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Chef recruitment crisis

Pub chefs in need of 'more defined career paths'

20-Nov-2015 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.

Chef recruitment crisis

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

19-Nov-2015 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.

Training

Young’s and Geronimo Inns launch chef academy

18-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Young’s and subsidiary gastropub group Geronimo Inns has launched a new academy for its chefs.

Chef focus

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

17-Nov-2015 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...

Top 50 Gastropubs 2016

Top 50 Gastropubs: Awards Shortlist

16-Nov-2015 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.

Focus on coffee: how big is coffee in pubs?

16-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Not only is coffee a booming business in its own right, it helps improve food offers too. Michelle Perrett reveals how

PMA to host chef shortage roundtable debate

13-Nov-2015 By PMA

The PMA will be hosting a roundtable debate next week (17 November) on the shortage of skilled chefs currently affecting kitchens across the sector.

Food safety

How hygienic are pubs?

13-Nov-2015 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.

Noble Rot: a touch of the Sportsman at London's newest wine bar

12-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

If you have no boundaries or core idea, mulls Stephen Harris, things "can just get lost in a sea of b******s".

Food Safety

‘Pubs not up to scratch on allergen labelling’

11-Nov-2015 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.

Was a Masterchef judge right to say women should abandon families to be chefs?

11-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

When Masterchef: the Professionals judge Monica Galetti told the Radio Times last week that ambitious female chefs would be wise to abandon thoughts of having a family - or even a boyfriend - in favour of their careers, it thrust the issue firmly into...

Food businesses could be damaged by 'scaremongering campaigns'

10-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Pub food operators’ businesses could be damaged by “scaremongering” campaigns such as Jamie Oliver’s recent sugar tax campaign, a Yorkshire chef has claimed.

Gastropubs debate

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

10-Nov-2015 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...

Enterprise announces new partnership with Booker Wholesale

09-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Enterprise has announced a new partnership with Booker and its cash-and-carry subsidiary Makro.

Suffolk gastropub fire: owner describes trauma of seeing pub in flames

06-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The owner of a Suffolk gastropub that was devastated in a fire earlier this year has described the trauma of being woken up to discover his pub had been nearly destroyed.

Top 10 London food pubs: Hardens

Gastropubs flourish in London, says Hardens

05-Nov-2015 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...

British Sausage Week 2015

‘Sausage pride is running high’ as Britain’s best sausages are revealed

05-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Britain’s best sausages have been revealed and are available on pub and restaurant menus, following the climax of British Sausage Week 2015.

Chef recruitment crisis

HIT Chef Academy launched

05-Nov-2015 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.

Food safety

Government issues advice to limit ‘cancer-causing’ toxin in food

05-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Advice on how to limit the amount of the cancer-causing toxin acrylamide in starch-rich foods such as chips, toast, cake and coffee has been issued by the Government’s chief scientific advisor Professor Guy Poppy.

Top 50 Gastropubs 2016

Top 50 Gastropubs is on Facebook

03-Nov-2015 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.

Top chefs help Britain to become Great Food Nation

03-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Some of the country’s brightest food pioneers are joining forces with the government to help Britain become a Great Food Nation.

Menu focus

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

03-Nov-2015 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 competition

Connecting to the community

02-Nov-2015 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 pie to feature at Greene King festival

02-Nov-2015 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.

VIDEO

Inside the Freemasons at Wiswell, Lancashire

02-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

It's been a year of considerable success for Freemasons at Wiswell chef patron Steven Smith and his team.

Michelin Pubs Guide 2016: pub scene going "from strength to strength"

02-Nov-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

The pub trade should be congratulated for moving with the times, according to Rebecca Burr, editor of the new Michelin Eating Out in Pubs Guide 2016.

Rare burgers ‘not worth the hassle’, PMA readers say

02-Nov-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Serving rare burgers “is not worth the food safety hassle”, according to a Twitter poll of Publican’s Morning Advertiser readers.

Pub chefs should look to street food traders for lamb inspiration, says AHDB

29-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Pub chefs should “absolutely” look to street food traders for inspiration when it comes to using different cuts of lamb, the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has urged.

