Chef

Harbour & Jones chef calls on event catering chefs to back his 'Real Food' campaign

11-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Leo Rodley, executive chef at 76 Portland Place, has launched a campaign - Real Food - in order to encourage event catering chefs to showcase their use of quality, seasonal produce and change the negative stereotypes surrounding meeting and event food. 

Cheltenham Café Rouge pair go it alone to open first restaurant

11-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Sadek Ahmed and Tom Johnson, who met while working for Tragus Group at the Café Rouge in Cheltenham, have opened Tarragon - their first restaurant - in the town.

TA Hotel Collection to train chefs at North Suffolk Skills Academy

09-Jul-2013 By Emma Eversham

Suffolk-based hotel group TA Hotel Collection has stepped up to run the Chef's Academy at North Suffolk Skills Academy (NSSA) in a bid to secure future talent for the hospitality industry. 

Final line-up for Young National Chef of the Year 2013 revealed

08-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The names of seven of the eight young chefs who will be competing to win the title of Young National Chef of the Year 2013 have been revealed. 

National Chef of the Year 2013: Finalists revealed

04-Jul-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The eight chefs who will battle it out at The Restaurant Show to be crowned National Chef of the Year 2013 have been revealed after four toughly-contested semi-finals.

Royal Academy of Culinary Arts reveals Annual Awards of Excellence 2013 winners

01-Jul-2013 By Emma Eversham

Chefs and front-of-house staff from The Ritz, Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons and Gleneagles are among the winners in the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts' 2013 Awards of Excellence. 

Ex-Wabi chef to open Japanese izakaya Kurobuta in London

01-Jul-2013 By Emma Eversham

Ex-Wabi chef Scott Hallsworth is to open a Japanese izakaya called Kurobuta at Connaught Village in London later this year. 

New Hambrough head chef looks to reinvigorate business

27-Jun-2013 By Luke Nicholls

The new head chef of the Hambrough is on a mission to take the hotel and restaurant ‘to the next level’, following Robert Thompson’s departure from the Isle of Wight business earlier this year.

Adam Bennett of Simpsons restaurant made chef director of Kenilworth pub The Cross

25-Jun-2013 By Emma Eversham

Simpsons head chef and UK Bocuse d'Or candidate Adam Bennett has been appointed chef director of The Cross, the Kenilworth pub chef and restaurateur Andreas Antona takes over at the end of this month. 

Angela Hartnett partners with Canteen for new Shoreditch restaurant

21-Jun-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Michelin-starred Murano chef Angela Hartnett has partnered with British restaurant chain Canteen for the opening of Merchant’s Tavern restaurant and bar in Shoreditch this September. 

Mike Jennings: Career Profile

24-May-2013 By Emma Eversham

Mike Jennings worked for Shaun Rankin, Nigel Howarth and Gary Rhodes before moving back to Lancashire to take up the role of head chef at Worsley-based restaurant Grenache. The chef works in a 'gadget-free' kitchen, believing a back to basics...

National Chef of the Year 2013 semi-finalists announced

14-May-2013 By Emma Eversham

The Craft Guild of Chefs has revealed the names of the 44 chefs who have made it to the semi-finals of the 2013 National Chef of the Year competition.

Bragard launches Chef on the Move workwear range

10-May-2013 By Emma Eversham

Hospitality workwear provider Bragard has launched a new range of uniforms for chefs and kitchen staff which feature a more modern design and more technically advanced materials.

David Connell: Career Profile

10-May-2013 By Luke Nicholls

David Connell is a prime example of good old-fashioned hard work paying off. Having worked at various restaurants and hotels in the UK and France, he joined luxury hotel group Exclusive Hotels over 10 years ago, recently taking up the position of general...

John Williams: The Ritz 'in one of the best places' in its history

07-May-2013 By Peter Ruddick

John Williams, executive chef at The Ritz, has launched a new tableside service menu for the legendary hotel’s main restaurant and has said the venue’s F&B offer is better now than it has ever been.

Alain Ducasse: Pearls of Wisdom

03-May-2013 By William Drew

The French chef, 56, operates restaurants all around the world, including a trio of three-Michelin-starred establishments. He has just received the Lifetime Achievement Award at The World’s 50 Best Restaurants.

Roux Scholar Adam Smith to head up The Devonshire Arms

29-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Last year’s winner of the prestigious Roux Scholarship, Adam Smith, has been appointed as head chef of the Burlington restaurant at The Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel in North Yorkshire.

