Archive for 'Chefs'

Independent operator Hotel La Tour invest in Birmingham City centre for its  first venue. Birmingham’s newest hotel opened this week. The £24m development in Birmingham city centre has 174 bedrooms and suites, a restaurant and bar inspired by Michelin-starred Chef Marcus Wareing, coffee shop and dedicated conference and events floor. The company, led by Managing [...]

Worcestershire chef, Felice Tocchini, has teamed up with the Evesham based Scott Farms International, the UK’s leading grower and importer of sweet potatoes.   Felice has come up with a whole host of delicious recipes for people to make at home which can be found on lovesweetpotatoes.com. As an added bonus you can follow the [...]

Nuvo cocktail bar and piano lounge in Brindleyplace has introduced after work cocktail hours to help busy city girls and boys relax and unwind after a hard day. On Tuesday to Friday from 5pm until 8pm, Head Chef Stuart Devereaux will serve complimentary tapas dishes from the menu as snacks to accompany their special offers on [...]

Chef Adam Bennett of Simpsons Michelin Restaurant Birmingham yesterday achieved a place at the prestigious Bocuse D’or world food competition. Chef Adam Bennett has good reason to smile – He, along with his Assistant Sous Chef Kristian Curtis, also from Simpsons Restaurant, has achieved the almost unachievable of securing a place in the finals of [...]

There have been some wonderful smells coming from the kitchens as Head Chef Stuart Phillips has been using his skills to coming up with a fabulous new menu full of delicious dishes.   Stuart also joined forces with Bridgnorth Master Butcher, Keith Alderson, to create a new dish using an unusual cut of beef. Jacob’s [...]

Following recent rumours of relocation, Steve and Claire Love, the couple behind the successful Canal Square venue, say they have no plans to move. The good news is that Loves Restaurant is staying in Birmingham and is set to undergo a facelift during its customary four day closure over the Easter period. Claire said: “We [...]

Birmingham’s three Michelin chefs are vying with each other for the city’s lunch trade, but  is it Game, Set & Match to Turners Restaurant, Harborne? Michelin Chef Richard Turner is an exciting, talented and brilliantly driven chef.  His tiny eponymous Michelin starred restaurant in Harborne is ample testament to this.  His elegant cooking combines refinement [...]

Ed Attwell, Sous Chef at the successful Loves Restaurant, yesterday won the regional finals of the Roux Scholarship held in Birmingham. He is now the only chef from the West Midlands to be selected to compete in the Roux Scholarship Finals in London at the beginning of April. This prestigious competition was originally started by [...]

Industry backs Birmingham’s Bocuse d’Or Candidate This week saw the official opening of the UCB College and Academy of Culinary Arts  Bocuse d’or Kitchen opened by Chef and President Brian Turner CBE. The Kitchens have been created to assist Chef Adam Bennett of Simpsons Restaurant, who will be competing in the World food competition ‘Olympics’ [...]

A Shropshire chef triumphed once again this week with a profile award going to a Thai Chef Suree Coates from Broseley at this weeks prestigious “Hotelympia” trade competitions held in London. Self taught chef Suree Coates from the King and Thai Restaurant in Broseley, Shropshire, was entered into the prestigious ‘Chef of the Year’ award, [...]