The UK’s growing number of boutique hotels, with their quirky, design-led interiors and individually styled luxury rooms, have helped put the prestige back into Britain’s hotels by giving guests a more memorable experience than a standard room in a large chain.
Following the news that Nando’s has made a bid approach for Clapham House, Peter Backman of foodservice consultancy Horizons has issued the following comment:
Sommelier Laurent Richet and sous chef Neil Cooper from Hotel TerraVina in Hampshire have won the Academy of Food & Wine’s 2010 Gastronomy Team of the Year after an exciting ‘cook & serve’ final at London’s Westminster Kingsway College yesterday.
Peter Backman, managing director of foodservice consultant Horizons, has made the following comment following the news that the government is to meet with its main suppliers to discuss ways of cutting the cost of their service contracts. “The announcement today that the coalition Government is calling in its main suppliers to look at ways of […]
Host, the national, independent contract catering group based in Liss, Hampshire, has announced a restructuring of its senior management team which sees the sales and operations functions split, giving both disciplines dedicated teams. Host’s sales division will now be run by sales director Alan Aitken, with operations handled by operations director Deborah Homshaw. Simona Oproiu […]
National contract catering group Host has this week announced the retention of its Sanctuary Care procurement contract following an EU tender process. The three-year contract, worth some £1.75m per year in food costs, services 50 plus care homes throughout the UK and a conference centre through Host’s in-house supply management system Caternet.
Regarding the impact the Budget will have on the UK’s foodservice sector, Horizon’s Peter Backman says: “The measures taken by the Government in this week’s budget means that consumers are likely to have less money in their pockets to spend on eating out and are going to be more cautious about how they spend money […]
The Academy of Food & Wine has named the five teams through to the final of the 2010 Gastronomy Team of the Year, held in association with Discover the Origin. The teams have each won their regional heat and will now compete in a ‘cook & serve’ final on 19 July at Westminster Kingsway College, […]
The FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in South Africa this Friday (11 June), is expected to boost sales through the UK’s catering sector by around £50m, assuming England gets through to the knockout stage of the tournament. The main beneficiaries of this additional spend will be home delivery outlets, takeaways, and pubs. Peter Backman, […]
David Hennigan, 40, of The Crown at Whitebrook and Celtic Manor in Monmouthshire, has won the 2010 UK Restaurant Manager of the Year competition following an exciting final held yesterday at Babylon restaurant at the Roof Gardens, London.