Caterer & Hotelkeeper articles from June 2002

Caterer & Hotelkeeper archives from June 2002

Events.
June 6, 2002... June 9-11 June Authentic food market Hall 18, NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 0870 429 5310 18-19 June BAR Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London N1. Tel: 020 8948 5522 19-20 June Training Solutions...

Caterer personals.
June 6, 2002... H I am looking for a lady called Vivien Sirotkin who used to be general manager of Redworth Hall hotel in 2000-01. I would really like to get in touch as soon as possible. Please e-mail scottrowland@hotmail.com or call me on 00 1 845 688 7900....

Restrictive covenants.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Neil Toner, a property partner at Lewis Silkin solicitors, examines the issue of restrictive covenants and looks at ways of dealing with their effect on building plans The law A restrictive covenant is a promise not to use land in a...

A Guy named Savoy.
June 6, 2002... After 17 years of holding two Michelin stars, Paris chef-patron Guy Savoy has just been awarded his third, and he's delighted. Tessa Fox went to meet him On Tuesday 12 February Derek Brown, director of Michelin, put a call in to Guy Savoy...

Happy landings.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Former Claridge's general manager Ron Jones and his wife, Eve, recount their adventures in South-east Asia in part nine of their story of life on board the QE2 Andrew Nelder looks like winning the battle of the radicchio. Nelder is what...

Rice to the challenge.
June 6, 2002... Although UK consumers are eating more rice than ever, many caterers' menus are not reflecting its diversity. Amanda Marcus reports Around 80% of households regularly eat rice, and rice consumption in the UK grew 16% from 1996 to 2001,...

Sporting chance.(Industry Overview)(Statistical Data Included)
June 6, 2002... With its domestic market struggling, the hotel industry in Japan is hoping that the World Cup will launch it into a new era of growth. Michael Fitzpatrick reports The pictures painted by sections of the British press - of World Cup fans...

in brief.
June 6, 2002... University challenge Aramark has won a contract to provide catering and facilities management to Oxford University Club. The one-year, [pound]340,000 deal provides catering, bar, reception, security, cleaning and hotel services to more...

Warning over lupin allergy.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Crpes, waffles and pastries imported from the Continent could spark a severe allergic reaction in customers because they contain lupin seeds, caterers and restaurateurs are being warned. The Anaphylaxis Campaign has urged proprietors to be...

Give and take.(hospitality industry and Corporate Social Responsibility)
June 6, 2002... Can the average business be morally good and still do well financially? Asif Hashmi reports on how the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is taking off in the hospitality industry IT WON'T have escaped connoisseurs of...

Caterers in scheme to fight fat build-up.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Twenty-seven hotels and restaurants in Windsor, Berkshire, are taking part in an experiment to help prevent solidified fat building up in sewers. The caterers have signed up to a pilot scheme being run by Thames Water that will see a...

Dogfight.(dogmeat in South Korea)
June 6, 2002... While England footballers issued a formal protest, comedian Frank Skinner decided to tuck in. Despite the controversy surrounding dog restaurants in South Korea, they continue to be big business. Michael Fitzpatrick reports COMEDIAN Frank...

Ledger domain.(Artizian catering services)
June 6, 2002... Keeping track of finances across many sites and clients is time-consuming and potentially expensive for contract caterers. Andrew Davies talks to one company that has turned to the Internet for the answer Accountancy and technology - not...

Drinks news.
June 6, 2002... English Vineyard Trail Catch the tail end of English Wine Week (1-9 June), a national campaign to promote English vineyards and wines, and link up with regional speciality food. English Wine Producers (EWP) and Food From Britain are...

Board school.(cheese in restaurants)
June 6, 2002... A cheeseboard has to work hard for a place on the table of most British diners. Michael Raffael discovers the secret of a good selection from self-confessed "cheese-aholic" Joel Claustre FRANCE has more than 350 farm or craft cheeses. Italy...

On the move.(industry appointments)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... The five-star Lowry hotel in Manchester has recruited JASON HARDING to fill the newly created role of executive assistant manager, rooms division, in readiness for the Commonwealth Games in Manchester this July. He was director of rooms at...

Independence for Islington.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... It's a London gastropub that borrows from anywhere and everywhere and likes to keep the regulars guessing. Jessica Gunn reports Like its forerunner, Perseverance, on Lamb's Conduit Street, restaurateur Billy Drew's latest project, the...

