Raymond Blanc
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Great British Food campaign launched
TOP CHEFS and pioneers of the foodservice sector will be involved in a five-year campaign to push British food both at home and overseas. The “Great British Food” campaign will run for five years and include trade missions, food festivals… Read More
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MSC celebrates World Oceans Day with Seafood Sustainability Awards 2014
TO CELEBRATE World Oceans Day (June 8th) and marking its 15th anniversary, the Marine Stewardship Council has announced a new series of awards for the foodservice sector. The awards recognise the… Read More
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Chef turns detective for new animated series
Raymond Blanc has turned detective for a new series of short animations about sustainable fish. The Chef Patron of Le Manoir aux Quat’ Saisons has followed Inspector Clouseau, turning in… Read More
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Who’s top when it comes to sustainable fish?
CHEFS HAVE huge influence over what people cook at home – not least through their books. Research at the University of York has shown that some of the top names are promoting sustainable fish significantly more now than they were… Read More
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Chefs challenged on their seafood sustainability
RESEARCHERS FROM the University of York have ranked the top ten celebrity cookbooks in order of the sustainability of the seafood they feature. Books published by some of the leading chefs… Read More
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Diners willing to pay more for sustainability
A NEW REPORT from the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) states that more than half of UK diners are willing to pay more for sustainably sourced ingredients. It also showed that consumers are more interested than ever in how restaurants… Read More
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Could chefs make sustainable food sexy?
CELEBRITY CHEFS were recently branded as a “hidden contributing factor to Britain’s obesity epidemic” in a paper published in the Food and Public Health journal. Their recipes contained “excessive amounts of total fat, sugars and salt” which were influencing the… Read More
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FOOTPRINT AWARDS 2013 Special Achievement Nominations Announced
FROM A Secretary of State to Jimmy Doherty of Jimmy’s Farm, the incredibly diverse shortlist of nominees for the Special Achievement Award in the 2013 Footprint Awards, has been announced today. … Read More
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Blanc hails ‘birth of an international common language of restaurant sustainability’.
FORGET MICHELIN stars, there’s a new global restaurant ratings system to help diners choose where to eat. Maybe not. But the Sustainable Restaurant Association’s (SRA) decision to roll its ratings system out globally will mean that chefs can compare their… Read More
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Prize display for champions of healthy living
ACCORDING TO dubious research cooked up for a marketing campaign a few years ago the third Monday of January deserves the title of “Blue Monday”. That’s when people are at their most miserable, thanks to a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold… Read More