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A year after launching his restaurant, Dean Eccles has decided to put up prices in the evenings and stay open for longer. And he's hoping a job as a columnist for the local paper will help bring in more customers. David Jones reports
(24 March 2003 11:14:06)
Mike Griffin has been a London florist for 40 years. A year ago the florist's shop he worked at, Angela Saunders, moved into the five-star InterContinental London hotel at Hyde Park corner. He tells us about his day
(24 March 2003 11:10:54)
Last year Marston Hotels scooped two excellence awards from the RAC and the AA but, as Angela Frewin discovers, the family-owned firm is not resting on its laurels
(24 March 2003 11:06:23)
Profits and turnover have both increased at bar operator Inventive Leisure following the continued expansion of its vodka-led Revolution bars.
(24 March 2003 10:59:03)
For Gary Klaner, executive chef at London's Landmark hotel, the forthcoming Chef Conference dinner will be one of the most challenging banquets he has ever had to devise and prepare. Janet Harmer reports
(24 March 2003 10:46:15)
Steve Pitt is finding that working in Cornwall is very different from his earlier career experiences spent at some of London's most sophisticated venues
(24 March 2003 10:42:04)
With a packed schedule of competitions and many major suppliers exhibiting, next month's show in Glasgow promises to offer something for everyone
(24 March 2003 10:38:47)
Times are changing, and no longer are an in-room TV and a telephone enough for today's techno-savvy guests, as Sara Edlington discovers
(24 March 2003 10:33:41)
So who are the big players in the cruise world, and where will they take you? With the help of the Passenger Shipping Association we have provided a list of the operators to give you a snapshot of the industry. The selection is based on the largest companies by the number of vessels serving the UK market
(24 March 2003 10:30:00)
Colin Johnstone, group executive chef for Eurest, turns a mystery box of ingredients into a wild mushroom and rabbit ravioli, ragoût of vegetables, red wine jus, parsley and basil oil in 40 minutes at the Bedford Salon Culinaire held as part of the Bedford Food & Wine Festival last week.
(24 March 2003 10:15:24)
School caterers in Scotland are getting an extra £63.5m over the next three years to improve school meals.
(24 March 2003 10:14:04)
Students from the hotel school at City College in Norwich will be taking over the Best Western George hotel for 24 hours next month as part of hospitality careers organisation Springboard’s Careers Festival.
(24 March 2003 10:00:52)
A round-up of the weekend's news affecting the hospitality industry...
(24 March 2003 9:59:04)
Our monthly look at hotel trading, based on figures from PKF, shows that uncertainty over a war in Iraq continued to keep hotel market performance in the doldrums in January, and February won't be much better, according to the latest report by PKF.
(24 March 2003 9:49:05)
Cruising holidays are experiencing a boom and operators are launching new ships to meet the demand. If you have hospitality skills and a taste for adventure, climb aboard for a new career
(24 March 2003 9:37:42)
Cringletie House hotel in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, has been sold for close to £1m.
(21 March 2003 18:00:22)
Pub company Scottish & Newcastle (S&N) has bought the first of 51 Beefeater pub-restaurants put up for sale by Whitbread earlier this year.
(21 March 2003 17:26:44)
Independent contract caterer Everson Hewett has won a £1m-a-year contract to provide catering services at Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication in London.
(21 March 2003 16:28:55)
A qualified chef can find work almost anywhere, but should they be prepared for any big differences working at sea? Christina Golding meets two chefs about to set sail on the Hebridean Princess around the Western Isles of Scotland
(21 March 2003 16:14:18)
Does the new "two-tier" workforce ruling sound the death knell for the viability of private sector contracts in local authorities? Contract catering editor Rosalind Mullen reports.
(21 March 2003 16:11:55)
The Australia Day tastings in London were a chance to try some of the continent's quirkier creations
(21 March 2003 16:02:19)
2003 Features & Supplements list for Catering Update.
(21 March 2003 15:53:35)
The final stage of the Disability Discrimination Act comes into force in October 2004. Last September Caterer launched a campaign to draw attention to the act. This time, we look at best practice in restaurants. Jessica Gunn reports
(21 March 2003 15:47:41)
The QE2 is one of the most famous cruise ships in operation. Chris Druce tracked it down on its way to Australia to find out about life on board from two of the crew
(21 March 2003 15:03:45)
Sodexho has retained the hotel services contract for North Devon District Hospital, worth more than £3m a year.
(21 March 2003 14:59:18)
Apex Hotels has invested £13.5m in its fourth hotel that opens in Dundee, Angus, at the start of next week.
(21 March 2003 14:58:26)
The Grove hotel in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, has made its first senior management appointments ahead of its July opening.
(21 March 2003 14:43:53)
Le Méridien has appointed WOLFGANG NITSCHKE as general manager of its London Heathrow Hotel and Conference Centre.
(21 March 2003 14:42:58)
Hilton Group executives are expecting a deluge of questions over whether it intends to bid for Six Continents' hotels when it announces its preliminary results today.
(21 March 2003 14:38:31)
Proposals to radically change the way in which the capital's food markets operate were last week revealed by the Corporation of London and included catering suppliers being concentrated in New Covent Garden.
(21 March 2003 14:36:08)
Six Continents has hit back at Hugh Osmond's criticism of the company, accusing the former PizzaExpress founder of trying to acquire the company "on the cheap" by discrediting the proposed aims of the merger.
(21 March 2003 14:31:53)
Mandarin Oriental International this week announced a 36% rise in profits for 2002, to US$55.3m (£34.9m), with turnover rising 4% to US$547.5m (£345m).
(21 March 2003 14:30:36)
The future of PizzaExpress hung in the balance this week as doubts grew over whether shareholders would agree to a management buyout.
(21 March 2003 14:29:36)
BIL International, the majority shareholder in Thistle Hotels, is considering making an offer for the remaining shares in the UK hotel group.
(21 March 2003 14:27:01)
A college hospitality and catering department is to become the latest venue for a TV reality show.
(21 March 2003 14:25:59)
Sodexho wins extension to hospital contract
(21 March 2003 14:24:36)
When you look out of the window of your hotel, restaurant, pub or bed and breakfast, when you raise the blinds of your office dining facility or open the door of your high-street coffee shop, what do you see?
(21 March 2003 14:21:38)
Gate Gourmet is to provide catering services on 10 new destinations with Turkish Airlines. A spokeswoman estimated that it could add several million Swiss francs to turnover.
(21 March 2003 14:20:10)
From farm to plate, politics intrude into every aspect of catering, but when it comes to their own mealtimes, the policy-makers are in the hands of one woman, Sue Harrison, director of catering at the House of Commons
(21 March 2003 14:19:18)
To place a free personal ad: e-mail your submission to caterer.responses@rbi.co.uk
(21 March 2003 14:00:27)
As restaurant manager of the three-Michelin-starred Waterside Inn, Diego Masciaga has become one of the most respected maître d's there is. As part of our look at front of house, we went to meet him
(21 March 2003 13:57:26)
London restaurant Chez Max has abandoned plans to open a second branch on the site of Maison Novelli and now wants to take over the old City Rhodes dining room instead.
(21 March 2003 12:29:11)
Campanile, the French budget hotel chain owned by Groupe Envergure, is expanding its UK network with three new openings in 2003.
(21 March 2003 12:25:24)
Former PizzaExpress chairman Luke Johnson has extended his £263m offer for the restaurant chain for a further seven days after gaining control of 14.4% of the company's shares.
(20 March 2003 18:08:20)
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