John Wood gets on-board with Dormy House re-opening

25-Apr-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Michelin-starred chef John Wood has been appointed as food and beverage consultant at Dormy House ahead of the Cotswolds-based hotel’s re-opening in September, following a £10m refurbishment. 

River Cottage searches for face of Young Chef Apprenticeship Scheme

17-Apr-2013

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage has started the search for a young rising star of the culinary world who it hopes will become the face of its new Young Chef Apprenticeship Scheme. 

Kenny Atkinson starts search for North East restaurant

16-Apr-2013 By Emma Eversham

Kenny Atkinson has started the search for a restaurant in the North East following his departure from Rockliffe Hall where he was food director for four years. 

Christopher Basten pledges to increase Craft Guild of Chefs membership

11-Apr-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Christopher Basten, currently a chef lecturer at Westminster Kingsway College, has been appointed chair of the Craft Guild of Chefs pledging to increase its membership and raise the awareness of competitions.

The Goring: Best place for afternoon tea in London says The Tea Guild

09-Apr-2013 By Emma Eversham

The Goring has been awarded The Tea Guild's 2013 Top London Afternoon Tea Award after gaining a 'near perfect' score from the guild's anonymous judges. 

Jamie Oliver to re-launch Fifteen as a more relaxed, neighbourhood restaurant

04-Apr-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Jamie Oliver has announced his original Fifteen restaurant will be re-launched at the end of April with a more relaxed, neighbourhood restaurant feel following a full refurbishment.

Nadia Santini crowned 2013 World's Best Female Chef by The World's 50 Best Restaurants

03-Apr-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Nadia Santini, head chef at Dal Pescatore in Italy, has been named as the 2013 Veuve Clicquot World's Best Female Chef by The World's 50 Best Restaurants, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna.

Chris Wheeler: Career Profile

02-Apr-2013 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...

Electrolux seeks next generation of Michelin-starred chefs with launch of Chef Academy

26-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

Electrolux has launched a nationwide chef competition in a bid to find the next generation of Michelin-starred chefs. 

Stars of World’s 50 Best Restaurants descend on London for ‘The Lab’

25-Mar-2013 By Luke Nicholls

A selection of international chefs from the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list are uniting ahead of this year’s event to run ‘The Lab’, a three-night restaurant experience offering live entertainment, masterclasses and an interactive mixology workshop.

Nigel Haworth: Pearls of Wisdom

22-Mar-2013 By William Drew

The 54-year-old chef and co-owner of acclaimed restaurant Northcote in rural Lancashire is the founder of the well-established Obsession food festival. He and business partner Craig Bancroft also own the four-strong gastropub group Ribble Valley Inns...

BigHospitality rising star Selin Kiazim to quit Kopapa to pursue restaurant dream

14-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

Kopapa head chef Selim Kiazim, highlighted as a rising star by BigHospitality in 2008, is to leave her job at the end of the month to start on plans to open her own restaurant.  

Chef Shaun Rankin reveals plans for new Jersey restaurant, London next on agenda

13-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

Former Bohemia chef Shaun Rankin has revealed details of his anticipated restaurant in Jersey, which he hopes will become the flagship for a small restaurant empire that could see him opening a site in London for the first time under his name. 

National Apprenticeship Week 2013: Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall among hospitality professionals in support

11-Mar-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The sixth National Apprenticeship Week kicks off today with organisers, supported by the hospitality industry, promising it will be the biggest yet; a new report has also said apprentices could contribute £3.4bn a year to the economy.

Craft Guild of Chefs expands Young National Chef of the Year for 2013

08-Mar-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The Craft Guild of Chefs has launched its hunt for the 2013 Young National Chef of the Year and has expanded the contest to allow more chefs to take part.

Cyrus Todiwala: Pearls of Wisdom

08-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

Cyrus Todiwala trained in India as a chef and worked in hotels and restaurants there until he moved to the UK in 1991. He opened Cafe Spice Namaste in London in 1995 with wife Pervin, and has built up a successful business while also dedicating much of...

Silvena Rowe quits Quince for TV and new restaurant project

04-Mar-2013 By Emma Eversham

Silvena Rowe has quit her role as chef-patron at Quince to focus on building her TV career and start up a new restaurant business. 

