Fergus Henderson is the London chef renowned for nose to tail eating – very little of a carcass is wasted. Guests to his St John restaurant in the heart of London can indulge in dishes such as pot roast Tamworth loin with trotters and prunes [...]
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UNILEVER FOOD Solutions has launched an interactive video wall for operators to share their success and exchange best practice on reducing avoidable food waste. The wall shows how chefs and caterers have used the company’s Wise up on Waste toolkit – a simple waste audit – to cut waste and save money. Ashley Maskel, [...]
Where are you on the sustainability chart? If you’re not saying it a thousand times a day, you’re way behind the curve… (click on the image to zoom)
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Jessica has spent the past decade working in health promotion. At vielife she is responsible for new product development and extending the ways that people can engage with and improve their health & wellness. Jessica has also worked as a health writer and freelance consultant for a number of organisations [...]
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Prof. John Stein MA MSc BM BCh FRCP trained as a neurologist at Oxford University, and St Thomas’s Hospital, London. He is now Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. His research focuses on disordered visuomotor control as a cause of movement, reading and behavioural disorders, in [...]
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Amanda Ursell - Nutritionist, Times Journalist and regular contributor to the BBC (Courtesy of CH&Co.) Amanda Ursell is a qualified nutritionist and has a diploma in dietetics. She is also an award winning journalist, television presenter and author. With weekly columns in The Times and The Sun, Amanda is one of [...]
MOOD FOOD SPEAKER Matt Dawson MBE - Sportsman, Writer, Broadcaster and Sodexo Ambassador You will all know Matt from his appearances in all kinds of media and on the sports field. He’s also passionate about food and at the 25th Anniversary of Sodexo’s health and well-being programme “Healthwise” highlighted the link between food and [...]
Consumer-facing caterers such as McDonald’s and Starbucks love to tell the world about how they’re saving the planet. Their contract counterparts, on the other and, often remain guarded and fearful of publicity. But are contract caterers right not to shout about their sustainability efforts? Joe Fernandez reports. Consumer-facing caterers such as McDonald’s and Starbucks love [...]
THERE’S THIS performance artist, and eating is his current medium. He’s eating his wardrobe. Time isn’t an issue. He’s focused on the long game. Every day, he sands down a bit more of his wardrobe and sprinkles the accumulated dust on his food. He derives a visceral thrill from it all. It’s a commitment to [...]
No surprise that Tesco ditches carbon label
By David Burrows on February 4, 2012
Published in: Comment, News, News Analysis and tagged Carbon Trust, Tesco.
When he launched a project to label all 70,000 products in his supermarket’s portfolio, Sir Terry Leahy was undaunted by the task: “Many of those people who talk about the need for a carbon currency say it is too complicated to develop; that it will take years. However, at Tesco, we believe in action, in [...]