Host, the national contract catering group run by foodservice entrepreneur Jerry Brand, has kicked off 2010 by signing a £50m three-year deal with supplier Brakes for its dry, chilled and frozen foods.
The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW), the foodservice industry’s professional front-of-house training body, has announced the dates and venues of its next Professional Connoisseur Series, ‘Senses, Service & Skills’.
The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW), the UK’s professional training body for front-of-house service, has urged for better communication between front-of-house and back-of-house teams, as it launches its 2010 Gastronomy Team of the Year competition.
Consumers are likely to spend more on eating out in the week before Christmas than they have in any other week of 2009, but are expected to rein-in their spending considerably in the New Year as the reality of continued economic uncertainty and fear of unemployment kicks in.
The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW) has extended the deadline for entries to its prestigious UK Sommelier of the Year 2010 competition to 31 December 2009.
The Academy of Food & Wine, the industry’s front-of-house training body, is inviting all student chefs and wine waiters in the UK to showcase their talents and menu planning abilities in its new competition, Future Stars of Gastronomy.
The Academy of Food & Wine, the professional training body for front-of-house service, has launched its prestigious UK Restaurant Manager of the Year 2010 competition, and is inviting entries from managers of any style of catering establishment. The competition, supported by the National Skills Academy for Hospitality and sponsored by OpenTable.com, will endeavour to find […]
Consumers are eating out more often than they did in the first few months of 2009, although many are sharing dishes, ordering wine by the glass and skipping starters and desserts to keep costs down.
The Academy of Food & Wine (AFW) has this week launched its prestigious UK Sommelier of the Year 2010 and is inviting entries from sommeliers and front-of-house professionals across the country.
The Academy of Food & Wine has announced that Peter Avis, restaurant manager of Babylon Restaurant at the Roof Gardens, London, is the 2009 winner of its prestigious Dalmore Award for Excellence, given to an outstanding personality in the hospitality industry.