Alyn Williams: Career Profile

01-Mar-2013 By Luke Nicholls

A Michelin star, 15th in the National Restaurant Awards and the National Chef of the Year title – 2012 was a remarkable year for Alyn Williams. In this exclusive interview, the chef-patron of his eponymous restaurant at the Westbury hotel in Mayfair reveals...

Japan's Narisawa tops inaugural Asia's 50 Best Restaurants list

28-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

Narisawa in Japan has been named the S.Pellegrino Best Restaurant in Asia at the inaugural Asia's 50 Best Restaurants awards in Singapore.

Chester Grosvenor executive chef launches chef academy to develop young talent

19-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

Simon Radley, executive chef at the Michelin-starred Chester Grosvenor hotel, has launched a chef academy to help give young people with a passion for food the chance to learn how to become a chef while on-the-job. 

Home Office advised to keep skilled chefs on migration shortage list

18-Feb-2013 By Peter Ruddick

The UK's booming specialist world cuisine restaurant sector appears to have received a reprieve as the Home Office has been advised to keep skilled chefs on the Shortage Occupation List allowing restaurateurs to continue to employ non-EU chefs.

Restaurant Gordon Ramsay to be relaunched in partnership with Clare Smyth as chef-patron

15-Feb-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Following a planned refurb, Gordon Ramsay's three Michelin-starred Chelsea eatery Restaurant Gordon Ramsay is to be relaunched in partnership with head chef Clare Smyth who will become standing chef-patron of the business.

Keeping sweet: Are pastry chef careers valued in the UK?

13-Feb-2013

From William Curley to Claire Clark, the UK has produced some of the leading masters in chocolate, sugar and all things sweet. However employers still report difficulties in filling pastry chef vacancies - so is a career in pastry as valued in this country...

Michelin star ambitions for new Llangoed Hall head chef

12-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

Nick Brodie, new head chef at Welsh country house hotel Llangoed Hall, has revealed ambitions for a Michelin star and four AA rosettes after taking up the helm at its restaurant.

Valrhona launches educational TV channel for pastry and chocolate professionals

06-Feb-2013 By Peter Ruddick

France-based chocolate maker Valrhona has launched a professionals-only TV channel with a set of programmes aimed at educating pastry chefs and chocolate makers with tips, interviews and recipes.

The Bocuse d'Or 2013 in pictures

04-Feb-2013 By Emma Eversham

The UK team scored highly at the Bocuse d'Or 2013 in Lyon last week, taking fourth place in the international competition - our highest ever result - as well as picking up the Best Meat and Best Commis awards. 

River Cottage launches new cookery school for professional chefs

31-Jan-2013 By Luke Nicholls

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage restaurant in Devon is soon to open a new professional cookery school, offering recognised qualifications for industry chefs and an apprenticeship scheme for young people.

UK team 'disappointed' by ninth place at the World Pastry Cup

31-Jan-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Martin Chiffers, president of the UK's Coupe du Monde de la Pâtisserie club, has described the team's ninth place in the World Pastry Cup as 'disappointing'. 

France wins the Bocuse d'Or 2013

30-Jan-2013 By Emma Eversham

France has been declared the winner of the 2013 Bocuse d'Or with Denmark and Japan taking the second and third places respectively, while in fourth, the UK enjoyed the country's best ever performance in the competition.

France wins 2013 World Pastry Cup

28-Jan-2013 By Peter Ruddick

France has won the 2013 World Pastry Cup in Lyon, while the UK team came ninth and were awarded the prize for best poster.

Bocuse d'Or and World Pastry Cup 2013: Follow Team UK on BigHospitality

26-Jan-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Two years of preparation have been leading up to the next four days when the finals of the Bocuse d'Or and World Pastry Cup chef competitions will be held in Lyon - BigHospitality will be here bringing you behind the scenes information and the results...

Aiden Byrne: Pearls of Wisdom

25-Jan-2013 By Peter Ruddick

Liverpool-born chef Aiden Byrne is as recognisable to TV viewers, due to appearances on Great British Menu, as he is to the diners at his Cheshire restaurant The Church Green. However this year Byrne is also targeting recognition from the Michelin Guide.

Russell Brown: Career Profile

18-Jan-2013 By Emma Eversham

Russell Brown is chef-owner of Sienna, Dorset's only Michelin-starred restaurant. He was recently made head of the Dorset Panel of the South West-based Chef's Forum and later this year will celebrate 10 years of running his own restaurant.