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Long-standing research has suggested the human tongue register five primary tastes - sweet, sour, salty, bitter and Umami, which was added to the list in 2007, but now scientists at Oregon State University believe ‘starchy’ should be added to the...

Companies can get involved by either asking team members to bring in a packed lunch and donate the money normally spent or treat the team to lunch and ask them to donate the money they would normally have spent. Penny Moore, chief executive of...

Charlie Burton, the company’s pricing director, said Brakes had stopped publishing prices in 2011 – partly because they worried prices were perceived in the market as too high and partly because its own pricing structure had become ‘confused’....

The 800 sq ft, 30-cover site is situated on Monmouth Street and joins Balans Social Society, which recently opened a 1,500 sq ft restaurant next door. Armit and Wickman of Cure + Cut said: “We are delighted with our new site at the heart of Seven...

Cannell took up the position on the 5 th September following four years at fresh produce business Chingford Fruit Ltd. Tony Markland, chairman of Speciality Breads, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Simon to the company as he has an incredible skill...

Chef de partie and chef de cabinet made the cut, alongside chefdom - a noun meaning the overall fact, state or positioning of becoming a chef. Cheeseball, which is a word to describe someone or something lacking taste, style or originality; or the...

Minotaur Inns, the four-strong Norfolk pub business, collapsed last month after paying back £4.2m of its £7.4m bank loan. The Sun on Sunday investigation also found that eight more of the celebrity chef’s firms were in liquidation. The reports come...

The research by CV-Library also found that over half of catering workers (54.8%) only take one sick day per year and 61.9% admit to feeling guilty for taking sick days. Lee Biggins, founder and managing director of CV-Library, said: “Staff...

The competition founder is teaming up with headline sponsor Panasonic, co-patron Pervin Todiwala of Café Spice Namaste and the Master Chefs of Great Britain to ensure the competition reaches its bigget audience to date. Todiwala said: “Zest Quest...

This year AA has changed the name of the award from the AA Chefs’ Chef to the AA Chef of the Year, but the criteria and voting procedures remain the same. The shortlist is: Angela Hartnett Ashley Palmer Watts Clare Smyth MBE Nigel Haworth Sat Bains...