[pounds sterling]5,000 scholar prize up for grabs.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... A PRIZE of [pound]5,000 and two stages in world-renowned kitchens will be winging their way to the winner of the Gordon Ramsay Scholar 2002. Entrants, who must be aged between 18 and 25 on 1 July 2002 and working full-time as a chef in...

Faces & places.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Faces & places is edited by Louise Bozec E-mail: louise.bozec@rbi.co.uk Christie at fifty Christie & Co directors Geoff Knowles and John Crocker (below) were in a celebratory mood when they hosted a party to mark the golden...

Table talk.
June 6, 2002... It's teeth-crunchin' good THE shortlist for this year's Turner Prize includes works by artist Keith Tyson, who makes installations inspired by an interest in science. His most notorious project was a computer called Artmachine. He fed data...

City Centre raises first-quarter sales.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Restaurant, cafe and bar operator City Centre Restaurants increased like-for-like sales during the first three months of 2002, with restaurants in leisure complexes showing the most robust growth. Chairman Alan Jackson said that...

More women are choosing chef careers.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... A London-based recruitment agency believes the prominence of TV chefs such as Nigella Lawson has helped fuel a fourfold increase in the number of female chefs on its books. Angel Human Resources now has more than 200 freelance women chefs...

Don't let this chance go by.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... The industry should welcome Home Office moves on migrants, says Stephen Evans The national media lumped the news in with the controversial Sangatte refugee camp deal, so you would be forgiven for not having spotted it. However, I'd been...

Win No 20 for Bartlett Mitchell.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Bartlett Mitchell, the contract caterer formed in January 2000 by two former Eurest directors, has won its 20th contract. In August it will take over from Avenance the contract to cater for pharmaceutical research firm Covance in...

Cancellations by FIFA hit Seoul hotel occupancy.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... One of the South Korean capital's biggest hotels has lower occupancy than normal during the World Cup and is blaming cancellations by football's ruling body for the shortfall. Occupancy at the 1,300-bedroom Lotte hotel in Seoul is lower...

The future is female... as long as it's flexible.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Why are senior management positions in the hospitality industry still dominated by men? Samantha McClary reports A recent survey run by Caterer.com, Caterer's Web site, found that women accounted for only 22% of hotel general managers,...

in brief.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Whitbread sell-off Whitbread last week sold its Pelican and BrightReasons restaurant groups, made up of 153 restaurants including the Cafe Rouge and Bella Pasta chains, for [pound]25m. The restaurants were bought by Tragus Holdings, led by...

Britannia deal helps Alpha weather storm.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Trading at flight catering and airport shop company Alpha Airports remains tough as the airline and travel industry continues to recover from the effects of 11 September, but an increase in business from Britannia Airways has helped. ...

Research findings reveal poor British knowledge of wine.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... So you thought the UK had the best-educated wine drinkers in the world? Not according to one of the country's largest wine suppliers. Waverley has just published the results of the second stage of its Face Value Research into the modern...

Roadside cafes not truckers' cup of tea.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Food at roadside cafes has failed to impress the nation's truck drivers, according to a survey from the Freight Transport Association. The association's latest Quarterly Transport Activity survey revealed that midday-meal facilities for...

Wanted: more; women please.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... IF YOU'RE employed at floor level in any UK high-street or contract-catering restaurant or in any hotel, chances are that nearly two-thirds of your work colleagues will be women. If you are a manager in any of those same establishments, it's...

Buchanan back at the Westbury.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Andrew Buchanan, former operations director for the Scotsman Group, has returned to London after a six-year absence to become general manager of the last hotel he worked at in the capital. Buchanan, who was made redundant last autumn as...

Staff call off strike action.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Martin's Food Services has scrapped plans to cut the terms and conditions of hundreds of its catering staff at 160 schools in the East Riding of Yorkshire. A two-day strike in protest at the cuts was averted when Martin's withdrew plans to...

Becks Balti tops the menu as chefs cash in on World Cup fever.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Restaurants were this week harnessing World Cup fever with a range of promotional ideas. Kenny Child, executive chef at Jarrold, a large independent department store in Norwich, has launched a World Cup menu in one of the store's three...

Cliveden nears refinancing deal.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Cliveden, the historic hotel in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, is close to finalising a deal for its refinancing, it emerged last week. Cliveden Group, which also operates the Royal Crescent hotel in Bath and the Cliveden Town House hotel in...

