The Craft Guild of Chefs revived its Spring Ball this year to give members from around the country the chance to enjoy a night of fine-dining, music and games on a rare evening off. Chefs gathered at the Crown Moran Hotel for a delectable six-course meal cooked by the Guild’s Stephen Scuffell, Dennis Mwakulua and [...]
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At William Murray we like to do our bit. We’d certainly agree to Hospitality Action’s charity idea, asking diners to add an extra £1 on their bill. As part of Hospitality Action Week restaurants will ask diners to make a donation ‘at your discretion’. Celebrity chef Michael Caines is supporting the appeal and will be [...]
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William Murray’s Karen Browne and Anita Murray with Sophie Roberts-Brown enjoyed the The National Restaurateurs’ Dinner. The 25th anniversary event, held on St George’s Day, was a total sell-out raising over £40,000 for training and educational programmes in the industry. Leading industry chefs rustled up a winning menu with a Best of British theme for [...]
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The Queen is advertising for a trainee butler to work at Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, Windsor and Sandringham, earning £15,000 a year.    
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The lunch box is back en vogue as workers save money by making sandwiches to take to work.
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We’ve seen it all this week as the press has been full of out of the ordinary food and drink stories. We’ve had £75,000 corkscrew that took five years to make, a fire alarm powered by wasabi that gives you a burning throat when your house is on fire and even a massive beef burger, [...]
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With it being Climate Week it’s got us thinking about energy used by commercial catering equipment in the industry. 2012 looks set to be the year when stricter ‘green’ legislation comes in to play. This means manufacturers and suppliers will need to take bigger steps towards more efficient catering equipment both at home and in [...]
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Last week we joined the thousands of you who attended the UK’s largest foodservice and hospitality exhibition. For us there were a couple of highlights that stood out from the crowds. We were particularly impressed with the Curious Cake Company. Visitors were taken though a step-by-step chocolate brownies taste test challenge using an iPad, which [...]
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Two months ago plans to introduce a TripAdvisor-style rating system for care service providers were announced and this weekend, the Good Care Guide was launched. Users and their relatives can provide real, honest feedback on 60,000 care homes, home care services, nurseries and nanny agencies in England. The idea behind the scheme is that it’s [...]
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We love the hospitality industry – food, drink, hotels, restaurants… what’s not to like? To celebrate Valentine’s Day we’ve put together a list of things that we love about working in the industry:   Getting the inside track on the latest trends No two days are ever the same, so there’s never a dull moment [...]
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