Food News
Booths launches the ‘caviar of beans’
Flageolet Beans, often referred to as the ‘caviar of beans’ for their superiority and quality are now on sale exclusively at Booths. Unlike imported Flageolet Beans from Italy, which are dehydrated and preserved, these frozen beans are grown by Yorkshire producer, Scholes, and fast frozen to preserve their quality and taste.
The humble vol-au-vent gets an overhaul
The credit crunch might be throwing us all back to the 1970’s but some things can be improved on - the humble vol-au-vent just got an overhaul – wave goodbye to egg mayo and coronation chicken and say hello to the Jus Rol Sweet Bite.
Perfect picnic food
Young’s Seafood has developed a brand new selection of easy to prepare recipes perfect for the whole family, whether packing for a picnic or filling hungry tummies at lunchtime.
Will the British barbeque be a wash out?
Saturday August 2 is expected to be the biggest barbequing day in Britain according to research, but it could well be a washout – more than three-quarters (78%) of us have had a barbeque rained off in the last year, and weather tops the list of things which stops us eating outdoors.
Get ‘UP’ and go for breakfast
UP Box, which stands for Urban Picnic is an exciting new environmentally friendly upmarket take out concept, recently launched in Ludgate Circus. The stylish City shop launched in May and has proved a hit with locals for its delicious, well-balanced offering and a great alternative to the usual gluten and carbohydrate-heavy high street lunch options.
Chupa Chups celebrates 50th Birthday
The world’s favourite lollipop turns 50 this summer with parties and a Chupa Chups road show planned across the UK. Kick-starting a summer of celebration is a 1950’s retro branded Chupa Chups bus that will tour key cities and events across the country over the next four months. ‘Chupa Chicks’ will be dancing to the sounds of the 50’s and sampling lollies to members of the public, targeting an estimated 1.5 million people at concerts and festivals.
An Olympian effort to promote breakfast
Kellogg’s has revealed plans for its second challenge to increase the nation’s consumption of breakfast cereals with a new celebrity face and a major tie up with a digital brand. Wake Up To Breakfast 2008 will see Kellogg’s invest £2 million in a two month long promotion fronted by Olympic champion, Kelly Holmes, and delivered in alliance with Microsoft Live Search.
Chill out with a cool Smooze this summer
Smooze Fruit Ice is a new kind of lolly that offers maximum refreshment with minimum guilt – perfect for people who watch what they eat and like to live healthily. There are three flavours to choose from: Mango and Coconut, Pineapple and Coconut, and Pink Guava and Coconut. Smooze Fruit Ice is made from 100% natural ingredients, with real fruit purees and juices (not from concentrate and with no added preservatives) and is rich in vitamin C.
Brits bin food to feed 19m people
Brits cook enough extra food at dinnertime to feed at least an extra 19 million mouths. 39% of us admit to cooking enough extra food to feed at least one other person and 36% suffer from 'waste worry' over the amount of food they waste each week.
Celebrity chef Phil Vickery cooks up a pudding storm
Everybody loves a good pud! From homemade apple pie to granny’s spotted dick or mum’s treacle tart, everyone’s a winner. But how often do you make home-made puds and do you really know where to start? Well don’t panic! Celebrity chef Phil Vickery is here to save the day. Over the coming months he is welcoming you in to his kitchen to take you through the simple steps to create 6 classic puddings.
Divine wins Observer Ethical Business Award
Last week, Divine Chocolate, the leading Fairtrade brand co-owned by cocoa farmers, was named top ‘Ethical Business’ at the prestigious Observer Ethical Awards, presented in association with Ecover.
Sweet like chocolate
Chocolate lovers can now satisfy their sweet tooth and help protect the environment, thanks to The Chocolate Truffle Company and their new 48g Chocolate bar containing cocoa sourced from a Rainforest Alliance CertifiedTM farm.
Healthy diet with your personal chef
The stressful city life can make it difficult to find the time and cook a well prepared dinner in the evenings. To support your healthy diet, All in Hand, the supplier of high-calibre chefs and waiting staff for private and corporate clients in the UK and abroad introduces the “personal chef” service.
Ready, veggie, go!
Giving up meat and becoming a vegetarian is a major lifestyle decision - more of us than ever before are taking the veggie pledge. In some cases people go even further and take the Vegan route cutting out fish and dairy products too.
The sweet life
Antony Worrall Thompson is one of the UK’s best loved chefs. Appearing regularly on popular TV shows such as ITV’s Daily Cooks Challenge, BBC2’s Food and Drink and Ready, Steady, Cook. AWT as he is fondly known also has several leading restaurants including the celebrated neighbourhood restaurants Notting Grill and Kew Grill, as well as being a winner of the Meilleur Ouvrier de Grande Bretagne (MOGB) - the chef's Oscar.