Attention all foodies: Halifax is limbering up to host its sixth hugely popular Food and Drink Festival this June. The town centre will be abuzz with live chef demos, cookery workshops and over 70 stalls – on Saturday June 22 (10am–5pm), and Sunday June 23 (10am–4pm). Admission is free. Halifax town centre is set to […]
Kids and adults are re-discovering the traditional bake sale for a modern age. May sees the launch of Children with Cancer UK’s Bake Club Month. From cupcakes to cookies or a classic Victoria sponge, Bake Club is a fun and simple way to raise dough and save young lives. Everyone is invited to join Bake […]
Bulletproof has created new branding and packaging for Indian rice brand Amira, which is set to launch in the UK, with an icon based on the brand name’s ‘princess’ meaning. The consultancy was appointed to the project in November 2011 following a three-way credentials pitch. It was briefed to create a new brand for Amira, […]
The prestigious gathering of the UK’s finest television stars will celebrate their achievements this Sunday night 12th May and the Awards will be broadcast on BBC One at 8:00pm, and feature the presentation of the Fellowship to Michael Palin. But it is when the red carpet gets rolled up that the Mayfair English Vodka fueled […]
There are serious problems in the food chain in relation to food traceability as the recent horse-meat scandal highlighted. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage and the Sustainable Restaurant Association have taken action, and are breaking new ground by providing accredited training by City & Guilds in ethical food selection and procurement. River Cottage is famous for […]
Hat-Trick Design has created the Cooking With Kids app, which features an exclusive range of child-friendly recipes from a host of top chefs. The project, which is in association with Tesco, is part of Hat-Trick’s ongoing work with Great British Chefs – a brand that brings together 12 chefs including Marcus Wareing and Tom Aikens […]
Lancashire based company UK Wedding Favours are busy celebrating yet another year of sweet success as they look forward to another busy year of supplying weddings with their unique range of wedding favours. It may come as a surprise to many people to learn that the tradition of wedding favours has not died out. The […]
Google Trends reveals the dramatic growth in veganism is not confined to the UK and USA. Google reveals searches for vegan on Google have doubled since 2011 in the UK, Germany, Israel and Romania. The Vegan diet trend is now officially a worldwide trending phenomenon. Vegfest UK , celebrating their 10th anniversary this year, run […]
British company Sweetly Stevia Ltd has launched a natural sweetener made from the Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni plant. It is now offering the opportunity for smaller investors to participate in this exciting and rapidly developing market. Shares in Sweetly are to be launched through a crowd funding investment platform. Often described as ‘democratic finance’, it is […]
JKR has created new bottle designs for London brewer Fuller’s. The designs are being used across the brewer’s premium bottled ales portfolio, which includes the London Pride bottles. Ian Bray, managing director of the Fuller’s Beer Company, told Design Week, ‘We took some of our cues from the world of wine, so we think the […]