What's new.(Advertising)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Bob Gledhill rounds up the latest food and equipment products Cakes from the freezer Delice de France has moved beyond frozen bread into frozen dessert items with a new range of individual cake slices, shortbread, flapjacks and...

Letters.(Brief Article)
June 6, 2002... Please send letters to: The Editor, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. They may be faxed on 020 8652 8973 or e-mailed to forbes.mutch@rbi.co.uk. The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily...

Events.
June 13, 2002... June 18-19 June BAR Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London N1. Tel: 020 8948 5522 19-20 June Training Solutions 2002 Hall 3A, NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 020 7973 6401 25 June HOTEL MARKETING...

Hit the target with bonuses.(how to administer employee bonuses, UK)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Bonus schemes must be achievable and meaningful, says Stuart Harrison One of the questions I am asked most frequently on behalf of independent or small group hotels is how they should reward their sales and marketing people with a...

Employee dress codes.(tips for avoiding legal repercussions, UK)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Hazel Oliver, a solicitor in the employment department at Lewis Silkin, examines legal problems arising from rules on dress and appearance at work The law Dress codes may infringe employees' rights to freedom of expression under the...

Pierre approval.(interview with chef Pierre Gagnaire)(Interview)
June 13, 2002... Pierre Gagnaire, one of the world's most famous chefs, is opening in London this summer. Fiona Sims went to meet him Pierre Gagnaire may be one of the most famous chefs in the world, but can you get him to talk about his food? Can you heck....

Hilton's roving Hans.(Hans Fritz, general manager of Cavalieri Hilton, Rome, Italy)(Interview)
June 13, 2002... The Rome Cavalieri Hilton is unlike any other Hilton, and it's all down to its erudite general manager, Hans Fritz. Fiona Sims went to meet him THE first thing you notice is the heavy scent of jasmine, cascading from each balcony. Then...

openings.(restaurant, pub and hotel openings, UK)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Frankly, add Benny's Italian-American themed chain Frankie & Benny's is opening two restaurants this month, in Edinburgh and Dudley, each with 145 seats. They bring the total number of Frankie & Benny's in the UK to 69, with further...

Rome with a view.(chef Enrico Derflingher of La Terrazza restaurant in the Eden hotel, Italy)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... With a string of A-list employers on his CV, Enrico Derflingher is now lending his culinary skills to one of the smartest hotels in Rome and taking time to enjoy the sunset. Fiona Sims reports Enrico Derflingher has held some illustrious...

The bar essentials.(famous bartender visits UK, teaches techniques)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... The New Yorker renowned for revitalising the Cosmopolitan hits town. But just how does cocktail king Dale DeGroff do that trick with flaming peel? Fiona Sims risks getting singed Dale DeGroff is New York's most famous barman. OK, so he's...

Ware aware.(commercial dishwasher and glasswasher products, UK)
June 13, 2002... Keeping glass and cutlery spotless helps to create a positive first impression. Amanda Marcus checks out the latest warewashing products and gives a few pointers to choosing the best machine Even the best establishment can be let down by...

Animal passions.(chefs, restaurants and animal activists)
June 13, 2002... Restaurants are in the front line when animal rights activists seek a target for their protests. We talk to chefs whose choice of ingredients has attracted their anger and look at what protection the law offers. Tessa Fox reports AT THE...

Peace work.(Belfast, Northern Ireland)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... More than 30 years of political strife in Northern Ireland have ensured Belfast is a city of international renown. Now, despite continued skirmishes, it is striving to transform its reputation from war zone to European City of Culture. Jessica...

Almeida adventure.(Rebecca Donnelly wins chef's prize)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Rebecca Donnelly, 21, chef de rang at Gleddoch House hotel in Greenock, Renfrewshire, was joint winner of the Hotel & Catering Training Company's Future Masters Class 2002. For her prize she spent a week working at Almeida restaurant in north...

Split provision.
June 13, 2002... When it comes to catering, office and factory workers have very different needs. Bob Gledhill reports on how caterers on a business park in Bolton are trying to get the balance right Having run his own private dining business and a...

Roberts takes on the Waterfront.(Wayne Roberts purchases Wales restaurant)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Welsh Culinary Association team member, Wayne Roberts, has become chef-proprietor of the Waterfront restaurant in Trearddur Bay in Anglesey, North Wales. The English-born 32-year-old, who originally hails from Kent, raised [pound]25,000 to...

