announced this week at its annual awards. The George in Chippenham, Wiltshire, scooped Best Managed...
Norfolk pub adds beauty spa
02-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A well-known Norfolk gastropub is launching a spa in January - the Hoste Arms in Burnham Market, Norfolk.
Pub Food: Eat Seasonably
02-Dec-2010 By Jessica Harvey Jessica
It may well be a white Christmas and we've certainly got the advent calendars out now, so to keep your seasonal food menus as timely and festive as...
Pub operators must change to survive
02-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Delegates at the Peach 2020 Conference were told that pub operators must get to grips with brand perception and rising food prices to survive....
Everards crowns Tiger Hero champion
02-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Leicestershire brewer Everards has crowned a budding Yorkshire chef in its Tiger Hero cook off final. Neil Morton from Bakewell impressed judges...
Success for National Game Fortnight
02-Dec-2010 By Lesley Foottit
The organisers of National Taste of Game Fortnight have toasted it as a "huge success". The UK's largest shooting organisation, the British...
There's no such thing as a free dinner...or is there?
01-Dec-2010
A pub has managed to increase its trade, by giving away free meals. The Rose & Crown in East Grinstead, West Sussex, has been offering customers...
01-Dec-2010 By Jo Bruce
Mitchells & Butlers brand Sizzling Pubs is offering customers a free Baileys when they buy a dessert. A range of six £2.99 meals are also on...
Iceland launches pub food range
01-Dec-2010 By Jo Bruce
Iceland is the latest retailer to launch a range of pub food inspired ready meals — it is advertising its "pub Grub" range on TV.
New national food standards scheme launched
30-Nov-2010
A new national food hygiene rating scheme for all food establishments, including pubs, has been launched across Britain. The Food Standards Agency...
29-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Consumers like to eat locally sourced meat when dining out and are more forgiving of strange shapes or trims of meat when it is local. The findings...
26-Nov-2010 By Jo Bruce
Anglian Country Inns has opened a fishmonger at the Fox at Willian, in Hertfordshire, in response to growing demand.
26-Nov-2010 By Lesley Foottit
A catering company and arts charity are joining forces to re-open a pub that will cater for art lovers. Caterers Harbour & Jones and the Henry...
