It’s Pancake Day!

February 20, 2012

The pancake is a breakfast staple with our friends across the pond, but how often do we Brits actually eat pancakes? For many the answer is on a single day, Shrove Tuesday, when we tuck into a huge stack of pancakes with various toppings – lemon juice and sugar, golden syrup, banana, chocolate spread, jam [...]

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Say it with flowers

February 13, 2012

Valentine’s Day is a little bit like Marmite – you either love the chance to be romantic for a day or you hate the commerciality of it. One group of people who must surely love Valentine’s Day is florists. I’m guessing that today and Mother’s Day are amongst their most profitable of the year. Here’s [...]

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Food hygiene: what goes on behind closed doors?

February 2, 2012

The Food Standards Agency stated recently that, according to their latest public attitudes tracker, the main food safety issue the public are most concerned about is food hygiene when eating out. We have all seen television programmes which follow environmental health inspectors into various restaurants, cafes and take-aways, some of which look perfectly acceptable front [...]

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Last chance to book on our January sale!

January 30, 2012

Last chance to book and save – 5% off selected courses in our January Sale This offer applies to our specialist training courses including: HACCP Validation & Verification 12 – 13 Mar BRC Issue 6 update 14 Mar 18 Apr Legal Labelling 26 Mar BRC Issue 4 Packaging 28 Mar Managing Food Allergens in Maufacturing [...]

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Fried food is not as bad for you as you might think

January 25, 2012

Back in the day a ‘proper’ fry-up meant bacon, sausages, fried eggs, fried bread, beans, tomatoes, mushrooms and possibly black pudding, all fried in lard. In fact it wasn’t unusual for children to be sent on their way to school having consumed bacon and tomato or sausage and egg for breakfast. Nowadays the fashion seems [...]

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Gluten-free or very low gluten?

January 19, 2012

Did you know that in the UK 4% of adults and 6% of children have a food allergy or intolerance? When we think of products that people are allergic to, it’s often peanuts, shellfish and those containing lactose that spring to mind. However around 1% of the population, known as coeliacs, is intolerant to gluten. [...]

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How will you celebrate the Night of the Radishes?

December 22, 2011

‘Night of the Radishes’ might sound like second cousin to ‘Attack of the Killer Tomatoes’ or some other old B Movie, but believe it or not it’s actually the name of a festival which takes place in Mexico on 23rd December. Whereas in the UK, the radish is an acquired taste and is often left [...]

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Don’t be a turkey this Christmas – make sure your food is safe

December 15, 2011

Christmas time is traditionally a time for indulgence. Many of us partake in a whole host of festive fare including turkey and all the trimmings, chocolate Yule logs, Christmas pudding, Christmas cake, chocolates, trifle, stand pies, crackers and cheese and assorted buffet food. Not to mention a liberal amount of festive cheer in the form [...]

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VWA trainer joins TV chefs for Alzheimer’s cooking appeal

December 2, 2011

VWA trainer and Leeds Metropolitan University food expert, Gill Hooper, is urging aspiring chefs to host a Cook for a Cure dinner party to boost funds for Alzheimer’s Research UK, the UK’s leading dementia research charity. The new initiative has also won support from some of the UK’s top TV chefs. Gill’s recipes are listed [...]

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VWA’S countdown to Christmas offers great deals on 2012 courses

November 30, 2011

VWA is counting down the days to Christmas with a special online advent calendar, which gives food manufacturers, processors, caterers, retailers, chefs and anybody else involved in the food industry preferential rates on forthcoming courses. The VWA Advent Calendar will appear at http://www.vwa.co.uk/advent/advent.htm from 1st December and every day up to and including Christmas Eve there [...]

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