CHR Equipment roared over the finishing line at the CEDA Grand Prix Awards, taking the laurels for its sustainable kitchen installation. Kathy Bowry reports. Catering equipment distributors are the frontline of fit-for-purpose commercial kitchen design. These guys dont just sell kit, they specify and project-manage complete installations from the smallest restaurant to multi-million pound [...]
It takes an army of casual workers to make the Glastonbury Festival tick and a special woman in charge to make sure the battalions are fed and watered in a sustainable manner. Footprint finds out how it is done. Glastonbury Festival, the iconic music jamboree, even though sadly Bono-less this year as Footprint goes to [...]
The humble potato is the backbone of the British diet: whether mashed, boiled or chipped we cant get enough of it. Kathy Bowry visited a potato farm in Nottinghamshire and discovered that spuds have to be grown in a sustainable manner or the industry will have had its chips, literally. We Brits get [...]
Operators upgrading to more sustainable equipment are being showered with Government cash in the form of tax breaks and interest free loans Caterers who want to buy new energy efficient equipment but are watching the pennies in the recession can heave a sigh of relief because help is at hand: there is an abundance [...]
Footprint puts an equipment distributor and a major manufacturer on the spot to ask whether they think the UK foodservice industry is really prepared to go the sustainable route when new kit is specified. Nick Howe, MD of London- based distributor Court Catering Equipment, and Bill Downie MD of eco friendly commercial warewashing [...]
The state of the art training facility HMS Collingwood is claimed to be the most sustainable catering operation in the UK. VT Flagship Training, under the umbrella of parent company VT Education and Skills, has a unique partnering agreement with the Royal Navy to deliver [...]
Equipment specifiers, suppliers and installers are all pulling together under the banner of the Catering for a Sustainable Future Group to ensure that low carbon, energy efficient commercial kitchens are in place long before the Governments initial 2020 target. Nobody can accuse the movers and shakers in the catering equipment industry of sitting on [...]
