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Birmingham UK, Top Food Cities in the World!
The New York Times today declared Birmingham UK to be the 19th most desirable places to visit ‘in the Universe’ - beating outer space! (at number 20) - largely down to Birmingham’s food pedigree, as highlighted in Olive Magazine in 2011, as Britain’s food capital. It also highlighted [...]

The Chair People
Miss Julie Rawlings – wholesale sales manager and Order processing
Miss Samantha Antonic – Domestic sales manager
Karl Owen – Contract sales manager

Shropshire based Bespoke Seating Supplier Supplies Closer to ‘Home’
2012 looks to be an exciting year for Successful National supplier to many of the UK’s finest Hotels and Restaurants has recently expanded [...]

Phill Jeffreys who is the manager, of Peepo Pizzeria and Bar in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, is also an award winning mixologist.
Phill shares his knowledge with some of his favourite cocktails, including the Elderflower Martini, classic Cosmopolitan, and his unique Peepo Belini, great for any party and New Years Eve celebrations. More Cocktail Mixing Videos and [...]

Shropshire’s favourite Thai Chef, Suree Coates is celebrating the end of a very successful 2011
Clutching a string of awards for her innovative, creative and authentic cooking - self taught Suree Coates (pictured) who presides in the King and Thai Restaurant, in Broseley, just outside Ironbridge in Shropshire this year won ‘Best Curry Chef of the [...]

Owner of the Lion Hotel in Shrewsbury, (Howard Astbury pictured left) who has left hundred’s of local suppliers unpaid, since he took over 5 yeas ago, has been forced to go into Voluntary Receivership, after building up debts of over £100,000. It was reported on Boxing Day on the font page of the local paper, [...]

Walsall welcomes Five Rivers
 
Yesterday (10 December) a group of award-winning caterers launched Five Rivers à la Carte; a new fine-dining north Indian restaurant.
The owners are also behind

Matt Osborne at MPW Steakhouse Bar and Grill Birmingham

Birmingham boy Matt Osborne is the new executive head chef at Marco Pierre White’s new rooftop restaurant at The Cube which opened this week.
We joined him in the bar for a quick (and of course exclusive to ETM)  chat before the opening night.
Originally from Solihull, 37-year-old Matt [...]

Michelin-starred Birmingham chef Richard Turner will make his bid to create Britain’s Best Dish when he cooks for an audience of millions on Monday. (December 5)
Richard Turner, who runs Turners Restaurant, in Harbourne, will battle it out in front of Ed Baines, Jilly Goolden and John Burton Race.
He hopes to impress the three hard-to-please judges [...]

New Birmingham Hotel, and Restaurant by Marco Pierre White.
A major new hotel and restaurant development opens in Birmingham today promising to reshape the city’s leisure landscape.
The £13m flagship site features a skyline Marco Pierre White eatery, upscale Hotel Indigo and Laurent Perrier champagne bar on the top three floors of The Cube, an impressive 25-storey [...]

As the 21st BBC Good Food Show, 2011, held at the NEC draws to a close, the regions chefs can pat themselves on the back for demonstrating the culinary skills of the Midlands, against some of the UK’s best.
Hailed as a success by chefs and producers alike, the 2011 show had more stands, more space, [...]