Food and Drink
Oldrids and Downtown - Household food trends
We Brits love our grub. We’ve got big opinions on our favourite meals, how they should be eaten and with whom. What’s our attitude to dinner in particular? Oldrids & Downtown, providers of dinner sets, finds out.

Mother in Law menu at Royal Harbour Hotel
The Empire Room restaurant at the Royal Harbour Hotel in Ramsgate, is to offer a special Mother-in-Law menu, on the Sunday following Mother’s Day.
Christmas dinners in the UK
We like to be a bit lavish with our spending at Christmas, and nothing sums that up more than the meal itself: turkey, pork or even duck or salmon, with roast potatoes, vegetables and all the trimmings.

Jason Atherton and The Social Company launch Temple and Sons restaurant in the City
On 21st November, The Social Company opened the doors to Temple and Sons, a new City grill restaurant and bar. Situated adjacent to the iconic Tower 42, Temple & Sons is a second partnership for Jason Atherton with Restaurant Associates.

Research reveals the recipe for the perfect fry-up
The ultimate fry-up contains two sausages, two rashers of bacon, fried eggs, mushrooms, toast, beans and fried tomatoes – and RED sauce, a study has found.

Marco Pierre White launches new cookbook 'Essentially Marco'
The godfather of British cuisine, Marco Pierre White, has launched a new cookbook ‘Essentially Marco’ which is described as being “perfect for the home cook”.

Millions of people have no idea how their food is produced
Millions of people have no idea how their food is produced – with six in 10 admitting they didn’t realise dairy cows needed to be pregnant in order to produce milk, a study has found.
One third of people have had food stolen from a communal fridge
A survey has revealed that nearly one third of people, including office workers and students living in shared accommodation, have had their food stolen from a communal fridge.

Brits are only using half of the ingredient in their kitchens
“Culinary cluelessness” is causing millions of Brits to neglect half of the ingredients in their kitchen, a new study has revealed.

Brits spend more time watching food than they do cooking it
Brits are spending more than five hours a week consuming ‘food media’ – but just four hours actually cooking, a study has found.

Galvin brothers launch restaurant at Centurion Club, St Albans
Two of the UK’s most esteemed restaurateurs, Chris and Jeff Galvin, have just launched their first venture in the Home Counties at the impressive Centurion Club.

The ultimate fast Chicken Satay Salad
This autumn, LEON the ‘Naturally Fast Food’ chain will unveil an exclusive new dish, made in collaboration with professional chef, food writer and TV presenter, Gizzi Erskine.

Over half of sports and energy drink users say they would stop drinking or cut back on drinking sugary varieties if the price were to go up
With the tax on sugary soft drinks due to come into effect in April 2018, the majority of UK sports and energy drink users say they expect their purchasing of these products to be affected as a result of any price increases.

Chocolate, chillis and red wine: The nation’s favourite mealtime boosts
Brits are boosting their favourite dish of spaghetti bolognese … with chocolate.

Food charity launches ‘back to school’ fruit appeal
Ahead of the new school term starting in September, national food redistribution charity, FareShare is calling for more fresh fruit suppliers to provide surplus produce to the charity, to help hundreds of breakfast clubs give children a healthy start to their day.