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Menus made easy?

Menus made easy?

Bruce McLernon, manager and head chef at the Red Lion in Corley Moor, near Coventry, won a new laptop, courtesy of www.menumakers.co.uk, as top prize...

The full English

The full English

Huw Gott and Will Beckett say the key to a great gastropub is a simple idea, well-executed. Mark Taylor met them at their award-winning incarnation...

Whining and dining

Whining and dining

As if pubs needed telling, the myth of stoic customers eating leathery steaks and half-frozen lasagnes without a word of complaint is just that - a...

CAMRA talks turkey

CAMRA talks turkey

Although more people than ever before will be enjoying Christmas dinner at the pub this year, real ale lobby group CAMRA has thrown a lifeline to...

Haul of the wild

Haul of the wild

Fresh, local produce from land and sea is the order of the day at the Steam Packet Inn. Alice Whitehead meets the owner of a popular coastal haunt...

The Mill House tale

The Mill House tale

By James Wilmore

"The Mill House? Great, that's on my way home," says the cabbie at Newcastle Central station. "It used to be a right dive - it was where the local...

Taste of the future

Taste of the future

MIXING BUSINESS with pleasure is not always said to be a good idea, but the chance to taste, touch, hear, smell and see the very latest products and...

A big thank you

A big thank you

Thank you to everyone who took part in PubChef's Food Report survey that helped us produce our October edition. We learned that government red tape,...

Attract families

Attract families

Mark Taylor continues our series with a look at how to encourage families to use your pub. The Priory, Tetbury, Gloucestershire As parents of young...

Crowning Glory

Crowning Glory

James Burn and Penny Hawes have only been running the food-led Crown in Dialpost, West Sussex for a few months but already it looks likely that they...

Hawk that pork

Hawk that pork

Pork products are rising in popularity among diners and provide ideal, cost-effective dishes for pub menus. Research from the British Pig Executive...

Food for the soul

Food for the soul

The ideal British pub should be a warm, cosy and friendly place where customers can refresh body and soul with nourishing, well-served food and drink...

Grab a meal ticket

Grab a meal ticket

You can't make informed decisions about starting a food offer unless you have all the information at your fingertips. Our experts point you in the...

Food awakening

Food awakening

Sue Coughlan, licensee at Shepherd Neame pub the Sun Inn, in Faversham, Kent, offers words of reassurance for any would-be kitchen wizards "We...

Taste test

Taste test

THIS WEEK: Chalky's Bite A new brew from Sharp's Brewery in Cornwall that has been developed with celebrity chef Rick Stein as an ideal beer to...

Fair game

Fair game

Most pub cooks are game for just about anything, a proposition that was put to the test when Punch Taverns organised a special skills day devoted to...

The end of the road for Les Routiers UK?

The end of the road for Les Routiers UK?

By Tony Halstead

Hundreds of licensees could find themselves out of pocket after pub and restaurant guide Les Routiers failed to meet its 2007 UK publication deadline.

FoodBriefs

FoodBriefs

Fish body wants cod ban for 2007 The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a complete ban on cod fishing in the...

Taste test

Taste test

THIS WEEK: Carlsberg's Jacobsen range: Saaz Blonde, a 7.1% abv blonde beer, and Bramley Wit, a 4.6% abv wheat beer - both imported from Denmark...

Dorset's top crop

Dorset's top crop

Deprivation comes in many forms. On the face of it, Dorset has plenty to make other counties jealous. Rolling countryside, picturesque villages,...

A chef with an eye for detail

Let battle commence

The finals of the PubChef Excellence Awards chefs' competition begins next week. Over the next month, chefs from around the country will be battling...

Designer kitchens

Designer kitchens

Keswick Lodge's space-saving kitchen revamp proves it always pays to get the professionals in. Award-winning pub manager Neil Vigerstaff believes...

Think before spend

Think before spend

Assessing your needs carefully before you decide on the equipment for your pub kitchen is vital if you are to make the correct choices. Our experts...

Early bird offer

Early bird offer

Amid all the hoo-hah about the Licensing Act, which came into force almost a year ago, it was inevitable that the prospect of pubs opening later...

Property of the week

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Friars Gate, WarringtonLocated in the Heart of the Town Centre Nightclub Circuit6AM Licence on Friday & SaturdayClose Proximity to UniversitySeparate Floors AvailablePotential to Split Subject...

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