Dessert focus: Pudding fan's paradise
17-Oct-2007
Life's sweet at the Red Lion. Situated in Hinxton, a small village eight miles south of Cambridge, the pub hosts a monthly pudding club where...
Dessert focus: Peggy's puds
17-Oct-2007
There's a very nice man who's taken over as manager of the mobile phone shop down the road. He's been in for a meal by himself a couple of times, so...
Dessert Focus: best til last?
17-Oct-2007
DESSERTS HAVE always been something of a sticky issue for pubs, and not just toffee pudding.The profit margin on selling a dessert at three or four...
Countryside curries
17-Oct-2007
For a pub in the heart of the English countryside which makes a virtue of local sourcing to be promoting Indian takeaways is a little unusual....
16-Oct-2007 By Tony Halstead
The price of pub food is soaring to unacceptable levels, according to the Good Pub Guide
Hallowe'en Focus: Ideas for food
16-Oct-2007
Once all the tricks are treated and the sparklers have sparkled their last, customers' thoughts will inevitably turn to food.Sausages, burgers and...
Pubs accused of food rip-off
16-Oct-2007
The rising cost of a pub meal could put customers off eating out, claims the Good Pub Guide.Guide co-editor Alisdair Aird has risked the wrath of...
12-Oct-2007
Darron Bunn, head chef of the Chasers in Stokeinteignhead, Devon, has been named Hardys Chef of the Year. The Michelin-starred chef, whose CV...
10-Oct-2007 By Ewan Turney
Forget food if you want to make a profit - that was the motion carried during an ALMR debate
Match Point: Cider and Food
10-Oct-2007
Tom Norrington-Davies,food writer and chef at restaurant Great Queen Street in Covent Garden, has devised some recipes which make perfect partners to Gaymers cider company's Addlestones cider.
Tea & Coffee focus: Have a brew...
10-Oct-2007
Fairtrade: With the continued rise in the popularity of Fairtrade tea and coffee, manufacturers have launched a number of new product lines to help...
Tea & Coffee focus: Choice beverages
10-Oct-2007
Extended opening hours have enabled high street pubs and bars to double up as all-day coffee bars, competing with the likes of Starbucks.The...
Tea & Coffee focus: Seriously good coffee
10-Oct-2007
A coffee makeover is paying dividends for SA Brain, Wales' biggest pub operator.Over the past six months, the company has introduced Puro Fairtrade...
Tea & Coffee focus: Fair enough?
10-Oct-2007
THE GROWTH of the Fairtrade movement has undoubtedly been an important factor in helping put the quality and provenance of tea and coffee at the...
Kit for a quick bite
10-Oct-2007
SOME RELATIVELY lightweight snack equipment can make a heavyweight contribution to a pub's food profits. Investment in snack equipment is low...
Ultimate withdraw "drink like a fish" promo
09-Oct-2007
Newcastle-based nightclubs firm Ultimate Leisure has withdrawn a promotion flagged up as "drink like a fish" from its new Glasgow venue Sea and...
London councils team up to show 'scores on the doors'
08-Oct-2007
Pubs across London are to be asked to display a food hygiene rating after 28 of the capital's councils teamed up to launch a 'scores on the doors'...
Thwaites teams up with local butcher
08-Oct-2007
Thwaites has teamed up with a Lancashire butcher to introduce regionally-reared beef into selected pubs. The brewery has teamed up with Althams...
Beer and food recipe special: Cooking with Manns
05-Oct-2007
Proving that matching beer and food is nothing new, we're proud to present a selection of recipes which use Manns brown ale.Manns hasa proud...
Can you beat them at their own game?
05-Oct-2007
ARE YOU a pigeon or a penguin? In evolutionary terms, you're probably better off being a generalist like a pigeon, which can thrive more or less...
opinion
05-Oct-2007
Paul Smith considers the way forward for the Bar Entertainment and Dance Association From time to time, a trade association should take a long look...
Sam Pedder, head of food at Admiral Taverns
04-Oct-2007
Top tips for success 1. Start with staff. Systems for procedures such as bookings and sittings need to be implemented and explained to every staff...
Meat: Origin part of the equation
03-Oct-2007
IT SEEMS Undercover Mum has a lot to answer for. The ITV programme, broadcast in August, saw former policewoman Nina Hobson send samples of steaks...
Meat: The price of pigs
03-Oct-2007
There's been plenty of publicity recently about the impact that rising grain costs are likely to have on the price pubs pay for meat. On behalf of...
Meat: A cut above
03-Oct-2007
A SURVEY of pubs that offered a prize draw of a whole pig as an incentive to provide information was always likely to attract respondents who know...
