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My thoughts and comments centre around the niche we are in, namely special diets and food allergy / intolerance as well as healthy eating for children and adults alike. Food producers, caterers and restaurants etc who are not transparent, and who are unwilling to listen to what their customers want,...
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Sorry I missed the live debate earlier as there were some really interesting comments. Mikes6 asks who wants this information - well I do! I can understand that it has far reaching implications for hospitality businesses but I don't think menu labelling has to be over complicated. Consumers do want...
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I'm starting a service to help restaurants provide their menus to content providers (including Facebook Pages), their own website and to mobile devices. The idea is that restaurants it will be easy to keep the menu updated, yet provide it to many different places. I would like to hear from and speak...
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I'm planning to write a feature looking at chefs who suffer from allergies and food intolerances and how they cope with these and get around them. I'm aware Lisa Allen from Northcote has a severe shellfish allergy as does Tom Kerridge from the Hand & Flowers. Shane Osbourne from Pied a Terre...
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Thanks Libby – and a very good point. I look at calories all the time particularly when buying lunch! I kind feel guilty for doing so, but at least I have that information. Needless to say, I usually go for the one with less – unless I am having a fat day! :o) Luckily, given the job that...
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TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has called on UK restaurateurs to offer diners doggy bags to take left over food home in. The River Cottage star agreed with an article in Waitrose Food Illustrated urging more people to take home unfinished food when eating out – even in high-end restaurants...
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Not having any allergies myself, and generally being a glutton, i'm lucky i can just pick what i feel like eating from any menu... Was looking at the £100m potential revenue lost from coeliac customers and wondering what the hardest allergies to cater for are.. Any thoughts?
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Mmmm, much more like it...
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I've just had lunch at a branch of All Bar One where I ordered a Croque Monsieur priced at £4.95. Imagine my disappointment when I was served nothing more than a cheese and ham toastie garnished with a handful of crisps which I could have got from the local sandwich bar for half the price....
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According to the Telegraph he's is cooking a "simple meal of Welsh lamb, asparagus and flat bread". His simple, seasonal and decidedly British menu is in sharp contrast to last year's G8 meeting in Japan, where leaders tucked into an eight-course meal of 18 different dishes while discussing...