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 […]
Sir Terence Conran has announced plans to create a chain of Albion cafes. The announcement follows news that Conran has sold his 51 per cent stake in D&D London, formerly Conran Restaurants, severing his ties with the brand and using the proceeds to fund the expansion of his Albion concept. The Conran-owned Albion concept currently […]
Yorkshire Tea has staged an experiential activity event for press, bloggers and brand fans aboard the Orient Express. Organised by brand experience agency BEcause, ‘The Yorkshire Tea Train’ came as part of a wider promotional campaign for Yorkshire Tea, building on the celebratory tone of the brand’s latest TV ads. The event started in a […]
B&B Studio has worked on the naming, design and launch of a new pasta sauce range Incredible! for soupmaker Yorkshire Provender. The consultancy was approached in January with an idea to “shake up the market,” said B&B Studio creative partner Kerry Bolt who added, “We were keen to create a whole new brand for them.” […]
For the first time there will be a regular Farmers’ Market in Middle Yard Camden Lock every other Friday running from 10am to 6:30pm. Launching on Friday 26th April 2013 visitors will be able to watch live recipe demonstrations to inspire even the weariest of post working week cooks and start their weekend by stocking […]