CHEF FOCUS

Harder cuts: high quality British cooking in Brighton

29-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

It would be lazy to compare Tom Griffiths, the 28-year-old chef responsible for new pub kitchen Flank, with St John chef Fergus Henderson more than once in the same article.

Star Pubs & Bars launches new intensive cookery course for licensees

29-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Star Pubs & Bars has launched a new five-day cookery course aimed at helping licensees and members of their teams improve their food offers.

ALMR Autumn Event

Increasing regulatory strain ‘worries’ operators

28-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

More food and drink operators are worried by the increasing regulatory strain on the sector, which could mean the difference between success and failure.

Pub chefs must do more to tackle food waste: SRA

28-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Tackling food waste must be given more focus by pub chefs to help save their businesses money and benefit the environment, a spokesman from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) has urged.

chef shortage

Celeb chef James Tanner: UK Colleges must put in more work to fight chef shortage

27-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

UK Colleges must work on keeping themselves up to date with developments in the hospitality industry, chef James Tanner has urged.

VIDEO

Inside the Pipe & Glass Inn, Yorkshire

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Coming third on the Top 50 Gastropubs list 2015 has made Pipe & Glass chef patron James Mackenzie more determined to push the East Yorkshire Michelin-starred pub further.

Merrett to judge Pub Chef Awards

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Paul Merrett, the owner of three top London food pubs, will judge the British Beer and Pub Association’s (BBPA) Pub Chef of the Year Award, with the help of a panel of industry experts.

Top 50 Gastropubs Awards 2016

Top 50 Gastropubs Awards entry deadline extended

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

The entry deadline for the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropubs Awards has been extended to Friday 30 October, allowing more time for great food-serving pubs to get their entries in.

Michelin Pub of the Year 2016 crowned

26-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

A Gloucester pub has been named Pub of the Year by Michelin ahead of the release of its Eating Out in Pubs Guide 2016 next week.

Podcast

Wetherspoons’ food developer: ‘a winning kids’ food menu’

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Wetherspoons’ food developer Sophie Jennings has revealed how the high street pub chain was one of the top pubs for healthy children’s meals on the Soil Association’s Eating Out report yesterday (21 October).

BHA calls for new tipping and service charge legislation

26-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Businesses across the eating out sector should be required by law to provide customers with accurate information on how tips and service charges are distributed, the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has said.

Food safety

Rare burgers ‘not worth the risk’, warns expert

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Serving rare burgers is “not worth the risk or cost” to operators, a leading food safety advisor to the hospitality sector has warned.

NEW OPENING

Farewell to the city: leaving the Gherkin for the Grantley Arms

26-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

Matt Edmonds recently ditched a high-profile role at Searcys at the Gherkin in the City to become chef-patron of Surrey pub the Grantley Arms, in Wonersh, ahead of its reopening under new management this month. Daniel Woolfson gets the lowdown on Edmonds’...

Fuller’s head of food: 'only education can solve chef shortage'

26-Oct-2015 By Daniel Woolfson

British schools and colleges are not doing enough to teach children what it takes to work in the hospitality industry, according to Paul Dickinson, head of food at Fuller’s.

Food safety

'Speedier fines' for law-breaking food businesses

26-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Law-breaking food businesses, including pubs, could expect speedier fines and prosecutions as a result of the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) food law prosecution database and a strategy to improve the organisation’s digital technology.

City news

Brewhouse & Kitchen has potential to be 50-strong venture

23-Oct-2015 By MC Allegra FS

Brewhouse and Kitchen, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) backed venture, has a vision of building a group of more than 50 pubs across the country.

Brewdog working with Roast chef to develop food offer

23-Oct-2015 By James Wallin, M&C Report

BrewDog is working with Wyatt Shevloff, who has spent the past four years as executive head chef at Roast, to develop its food offer.

Obesity debate

Mandatory nutrition labelling on pub menus

22-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Government should make nutritional information on pub menus mandatory to help combat the UK’s growing obesity crisis, a senior Soil Association policy advisor has urged.

Children’s menus

Big pub chains reveal top menu tips for kids

22-Oct-2015 By Nicholas Robinson

Senior head office staff from Wetherspoons, Harvester and the Soil Association (SA) have revealed their top tips for creating a nutritious and cost-effective pub food menu for children.

Healthy options

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