CH&Co HAS become the first British catering group to receive certification from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) demonstrating its commitment to sustainable sourcing of fish. No other British catering group has managed to achieve certification across its entire business network, until now. …
Read moreLusso brings home the bacon with City farm pig sponsorship
LUSSO IS making a stand for local sourcing and Snout to Tail eating, with a year-long sponsorship of the free-range pigs at Surrey Docks Farm, a well-known city farm just a stone’s throw from many of Lusso’s city client sites. The sponsorship will see the company…
Read moreForgotten fruits
DID YOU know that the UK has one of the largest fruit collections in the world? The National Fruit Collection, owned by Defra, is home to 3,500 named apple, pear, plum, cherry, bush fruit, vine and cob nut cultivars. It’s part of an international programme to protect plant genetic resources for the future. …
Read moreFootprint Awards 2013 shortlist announced
THE NOMINEES for the 2013 Footprint Awards – the industry’s only awards scheme encouraging sustainability and responsible business throughout the supply chain – have today been announced following a record number of entries. “Record number of entries demonstrate sustainability is at the…
Read moreMore forgotten foods remembered
NICHE FINE dining business Lusso has launched a new partnership with the National Fruit Collection that will see forgotten, rare or unfashionable home-grown varieties of apple served in some of the Square Miles most prestigious workplaces. Neighbourhood Crops is the result of a partnership brokered by fresh produce supplier Reynolds with the National Fruit…
Read moreSodexo Prestige pushes unfashionable fish
SODEXO PRESTIGE London is promoting less fashionable, under-used fish at its client restaurants and venues to help protect overfished species like cod. Fish varieties like dab, gurnard and pouting are being given a culinary make-over and promoted as gourmet fish specials of the day on restaurant blackboards at locations such as the Churchill War…
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