An inspector calls
01-Oct-2007
Lucy Britner talks pies, passion and high menu prices with Elizabeth Carter, consultant editor of the Which? Good Food Guide
Top tables
01-Oct-2007
Pub owners give tips on customer service. This month - customers threaten to leave because their order is lost and they have waited an hour for food....
Take three
01-Oct-2007
Richard Fox explores ways of combining a humble trio to make tasty, original meals This little combo is pub food heaven -quite literally cheap as...
Legal surgery
01-Oct-2007
Graeme Cushion, partner at licensing solicitors Poppleston Allen, answers more of your food legislation questions Q I own a busy pub/restaurant on...
PubChef's round-up of what the critics have penned about pub food
01-Oct-2007
The Only Running Footman, Mayfair, London 0207 499 2988 www.themeredithgroup.co.uk Marina O'Loughlin, Metro, 19 September 07 The top floor will be...
Foodservice news
01-Oct-2007
A look at what's new in the world of pub suppliers Mutton makes a comeback This year's Mutton Renaissance Campaign is encouraging pubs to get...
A round-up of the month's pub food news
01-Oct-2007
Ramsay's top ten Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay says he plans to open 10 new pubs in 2008. Ramsay is due to open two more pubs this year, the...
Gastropub boom in East Anglia
01-Oct-2007
Pub company Gastro Pubs plans to open 20 food-led pubs in East Anglia in the next five years. The company's second pub, the Compasses in Stansfield,...
Halloween recipe: Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Chilli Corn Bread
28-Sep-2007
Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Chilli Corn BreadMakes 10 portionsIngredientsFor the chilli corn bread200g (7oz) yellow cornmeal or polenta 175g (6oz)...
Business Opinion
27-Sep-2007 By with Clive Consterdine FBII, director of Nucleus
Reversing the fall in British beer sales I spent half a day last week debating the issue of yields and beer quality with members of the Operations...
Roaring success
27-Sep-2007
With imaginative menus and great service, Alex Clarke has set high standards at the Red Lion in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire. David Hancock reports Why my...
Making it special
26-Sep-2007
IT COULD be you. Although winning a competition in The Publican may not be quite as life changing as seeing your lottery numbers come up, it can...
Just let it Rock
26-Sep-2007
THINGS ARE heating up at the White Hart Inn in Wilmington, East Devon, thanks to a focus on driving food sales.Since Kellie Mannisto took over as...
Wetherspoon has the meatiest nuggets
25-Sep-2007
Pub group JD Wetherspoon has topped a survey designed to check the quality of chicken nuggets served up on chidren's menus.Trading standards officers...
Sixth opening for London gastropub operators
24-Sep-2007 By Lucy Britner
Gastropub entrepreneurs the Martin brothers are to open a sixth venue next February. Tom and Ed Martin are the team behind The Gun, The Empress of...
Clean up your act
21-Sep-2007
ALMOST EVERY pub operates with a glasswasher, but for those pubs which are expanding the food side of the business following the smoking ban, there...
FSA consults on food origin labelling
21-Sep-2007
The Food Standards Agency has launched a consultation on food origin labelling which aims to tighten up the rules.While the FSA is mainly targeting...
Making the most of pub food
21-Sep-2007
With the smoking ban in place there is a huge opportunity for food-led pubs. Noli Dinkovski takes a look at whether they are taking advantage of it T...
Business Opinion
20-Sep-2007 By with The PMA Team
Full steam ahead, at last, for Tattershall You couldn't accuse managed operator Tattershall Castle, named after its flagship floating pub moored on...
Pub to the rescue with school dinners
20-Sep-2007
A pub has once more come to the rescue of local primary school pupils by providing them with hot school lunches.The Boat Inn in Stoke Bruerne,...
Good Food Guide names top UK pubs
20-Sep-2007 By Lucy Britner lucy.britner@william-reed.co.uk
Nigel Haworth's the Highwayman in Burrow, Lancashire, has been named Pub Newcomer of the Year in the 2008 edition of Which magazine's Good Food...
Pubs to face further pressure as prices rise
20-Sep-2007 By John Harrington john.harrington@william-reed.co.u
In the wake of one of the wettest UK summer's on record, food and beer prices are set to rise dramatically over coming months Pubs face sharp...
Beer & Food Matching: Mine's a mild
19-Sep-2007
JUST TO show how firmly The Publican has its finger on the pulse, some months back we'd scheduled mild as the beer style for which our beer and food...
Chris Maclean: Good Food Guide triumph!
17-Sep-2007 By Chris Maclean
The other morning one of the chefs showed me a copy of the Good Food Guide 2008. We are in it. This is one of the most exciting achievements we've...
Win a laptop and other great prizes in our Food Report giveaway
14-Sep-2007
Which burning issues have driven the pub food market over the past year?From the smoking ban to food hygiene, and menu planning to local sourcing,...
