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What's on at Hotelympia 2016

08-Feb-2016 By Restaurant Magazine

The UK’s largest hospitality trade show throws open its doors at the end of the month. Here’s what you need to know.

Nestlé Professional Toque d’Or 2016 tackles the talent shortage

11-Jan-2016 By Sophie Witts

Nestlé Professional’s 2016 Toque d’Or competition has attracted a record number of entries from catering college students across the UK.

Premier Inn announce new breakfast menu to ensure guests ‘remain satisfied’

04-Dec-2015 By Liam Garrahan

Budget hotel chain, Premier Inn, has announced a brand new breakfast menu to ensure that it appeals to a wider audience and that guests are always ‘satisfied’.

Gold Service Scholarship 2016 finalists announced

03-Dec-2015 By Liam Garrahan

Eight young front-of-house professionals have been awarded a place in the final of the 2016 Gold Service Scholarship competition.

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How hotels can remain compliant following CMA ruling on OTA rate parity

26-Oct-2015 By Charles Livingstone

Following last month's decision by the Competition Markets Authority (CMA) to close its investigations into rate parity agreements between hotels and online travel agents (OTAs), Charles Livingstone, a partner at law firm Brodies LLP, gives his top...

Young National Chef of the Year 2015 finalists

24-Sep-2015 By Liam Garrahan

These are the finalists for the Young National Chef of the Year competition which will take place at The Restaurant Show, London Olympia, on Tuesday 6 October.

UK hotels slam Booking.com over price fixing

23-Apr-2015 By Sophie Witts

The UK B&B Association has branded Booking.com a ‘bully’ following a settlement with the Italian, French and Swedish authorities this week (21 April) which prevents hotels from offering a cheaper rate than the online travel agent through their own...

Nestlé Professional Toque D’Or 2015: regional finalists revealed

22-Jan-2015 By Carina Perkins

A record breaking 36 college teams have made it through to the regional heats of the Nestlé Professional Toque d’Or 2015.

Team UK turns to crowdfunding to improve Bocuse d'Or chances

21-Jan-2015 By Emma Eversham

Chefs competing in the UK team for this year's Bocuse d'Or have launched a crowdfunding campaign to improve their chances in the global competition.

CMA investigation highlights breaching risks in catering sector

01-Sep-2014 By Melodie Michel

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched an investigation into competition practices in the commercial catering sector.

Glasgow City College wins Nestlé Toque d’Or 2014

03-Apr-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Glasgow City College was last night (2 April) crowned the 2014 Nestlé Toque d’Or winner at a glittering awards ceremony at The Dorchester. 

Winner of Springboard’s FutureChef 2014 contest announced

25-Mar-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Anna Carmichael was announced as FutureChef 2014 yesterday (24 March) in Springboard’s annual cooking contest for 12-16 year olds, which is judged by leading industry chefs.

National Chef of the Year 2012: Last-minute advice for the final eight

26-Sep-2012 By Luke Nicholls & Peter Ruddick

With less than two weeks to go before the final of The Craft Guild of Chefs National Chef of the Year competition, BigHospitality spoke to the competition’s judges to find out exactly what they’re looking for from the eight remaining candidates.

Chaîne des Rôtisseurs' Young Chef and Young Sommelier of the Year winners named

21-Jun-2012 By Peter Ruddick

Daniel Marshall of the Imperial hotel in Great Yarmouth and Arnaud Bardary of The Maze in London have been named as the UK winners of the 2012 Chaîne des Rôtisseurs’ Young Chef and Young Sommelier of the Year competitions.

Hot Talent: Judges and mentors Ben Spalding and Esher Williams give their top tips to hopefuls

10-Jan-2012

There are just a few days left for hopefuls to get their entries in for Hot Talent, a brand new competition launching at Hotelympia this year that aims to showcase talented under-30s in the industry.

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

The World Chocolate Masters 2011: UK contestant John Costello

30-Nov-2011

The UK’s contestant talks technique, authentic flavours and offers advice on how others can get into advanced chocolate work.

Nestle Toque d’Or 2011 winners announced

11-Jul-2011 By Lorraine Heller

The College of Food, University College Birmingham, has won the Nestle Toque d’Or competition, which recognises culinary talent and business acumen in the next generation of chefs.

Chaîne des Rôtisseurs names Young Chef of the Year 2011

22-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Garret Keown from The Bell Inn, Horndon on Hill, Essex, has been named the Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Young Chef of the Year 2011 following a cook-off against seven other finalists last week.

Roux Scholarship 2011: finalists announced

14-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller

Six finalists have been announced for this year’s Roux Scholarship, narrowed down from the 18 regional finalists that competed in week’s regional heats.

National Chef of the Year 2011 open for entries

02-Mar-2011 By Lorraine Heller

The Craft Guild of Chefs is calling for chefs from across sectors in the hospitality industry to enter the 2011 National Chef of the Year competition.

Does a big budget equal success at the Bocuse d’Or?

03-Feb-2011 By Becky Paskin

The Bocuse d’Or, the “Oscars” of the culinary world, sees chef teams from across the world invest thousands of pounds into competing for a coveted trophy of the competition’s founder, Paul Bocuse.

Stinchcombe strikes again at Young Chef Young Waiter

21-Oct-2010 By Becky Paskin

Mark Stinchcombe, the inaugural Young National Chef of the Year, has now also been named as the winner of this year’s Young Chef Young Waiter competition alongside Ben Dantzic from Restaurant Andrew Fairlie at Gleneagles

Lucknam Park chef named National Chef of the Year 2010

11-Oct-2010 By Becky Paskin

Hrishikesh Desai from Lucknam Park has been named the National Chef of the Year 2010 following a final cook-off held at The Restaurant Show today.

National Chef of the Year 2010 finalists named

16-Sep-2010 By Becky Paskin

The Craft Guild of Chefs has announced the 10 finalists through to the 2010 National Chef of the Year competition

The S.Pellegrino Cooking Cup

31-Jul-2007 By Restaurant

There may be some obscure cooking competitions here, but look at what the Venetians get up to… The most bizarre cooking competition I ever went to involved teams of blindfolded leather-clad dwarves on trampolines competing to see who could ...