NATIONAL FARMERS UNION leader Peter Kendall has seen members endure a miserable 10 months but concerns over food security, prices and sourcing in the wake of the horse meat scandal could offer new opportunities, he tells David Burrows. To travel 600 miles [...]
Eilidh Brunton, business development executive at the Food Waste Network, on the waste challenges facing food businesses and how waste contractors can help out. David Burrows (DB): Some 50% of food waste from the hospitality sector still ends up in landfill. With a new voluntary agreement [...]
RED CARNATION HOTELS is part of a new campaign to attract more young people into the hospitality sector. Its managing director says there is no better time for such an initiative. David Burrows (DB): Good afternoon Jonathan. We’re here to talk about [...]
RETAILERS ARE benefitting from a passion for local food, but some caterers are eyeing the strong and growing market too, Footprint talks to BaxterStorey’s Ian Platt. The government’s green food report took a few by surprise with a recommendation for [...]
PORK HAS been in the news quite a bit of late. Red Tractor’s CEO picks up the story, and explains why the assurance scheme has plenty still to offer. David Burrows (DB): Good afternoon. You’ve recently teamed up with Jimmy Doherty on [...]
THE CHIEF executive of CH&Co’s business and industry arm talks about the company’s new sustainability strategy and the ‘quirky things’ her chefs have achieved with cakes. David Burrows (DB): Good morning Caroline. Thanks for coming along and being the first person to join me on [...]
THE GOVERNMENT’S Public Health Responsibility Deal is one year old, and campaigners believe it is failing. A report by Which? last week claimed that voluntary agreements do not work and is now calling for legislation on mandatory calorie labelling out of home. But what does the industry think? Is the initiative working? Is it, as [...]
HE’S A trailblazer in nose-to-tail eating whose passion for meat shows no sign of dwindling. Fergus Henderson tells David Burrows why we should all learn to love offal. It takes about 30 seconds to get a feeling for how passionate Fergus Henderson is about meat. I love butchers, he says. Its so sad to [...]
OPERATORS WHO are dragging their heels about whether or not to buy sustainable catering equipment wont have that luxury of choice much longer as Europe moves to impose energy efficiency standards. Kathy Bowry talks to Keith Warren, director of the Catering Equipment Suppliers Association. A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Directive, the Ecodesign Directive, includes a series [...]
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 [...]
