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Respected food journalist Matthew Fort hosts a star-studded lunch in Mayfair and dishes up some indispensable advice to help restaurateurs please critics and customers alike.

Capsules or Pods? The industry-standard usage is that a coffee portion contained within paper packaging is a pod, whilst anything in other material, such as aluminium or plastic, is a capsule. Eric Favre developed the first coffee capsule system in 1976, and we saw a gradual development of the concept, mainly for use in offices....

Congratulations to the Chef Team at The Auberge at Jerbourg for securing the two main Chef Awards at Guernsey’s recently held Chef Awards. Calum Humphries led the way with the Junior Chef award, followed by Head Chef Daniel Green securing joint first place in the senior category. Daniel came to the attention of a national...

In the next few weeks we see two of the UK Coffee Industry’s main exhibitions being held in London. The London Coffee Festival: 25-28th April at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane There are a wide range of exhibitors and events, including the semi-finals and finals of the UK Barista Competition, where the competition has never...

If you find yourself in the St James’s Street area of Central London before 30 June 2012 and you love fine Italian food, why not visit Pret A Diner-‘Italians Do it Better’. Created by the German masters of the Pop Up Restaurant concept, Kofler and Company and headed up by Giorgio Locatelli, you can chose...