Kathy Bowry

  • CHR – Champion of Sustainability

    CHR Equipment roared over the finishing line at the CEDA Grand Prix Awards, taking the laurels for its sustainable kitchen installation. Kathy Bowry reports.   Catering equipment distributors are the frontline of fit-for-purpose commercial kitchen design. These guys don’t just…

  • Festival fare

    It takes an army of casual workers to make the Glastonbury Festival tick and a special woman in charge to make sure the battalions are fed and watered in a sustainable manner. Footprint finds out how it is done. Glastonbury…

  • The Potato: the backbone of foodservice

    The humble potato is the backbone of the British diet: whether mashed, boiled or chipped we can’t get enough of it. Kathy Bowry visited a potato farm in Nottinghamshire and discovered that spuds have to be grown in a sustainable…

  • Harvest Government Windfalls

    Operators upgrading to more sustainable equipment are being showered with Government cash in the form of tax breaks and interest free loans   Caterers who want to buy new energy efficient equipment but are watching the pennies in the recession…

  • Unsustainable Expectations

    Footprint puts an equipment distributor and a major manufacturer on the spot to ask whether they think the UK foodservice industry is really prepared to go the sustainable route when new kit is specified.     Nick Howe, MD of…

  • Setting The Green Standard

                      The state of the art training facility HMS Collingwood is claimed to be the most sustainable catering operation in the UK.   VT Flagship Training, under the umbrella of parent company…

  • Putting in a Little Less Energy

    Equipment specifiers, suppliers and installers are all pulling together under the banner of the Catering for a Sustainable Future Group to ensure that low carbon, energy efficient commercial kitchens are in place long before the Government’s initial 2020 target.  …