Pleasure principles
Stephen Bull, former owner of the Lough Pool Inn and partner of the Hole in the Wall in Little Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire, offers his ideas on writing...
Archives for April 30, 2007
Testing the waters
With sales constantly on the rise, Lucy Britner urges licensees to take their water offering as seriously as their wine Water sales are on the up and...
Openings
Old Mill Berkhamsted, Herts, 01442 879590 theoldmillberkhamsted.co.uk Who: This is Peach Pub Company's seventh offering. It's a joint venture with...
News digest
A round-up of the month's pub food news Coping with changing habits Pubs will have to be more innovative with their offer to impress the next...
Flushed with success
While every Tom, Dick and national newspaper has been writing about the incredible growth in the cider market, rosé wine has been enjoying a...
New BII catering qualification
The BII has launched a new catering qualification. The Essentials in Catering Award (ECA) aims to assist the licensed trade in gaining more kitchen...
Diary dates...
What's going on in May May Day bank holiday 7 May Think extra staff and extra stock for this traditionally busy weekend. You could even have a...
Back to basics
Mark Taylor talks to Stephen Terry about his Michelin-rated pub near Abergavenny Stephen Terry took over the Hardwick in Abergavenny in 2005 and...
Diageo pairs malts with food
Diageo has launched a series of food and whisky tastings to demonstrate how single malts can accompany bar and snack foods. Diageo's collection of...
Orchid has a case of the Fuzzoids
Orchid Group is making an assault on the family market with the support of a posse of alien invaders.The Fuzzoids are a gang of friendly monsters who...
Jamie's chef
Lucy Britner chats with Aaron Craze six months after he won the tenancy of an Essex pub from Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation xxxx Even Phileas Fogg...
Foodservice news
A look at what's new in the world of pub suppliers EBLEX launches new website A new website designed to provide chefs with more information about...
Great expectations
Humayun Hussain looks at getting the language just right on your menu When you present your customers with the menu, the idea is to tempt and...
Social responsibility" next challenge for trade
The next big challenge for the pub industry is "social responsibility in all its forms", a trade chief has claimed. Speaking at the BII's annual...
PubChef's round up of what the critic's have penned recently about pub food
The Hoste Arms, Burnham Market, Norfolk Matthew Norman, The Guardian, 24/3 "The portions were almost as off-puttingly large as those oysters, so we...
Just desserts
PubChef's lighter look at the pub food worldI don't believe it....... A Greek Tragedy A recent visit to a new pub-chain concept left us lost for...
Trading Standards targeting 'misleading' meat
Pubs can expect local trading standards officers to take an increasing interest in their menus as concern grows that consumers are being misled about...
Back to basics: air quality after the smoking ban
If there's one thing that will be missed about smoky pubs it's that the tobacco masked all kinds of unpleasant smells. Licensees in Scotland have...
Punch Taverns issues smoke ban ultimatum
Punch Taverns retailers in England who do not prepare for the smoking ban and then see trade suffer after July 1 will find little sympathy from the...
West country winner
Mark Taylor talks to fast-expanding Wykeham Inns operations manager Alan Knight Background: The Wykeham Inns group started in 2004, when the...
Sharing States secrets
You've got to hand it to those pesky Americans. They have a great ability to take a concept or product from another part of the world, refashion it...
Back to roots with medieval food
A food historian is encouraging chefs to revive extinct medieval English recipes. Caroline Yeldham, who has been cooking and researching medieval and...
Take three
Richard Fox focuses on getting the most out of stock cupboard basics From an eating perspective, you could do worse than be stranded on a desert...
Pub group to teach kids about drink
BII to launch an alcohol awareness qualification for 13 to 16-year-olds to teach youngsters about drink.
Good month bad month
Good month for Pubs in Wales: First results suggest pubs have been busier after the smoking ban was introduced there last month. Operator SA Brains...
Punch Taverns has "no plans to buy brewer
Despite speculation to the contrary, Punch Taverns has no plans to buy a brewery, chief executive Giles Thorley told thepublican.com today.The market...
Fuzzy Ed to give parents a break
Orchid plans child-friendly dining concept called Fuzzy Ed's at 19 sites before the end of the year.
Novus to launch new bar concept
Novus Leisure, the late-night bar operator, plans to launch a new bar concept across 30 sites over the next three years. The new contemporary bar,...
BII rewards industry's finest
Ten BII members have been awarded the body's highest accolade for their contribution to the industry at a ceremony in London today. Award-winning...
Chris Maclean: £1,500 well spent?
There is a little bit of a cold atmosphere in our household tonight. Put bluntly, I have the hump.My wife has decided to commission decorators to...
Chefs extol joys of food and sherry matches
Sixteen of the UK's leading chef's have contributed to a new food and sherry matching book. The Perfect Marriage - The Art of Matching Food and...
Mon£y mak£rs
Alison Baker looks at new ideas pubs are trying to pull in tradeBuffet-style curry nights Where: Royal Oak, Poynings, West Sussex The idea: Keen to...
Pub companies reducing food miles makes good business sense
Reducing food miles and sourcing locally is nothing new for gastropub chefs (uh-oh, don't let Restaurant magazine's editor catch me using that term)....