Category: The Caterer

The winners of the Annual Awards of Excellence (AAE) ‘Lockdown Awards’ were announced this afternoon in a ceremony hosted by Royal Academy of Culinary Arts president Brian Turner and chairman John Williams, as well as honorary AAE president Jason Atherton.

Food and health software solutions provider Nutritics has announced that it has acquired Ten Kites, a UK menu publishing platform, to drive international growth and scale.

More than 900 people who lost their jobs when coach holiday and hotels company Shearings went into administration have won a legal battle against the company after a judge ruled that it failed to properly consult staff when making redundancies.

Adejoké Bakare is expanding perceptions of West African cuisine in London’s Brixton, drawing inspiration from her family background to create deeply personal dishes.

Plans to build a Moxy hotel on the site of a former brewery in Newcastle have been given the green light by councillors.

Some hospitality businesses in England have said they will continue to ask guests and staff to wear masks indoors, even after the legal requirement to do so is potentially dropped on 19 July.

JD Wetherspoon has said the interim increase in VAT later this year will mean it will have to increase its food prices by around 40p per meal.

The pandemic gave pause to the managing director of Compass Group UK and Ireland’s plans, but no matter: the foodservice giant is now revved up and ready for launch, with a raft of client improvements.

Campaigners gathered outside the House of Lords today as peers put forward amendments to the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill that could see restaurants and fishmongers banned from boiling crabs or lobsters alive.

Bristol-based café and quick-service restaurant chain Friska has fallen into administration.