Table talk.(includes brief articles on crime)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Cops flush out rooftop peeping Tom POLICE arrested a maintenance man last week suspected of installing a hidden camera in the women's toilets of a Bellevue restaurant in Washington State, USA. Police were called to Coco's restaurant after...

Consortium unveils management team.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... NEWLY-formed Golden Tulip UK has finalised the team that plans to expand the hotel consortium's brands to at least 30 over the next three years. It is headed by managing director PETER ROBERTS, whose Manchester-based hotel management and...

On the move.(Executive Changes)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... LORE KOENIG is to be director of sales for the new Shangri-La Hotel Dubai, which is due to open in Sheikh Zayed Road next March and will be the group's first hotel outside Asia. Koenig, who has been Shangri-La's director of sales for...

US investor to open first hotel in Britain.(Rick Hvizdak buys Wood Norton Hall)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... American property investor Rick Hvizdak has moved into the hotel business with the purchase of Wood Norton Hall near Evesham in Worcestershire. Hvizdak's US investments include the Olde Stone golf and country club in Pittsburgh,...

Salary watch.(pubs sector employees)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... The whole pubs sector is still subject to a tremendous amount of change, with continuing mergers and acquisitions still having a negative effect on both recruiters and job-seekers alike. Salaries have remained within broadly the same bands...

Jarvis name will go in long-term rebranding plan.(Jarvis Hotels; finances)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... Jarvis Hotels admitted for the first time last week that it plans to drop the Jarvis name from individual hotels in thelong term. Last year Jarvis rebranded most of its 67 hotels as Ramada Jarvis, but chief executive Richard Thomason...

in brief.(includes multiple records)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Fatal prank A 19-year-old chef in Weymouth, Dorset, was killed last week in a prank that went wrong. Kevin Japp was pretending to jump off the roof of the Club Metro, where he had been working for three weeks, but he missed a hidden ledge...

Compensation claim group still growing.(hoteliers, guesthouses sue government for alleged negligence)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Hoteliers and guesthouse owners from the areas worst hit by last year's foot-and-mouth disease outbreak are continuing to join a group suing the Government for [pound]1b in compensation. More than 100 businesses from Cumbria,...

Young's sales pass the [pounds sterling]100m mark.(Young & Co. Brewery PLC)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... Beer, pub and inn operator Young & Co last week reported record turnover and a small rise in profits. For the year to 30 March, sales climbed by 9.7% to [pound]106.3m, the first time turnover has passed [pound]100m. Pre-tax profits...

Colonel Rossiter to head HCIMA.(Philippe Rossiter;)(Hotel Catering and Institutional)(Management Association)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... A colonel and former head of the Army School of Catering has been named as the new chief executive of the HCIMA. Philippe Rossiter, a member of the defence staff at the British Embassy in Paris since last year, takes on his new role in...

VisitScotland reports signsof recovery.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... A key accommodation survey from the Scottish tourist board, VisitScotland, provides encouraging signs of recovery during the first quarter of 2002, while new overseas visitor figures have confirmed how tough trading conditions were last year....

Stockwatch.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... Weekend newspapers have reported that Hanover International - whose share price soared by nearly 6% last week to close at 113.5p - is close to a major acquisition through its joint venture with the Bank of Scotland. It is believed this...

Bigger estate boosts Belhaven.(Belhaven Breweries)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... A bigger estate helped boost profits at Scottish brewer Belhaven Brewery by 23% in the past year. Belhaven bought 15 pubs from rival group Maclay last year, and its estate has now expanded from 117 to 151. Pre-tax profits for the year...

Belfast gets in with a shout.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... IN THE game of tourism, fortunes can change remarkably quickly. One minute everything is up, the next down, with catastrophic results - as aptly demonstrated by last year's fallout from the events of 11 September and the foot-and-mouth disease...

Harris and Garnier on a Racine certainty.(Henry Harris, Eric Garnier open restaurant)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Racine, a new regional French-style restaurant created by Henry Harris and Eric Garnier, opened in London's Brompton Road yesterday. Harris left his role as executive chef in London restaurant Hush in late March to set up Racine with...

Hotel guests escape rioting Russian fans.(Russian soccer)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Hotels and restaurants in Moscow were clearing up this week after Sunday's riots that left at least one person dead and many injured. Hundreds of people went on the rampage through the city after the Russian football team was beaten 1-0 by...

