Induction hobs, infra red salamander grill and multifunctional cooking unit among the items that will save energy costs and provide flexibility
Sopwell House makes menu feature out of ‘versatile’ charcoal oven
Luxury Hertfordshire hotel Sopwell House has put charcoal cooking at the heart of a new brasserie open kitchen it has opened. The venue has opted for a Mibrasa charcoal oven, supplied by Ascentia Foodservice Equipment, which has a heating rack designed for a 110-cover restaurant. Sopwell House has used a Mibrasa in its fine dining…
Care home group to put all its 45 chefs through five-star hotel kitchen training
Professional chefs at a South Coast care home provider have begun receiving added training at one of the UK’s top hotels so they can continue to delight their residents. Under a new partnership, 12 chefs from Colten Care – which runs 20 homes – enjoyed a day of bespoke sessions in The Kitchen cookery school…
Harbour & Jones co-founder purchases Lowestoft hotel armed with new restaurant concept plans
Nathan Jones, co-founder of Harbour & Jones Ltd, has bought Fishers Hotel in Pakefield for an undisclosed fee. Jones, who co-founded the London-based foodservice operator in 2007 with Patrick Harbour, is now a director at the firm following a merger with CH&Co last year. He has taken over the 16-bedroom hotel in Suffolk to operate…
FIVE MINUTES WITH: Andy Hilton, head chef, The Green House
The Green House in Bournemouth is regarded as one of the UK’s most sustainable hotels having considered the environmental impact of every single decision it made during a “painstaking” 18-month refurbishment. The man in charge of its F&B, head chef Andy Hilton, explains what it takes to create a kitchen set-up to complement its green…
Whitbread takes on more ‘Hub’ projects for Premier Inn brand
Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn, has secured planning permission for a 294-bedroom ‘hub by Premier Inn’ hotel in between Marylebone and Paddington stations. It is one of seven sites that are now in the planning or construction stages. Granted by LB Westminster, the decision unlocks a major redevelopment of a site that Whitbread purchased freehold…
Businessman to ‘give away’ his football-themed hotel if England win World Cup
Lawrence Kenwright, chairman of hotel group Signature Living, has vowed to give his hotel away for the evening and a free bar in one of his restaurants if England win the World Cup. Hotel boss Kenwright, who runs a string of properties in Liverpool, Cardiff, Preston and Belfast and is the co-owner of the renowned…
Brasserie Blanc extends restaurant partnership with the Marriott hotel group
Brasserie Blanc, the French restaurant group led by acclaimed chef Raymond Blanc, will open its second Marriott hotel venue at major transport hub Manchester Airport. The newest addition to the group’s portfolio will be located within the newly-refurbished four-star Manchester Airport Marriott Hotel in Hale Barns, just minutes from the terminal. The classic and contemporary…
Ex-Caffe Nero food chief hired to spearhead hotel group’s renewed kitchen push
The former head of international food for Caffé Nero has joined hotel group GLH with a remit to transform its F&B offering. Marco Zacharia, who joins as food and beverage director, is tasked with evolving the hotel group’s culinary offering to focus on delivering consistently compelling dishes across the hotel group’s five individual brands and…
Hotel group launches first kitchen academy to tackle chef crisis
A hotel group in Cumbria has launched its own ‘Hotel Academy’ for aspiring chefs over fears that fine dining could become a thing of the past. Lake District Hotels, which runs a number of leading hotels in the north west of England, plans to put a number of young chefs through their paces in its…
