Caroline Fry

  • No Salt Recipe for Salt Awareness Week

    We loved working with the Charlton House and the Virgin Atlantic teams on this no salt recipe video for the Consensus Action on Salt & Health (CASH) website and Salt Awareness Week. It is a vivid example of what can be…

  • An Innocent Smoothie with…Caroline Fry

    THE CHIEF executive of CH&Co’s business and industry arm talks about the company’s new sustainability strategy and the ‘quirky things’ her chefs have achieved with cakes.                     David Burrows (DB): Good…

  • Fair pricing in foodservice

    CH&Co’s Caroline Fry explains why she supports the idea of a fair price for dairy farmers, but it’s not always easy.   When the recent media interest in the price paid to dairy farmers threw an unflattering spotlight on the…

  • Veggie restaurants up 50% in five years

    THE NUMBER of vegetarian restaurants in the UK has continued to grow, with 30 premium restaurants now in operation across the country, up 50% since 2007.     Sales of vegetarian foods have also increased, rising by 7.7% from £730.4m…

  • Caterer cuts salt by over 600kg

    THE RESTAURANT chains took a bit of a battering last week in a new report by Which?, but there was good news this week with Charlton House announcing the first results of its salt reduction programme.     In 2011,…

  • An appetite for change

    IT’S BEEN almost 10 years since the UK Government ran a public debate on GM food. With issues over food security, drought and a booming population intensifying, is the foodservice sector one of those asking for the technology to be…

  • Young chef’s sustainable menu challenge launched at Hotelympia

    DAVID CAVALIER, Food Director, CH&Co, last week launched the Footprint Awards Young Chef ‘Back to the Future’ challenge at The Skillery at Hotelympia – offering the chance for one lucky student chef to win the opportunity to work alongside David…

  • GM debate must be re-opened

    THE FOODSERVICE industry is ready to have another look at the options around genetically modified (GM) food.                             According to a poll on foodservicefootprint.com, 78% of readers…

  • Have Ethical labels have lost their value?

    Sustainability labels cannot deliver sufficient business value or drive the level of consumer demand needed to develop a sustainable economy, according to a new report published today.     Signed, Sealed… Delivered? assesses the value and challenges that businesses find in using certification and labelling…

  • House Style: Interview with Caroline Fry from Charlton House

    Footprint’s Charles Miers caught up with Charlton House Managing Director Caroline Fry following the recent brand re-launch of this highly successful contract caterer. Q: Charlton House is transforming corporate staff restaurants into vibrant and colourful foodie environments with displays of…