PubChef Food Excellence Awards WINNER - Special Achievement Award
The PMA Team looks at the gastro-legacy of the pub food innovator - Michael Belben.It's easy to forget that the gastropub, a term universally...
Archives for January 31, 2007
Chris Maclean: getting on target
The ladies' darts team were here last night. It's a good thing I had something booked in or the pub would have been virtually empty.They have...
PubChef Food Excellence Awards WINNER - Team
Our team category saw four teams of two cooking up a three-course pub menu of their choice. The four teams had to work together to create a starter,...
Government denies reports of U-turn over licensing
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has branded reports it has performed a "U-turn" over the Licensing Act as "nonsense". Several...
Our community pub: the Forester Arms
COMMUNITY PUBS: The Forester Arms, Broseley, ShropshireLICENSEE: Aaron LynnNo-one could accuse 25-year old licensee Aaron Lynn of not trying to make...
Charity to help troubled chefs
Trade charity Hospitality Action has launched a new initiative to help companies tackle the number of chefs that are affected by alcohol and drug...
What a carve-up
Despite decades of progress in the field of sexual equality, new research suggests the caveman within doesn't hide himself too deeply.A new survey by...
Our high street pub: Barcena
THE PUB: Barcena, Burgess Hill, West Sussex LICENSEE: Richard PodestaFormer insurance analyst Richard Podesta has assessed the risks of taking over...
Have another go at New Year!
CHINESE NEW Year falls on Sunday February 18, and welcomes in the Year of the Boar. With Oriental flavours finding their way into an increasingly...
Wales Focus: view from the top
One irrefutable fact about Wales is that the pub or club has always been at the centre of life whether it be for socialising or linked to our passion...
Back to basics: maximise letting rooms
Well, thank goodness Christmas and New Year are over for another year. But it's January and your beds are empty. Of course, there is no magic...
Wales Focus: pioneering Penderyn
There is an apocryphal story that Jack Daniel, the godfather of American whiskey, was Welsh. It is a story told by many but proof is hard to come by,...
The PubChef Food Excellence Awards Winners
Chefs and food developers celebrate their success after last night's awards.
Sell More, Save More category champions are out of the blocks
The Publican's Sell More, Save More project is now fully underway, with our category champions out of the blocks and assessing our three chosen...
PubChef Food Excellence Awards WINNER - Food Training concept
Finalists developed training materials to support the needs of tenants and lessees looking to introduce or improve their pubs' food offer. Solutions...
PubChef Food Excellence Awards WINNER - Pub Company Menu of the Year
This award recognises the pub company that has most successfully developed and delivered a new menu offer in the past year and judges were looking...
Grogan speaks over supermarket pricing
There are few issues affecting pubs that John Grogan, Labour MP for Selby in Yorkshire, hasn¹t campaigned for in recent years.He has pushed the...
PubChef Food Excellence Awards WINNER - Starters and light bites
Starters make a first and lasting impression on customers so it is important that pub chefs get their offer right. Our starters and light bites...
Marston's licensees taste success
Two Marston's Pub Company licensees have scooped Bronze and Merit awards in the Gastro Pub Main Course category at the British Cookery Championship...
Our rural pub: the Hack & Spade
THE PUB: The Hack &: Spade, Whashton, Richmond, North YorkshireLICENSEES: Anne & Alistair Dowson-Park Former Tory leader William Hague may...