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The awards recognise the innovations, best practice initiatives and achievements of businesses across Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside. They also consider companies from all areas of the sector including food retail...

Winner's included Javier Mellado (Liverpool) who picked up the Restaurant of the year award, Arancha Campo (Exeter) walked away with the Best New Restaurant title, and Fernando Freita (Broadgate) won the Customer Service Restaurant of the Year award...

The conference, titled 'Healthy Indulgence – Challenges and Opportunities', reviewed the impact of consumer health for manufacturers, with speakers focusing on the progress in food reformulation, new ingredients, overeating and satiety. Speakers from...

The British Hospitality Association's Bob Cotton said that he "went berserk" when he heard the plans but has since made informal contact with the LPC and was told the technical review would only involve the junior rate of 16 to 17 year olds. But a...

The event, jointly hosted by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) and London Technology Network, was just a stepping stone in the work towards implementing FDF's Five-fold Environmental Ambition. The issues discussed included carbon reduction, the...

Figures from the Rural Payments Agency have found that between April 2007 and March 2008, milk production in the UK decreased to 13.2 billion litres. This figure has fallen from the 2006/2007 figure of 14.1 billion litres. This reduction in the...

The latest move comes after months of preparation. Mark Kent, senior food and brand development manager at Debenhams, said: "We had to source a number of new products for our menu, including hot chocolate, which is quite considerable but something we...

Each morning the asparagus will be cut and rushed to head chef Ian Gibbs who will then prepare and serve the vegetable with other fresh, local ingredients. John Hugo, co-founder of the Festival and proprietor of the dining pub, sources all of the...

The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS), which is due to be phased out in 2010, has been one of the main sources of harvest workers. Last year the scheme was altered so that only 6% of the 16,250 worker quota was allocated to students from...