All news articles for April 02, 2013

Pubs across the UK breathed a sigh of relief as Chancellor George Osborne cut a penny off the price of a pint of beer and scrapped the punitive Duty Escalator in his 2013 Budget announcement

Community Pubs Month: Road to recovery for Britain’s pubs

By Luke Nicholls

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) has hailed the scrapping of the Beer Duty Escalator in last month’s Budget as ‘a new beginning’ for the British pub and brewing industries as the consumer group launches a month-long celebration of British community pubs.

Eric Zwiebel, sommelier at the Summer Lodge hotel in Dorset, has been named as the fourth best sommelier at a contest in Tokyo

Summer Lodge sommelier named fourth best in the world

By Peter Ruddick

Eric Zwiebel from the Summer Lodge hotel and spa in Dorset has been named as the fourth best sommelier in the world at the finals of the prestigious Association de la Sommellerie Internationale (ASI) contest held in Tokyo.

Chris Wheeler, executive chef, Humphry's restaurant at Stoke Park

Chris Wheeler: Career Profile

By Luke Nicholls

Chris Wheeler began his career as Jean-Christophe Novelli’s right-hand man at Le Provence in Lymington and went on to work for the French celebrity chef for 10 years. He joined Stoke Park in 2003 and has been building up the hotel’s culinary reputation...