Worldwide; briefing.(includes multiple records)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... TREASURE BURIED Hong Kong-based chain the Treasure Restaurant Group has collapsed, laying off nearly 1,700 workers. The labour department said the group had gone into liquidation. Its 17 restaurants have been closed. backpackers wooed...

Compass coy about interest in Onama.(Compass Group PLC on acquisition trail)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Catering group Compass has confirmed it is interested in acquisitions in Italy but declined to comment on reports that it is in preliminary talks to buy contract caterer Onama. Reports said Compass was looking to buy a controlling 60% stake...

Recovery in tourist numbers continues.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... The latest International Passenger Survey found that the number of overseas visitors had increased by 9%, to six million people, in the three months to April compared with the previous quarter. But the figures were still 3% lower than the...

Friends get off lightly in pink-chicken test.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... More than nine out of 10 diners would complain if they were served pink chicken in a restaurant - but only 65% would do so if they were at a friend's dinner party, a study by the Food and Drink Federation has found. The survey of 1,017...

Britons still ready to run to the gym.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Britain's love affair with getting fit is showing no sign of running out of puff, with health and fitness clubs, including those in hotels, reporting rising membership numbers and revenue levels. A study by business adviser KPMG has found...

Hilton set for more sales.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Hilton is set to raise about [pound]350m through the sale and leaseback of 10 of its hotels. The deal will include the Hilton London Kensington in Holland Park Avenue and nine provincial properties. A Hilton spokesman said: "We are...

Six Continents alters disabled rooms policy.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Six Continents Hotels has changed its policy on rooms for disabled people following the settlement of a disability discrimination dispute through the Disability Rights Commission. The dispute arose when Carl Ford, a disability consultant...

PPPs are killing us, say local authority caterers.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and legislative pressures are causing serious concerns among local authority caterers. According to a group of local authority caterers, talking last week at the Catering Forum, on the cruise ship Oriana,...

'5,000 pubs in danger'.(closings forecast)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... Some 5,000 pubs will close over the next five years and not reopen, says a leading industry figure. Jim Walsh, chairman of the Commer Group, speaking at the Catering Forum last week, said that he expected to see a huge number of pubs close...

New owner scraps 'failed' scheme to reinvent Rouge.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... The new owner of the Cafe Rouge and Bella Pasta restaurant chains, bought from Whitbread for a knockdown [pound]25m a fortnight ago, has said it intends to scrap the tentative pre-sale efforts to reinvent the restaurants. Before selling...

Funding boost for Scots school meals.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... School meals providers in Scotland are likely to get extra funding at the end of this month. A team of local authority caterers, nutritionists, head teachers and other experts, brought together in January to establish nutritional standards...

Faces & places.(includes multiple records)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
June 13, 2002... Faces & places is edited by Louise Bozec E-mail: louise.bozec@rbi.co.uk pirie wine scholarship is launched at heathcote's restaurant Chef-proprietor Paul Heathcote (right) is pictured at his Michelin-starred restaurant in...

Mwakulua carries off Avenance prize.(Dennis Mwakulua, Avenance Chef of the Year 2002)(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... The title of Avenance Chef of the Year 2002 has been awarded to 30-year-old Dennis Mwakulua, head chef at London law firm Meyer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, following a cook-off at Lloyd's of London last month. Winners of five regional heats, held...

Drinks news.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Inveterate PR man Georg Riedel was in London recently to promote his company's latest range of glassware. Oh, not another shape from Riedel, I hear you say. Well yes, another nine shapes, to be precise. The Austrian glass manufacturer has...

Letters.(Brief Article)
June 13, 2002... Please send letters to: The Editor, Caterer & Hotelkeeper, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS. They may be faxed on 020 8652 8973 or e-mailed to forbes.mutch@rbi.co.uk. The opinions expressed on this page are not necessarily...

Events.(Directory)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2002... June 25 June HOTEL MARKETING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL DEBATE London Hilton on Park Lane. Tel: 0845 758 5435 25-27 June HITEC 2002 McCormick Place, Chicago, USA. Tel: 00 1 800 646 4387 July 1-2 July ...

Caterer personals.
June 20, 2002... H I would very much like to contact Bill O'Connor, last heard of working for Accor Hotels. Please e-mail me on giles.shaw@chu.cam.ac.uk. H I am looking for Sue Barcock, with whom I worked at the Bush hotel, Farnham, in the 1990s, last seen...