Chefs

Top 50 Gastropub chef wins best chef gong

10-Jun-2019 By Nikkie Thatcher

A Suffolk pub chef has fought off stiff competition to bag victory at the Craft Guild of Chefs Awards 2019.

Migration reform ‘needs to go further’ to support hospitality

31-May-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Recommendations to relax migration restrictions for jobs with skills shortages would not do enough to help the hospitality sector, trade bodies have claimed.

GBPA 2019

Is your young chef the best?

22-May-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

There is still a week to go before entries to the Great British Pub Awards’ Young Chef of the Year category closes.

8 in 10 chefs suffer from poor mental health

13-May-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Some 81% of UK chefs working in professional kitchens have experienced poor mental health during their careers, a new survey has discovered.

Estrella Damm pairs up with 14 top chefs and restaurateurs

08-May-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Barcelona-based beer Estrella Damm has welcomed 14 leading chefs and restaurateurs in a bid to reinforce the brew’s association with food.

Kerridge’s Hand & Flowers names new head chef

02-May-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s double Michelin-starred pub the Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, has a new head chef.

In association with Knorr

How can we push sex equality in the pub trade?

25-Apr-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Equality is a hot topic on the lips of everyone at the moment but hospitality needs to encourage more women to get into the trade and ensure they are treated equally once they get there.

Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub chef on Great British Menu

21-Mar-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Chef-patron of the Estrella Damm Top 50 Gastropub the St Tudy Inn, Emily Scott, will be competing on the new series of Great British Menu.

International Women's Day

Women who lead in pub kitchens

08-Mar-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

As a society, we are working harder than ever to ensure equality and diversity in every aspect of business. Unfortunately, though, there is still a way to go before true equality is achieved.

International Women's Day

How the Harwood Arms' head chef Sally Abé got there

08-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

London's only Michelin-starred gastropub is headed by Sally Abé. In this feature, supported by Knorr, she gives advice on how to get to the top and argues that we need to challenge the "macho image" of kitchens.

International Women's Day

How Donna Berry became the chef she is today

08-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Donna Berry is a straight talker and will not let anyone disrespect her or her staff. In this feature, supported by Knorr, Donna outlines her career and accolades so far.

International Women's Day

Karen Errington of the Rat Inn tells the story of her career

08-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Karen Errington, along with her husband Phil, has turned the Rat Inn into a stunning food-led gastropub worthy of its many accolades.

International Women's Day

Stosie Madi on her career so far

08-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Lancashire-based gastropub chef and owner Stosie Madi is whirlwind, who uses her travels to inform her menu creation. In this piece supported by Knorr, Madi reveals the secrets to her success.

International Women's Day

How did Emily Watkins reach the top?

08-Mar-2019 By Emily Hawkins

Nationally-acclaimed chef Emily Watkins tells her story, gives advice to others who want to reach the top and reveals her plans for the future in this piece for International Women's Day, supported by Knorr.

Kingham Plough sold by Emily Watkins

28-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Gastropub the Kingham Plough has been sold by Emily Watkins and her husband and business partner Miles Lampson, having spent 12 years building the iconic award-winning business.

Back-of-house pay rises while front falls

19-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Average salaries for kitchen staff in London increase by 14.8% in 2018, according to new analysis data.

Bake Off’s Candice Brown on work experience at Kerridge’s Coach

18-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

Great British Bake Off 2016 winner Candice Brown was spotted on work experience at Tom Kerridge’s Michelin-starred the Coach, Marlow, last week in preparation for opening her own gastropub.

Great British Menu chef bids to transform closed pub

12-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

TV chef Matt Gillan has launched a crowdfunding campaign to turn a West Sussex pub into a “hospitality retreat”.

Second site for the Swan

11-Feb-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Operators of the award-winning Swan in Bampton, Devon, are taking on a former bakery and turning it into a restaurant.

Award-winning freehouse on sale for £900k

11-Feb-2019 By Nicholas Robinson

After 15 years of ownership, husband and wife team Ashley and Kelly McCarthy have decided to sell the Ye Old Sun Inn, Colton, North Yorkshire, for £900,000 to pursue “numerous other business interests”.

Project plans to address harassment in hospitality

05-Feb-2019 By Emily Hawkins

A platform aimed at holding industry employers accountable on issues of harassment and discrimination will launch at the end of next month.

Dan Doherty leaves Royal Oak pub after misconduct allegations

30-Jan-2019 By Nikkie Sutton

Gastropub chef Dan Doherty has left the Royal Oak in Marylebone, central London, following accusations of sexual harassment by staff.

Little Interview

Junior sous chef: 'Working in a pub is so rewarding'

06-Dec-2018 By Robert Mann

At a time when it is claimed 18 pubs are closing for good each week, one chef says the key to a successful and sustainable pub is with its food.

Chef Marco Pierre White launches premium craft lager

28-Nov-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Celebrity chef Marco Pierre White has launched a new premium lager that gives “the perfect balance of malt and hop”.

Little interview

More than two-thirds of hospitality workers are proud to be there

16-Nov-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Some 70% of those working in hospitality are proud to work in the trade, according to research from Nestlé Professional.

The Alchemist launches apprentice chef scheme

10-Oct-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Bar operator the Alchemist, which has 13 sites across the UK, will launch an apprenticeship programme to train aspiring chefs.

Chefs take ‘soft’ policy on free-from food options in kitchens

24-Sep-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Almost one in five (18%) of chefs have worked in kitchens that operate a ‘soft’ policy on food intolerances, according to a new study.

Kerridge is the nation’s favourite pub chef

20-Sep-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Celebrity chef and operator Tom Kerridge is the UK’s favourite pub chef, according to a new survey, based on cookbook sales over the past two decades.

Dominic Chapman: ‘I’m done with running 3 or 4 pubs’

12-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Elite chef Dominic Chapman will focus on growing his Top 50 Gastropub the Beehive and making it the best it can be.

How pubs have plugged the chef recruitment gap

17-Aug-2018 By Katie Coyne

With trained cooks difficult to come by, three businesses explain how lateral thinking found a way around this shortage

How the Staith House’s John Calton launched a second site

27-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Five years in and the dynamic trio behind the success of the Staith House, in North Shields, Tyne & Wear, are setting their sights on the future of the gastropub, which has come a long way from its beginnings as a ramshackle quayside boozer.

Stosie Madi: 'Our location gives us scope to do a lot'

27-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The Parkers Arms in Clitheroe, Lancashire, may be off the beaten track, but chef-patron Stosie Madi uses this to her advantage.

Young Chef of the Year: what the chefs cooked

19-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Young chefs battled it out in an Oxfordshire kitchen earlier this month for the chance to be crowned the UK’s Young Chef of the Year at the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards (GBPA).

Chef of the Year finals: what the chefs cooked

18-Jul-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The cook-offs for the John Smith’s Great British Pub Awards Chef of the Year competition were held this week in Didcot, Oxfordshire, where five chefs battled it out for the title of the UK’s best chef.

Ex-Duck & Waffle chef Dan Doherty to open pub

12-Jun-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Former Duck & Waffle chef Dan Doherty has revealed plans on Instagram to open a London pub after “a lot of bloody hard work”.

Young’s pubs’ Chris Knights: ‘Healthy eating isn’t a trend, it’s a culture’

24-May-2018 By Tom Gatehouse, Food Spark

The group executive chef talks huge changes in customer viewpoints, why the Burger Shack will continue to draw crowds this summer and how every Young’s pub now has a vegan option.

The best 25 pubs where top chefs eat

21-May-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Pubs from across the country have featured in a book called Where Chefs Eat, which claims to be a guide to chefs' favourite restaurants.

Fuller’s Chef of the Year 2018

17-May-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

A pub chef from a Hampshire pub has taken the title of Fuller’s Chef of the Year 2018.

Chefs swear to 'let off steam'

14-May-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

A pub kitchen can be a hot and fast-paced environment, with the result that chefs have a reputation for using blue language.

Pub chefs need to make the most of social media

26-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Social media is something pub chefs needs to remember when pushing their food offers, a former chef-turned-author has advised.

Chris Evans struggling to recruit chef for his pub

25-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

TV and radio presenter Chris Evans is finding recruiting a chef for his Surrey pub difficult, he told listeners on his Radio 2 breakfast show this morning (25 April).

9 top chefs who own pubs and pub chains

25-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Pub kitchens are traditionally cramped, hot and stuffy but this doesn’t stop well-known figures making their foray into them or, chefs becoming celebrities for their outstanding work.

Pub chef Kerridge shortlisted for National Restaurant Awards

24-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Double Michelin-starred pub chef Tom Kerridge has featured on The Morning Advertiser’s sister title Restaurant magazine’s 2018 Estrella Damm National Restaurant Awards.

In association with Schweppes

What’s gastropub the Oxford Blue’s secret to success?

20-Apr-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The Oxford Blue represents the skills and passions of the four people behind it. Steven Ellis is the chef-proprietor and is engaged to head pastry chef Ami Blakey. Meanwhile, husband and wife Daniel Crump and Margriet Vandezande-Crump head front of house

MasterChef winner leaves Top 50 Gastropub for double Michelin-starred restaurant

12-Apr-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

MasterChef: The Professionals 2017 champion Craig Johnston has left the Royal Oak Paley Street for Marcus Wareing’s double Michelin-starred restaurant.

Pub salaries – who gets paid the most?

26-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Employment in pubs is at a five-year high, with staff on average paid more than the national living wage. However, the trade still struggles to fill vacancies and some workers can feel short-changed when it comes to salaries

Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park – who’s there?

26-Feb-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge’s Pub in the Park food and drink festival has expanded to four locations and features some of the UK’s finest gastropubs and restaurants, but who will be starring at each event?

Top 50 Gastropubs chef wins Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year award

09-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Kevin Maclean, from the Rat Inn, in Anick, Northumberland, has won the Pub Chef category at this year’s Parliamentary Pub Chef of the Year awards.

Colleges need to do more to solve chef recruitment crisis

08-Feb-2018 By Nikkie Sutton

Education plays a big part in tackling the lack of chefs in the hospitality industry and catering colleges need to up their game, MA500 delegates heard.

Top chef Sargeant eyes pub rollout

10-Jan-2018 By James Wallin

Michelin-starred chef Mark Sargeant has told MCA he is keen to secure a joint venture to increase his portfolio.