tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53572742032259441962024-03-12T10:31:23.512+00:00The AlbafoodieWelcome to the Albafoodie blog, I will regularly be posting ideas, recipes, producers, ingredients,tips and anything else foodie that comes to mindAlbafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-86619544443925062402024-03-12T10:30:00.004+00:002024-03-12T10:30:29.442+00:00<p><b>BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE FRUIT FACES PRICE INCREASE!</b></p><p>Due in part to climate change, bananas are about to increase in price according to the BBC today.</p><p>Banana prices to go up as temperatures rise, says expert - BBC News</p><p>It is incredible to hear that “the UK alone imports around 5 billion bananas ever year, with around 90% sold through the major supermarkets.”</p><p>They are a great source source of fibre, potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, and antioxidants and phytonutrients.</p><p>They are also easy to carry around with you for a healthy snack at any time of day, due to skin being the perfect packaging.</p><p>Before they become too expensive for the average person to buy as part of their weekly shop, here are some easy recipes to try</p><p>Banana Recipes: Soufflé, Marshmallow, Parfait - Great British Chefs</p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-34539135879750210492023-05-09T15:04:00.004+01:002023-05-09T15:04:29.340+01:00<p><b><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;">Healthy Eating At Work</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Evidence has shown that employees are more productive when they have more energy.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What you eat and when and where you eat it affects your mood, and depending on your mood, you choose what you’d like to eat.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When people eat well they feel better because of it.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Employees who are bored and demotivated at work are more likely to reach for the biscuit tin or head to the vending machine for a chocolate bar.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eating healthily can help with anxiety and depression. It is not a coincidence eating foods full of refined sugar, with a high fat level and drinking high amounts of caffeine and alcohol makes you feel a whole lot worse.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Contract caterers can help by ensuring water is readily available to customers either in bottles or from a water fountain.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They can encourage customers to choose a healthy breakfast by agreeing to reduce the tariff of fresh fruit, cereals and yoghurts, wholemeal toast and peanut butter, and display these attractively near the entrance to the restaurant. Loyalty cards also help to encourage uptake.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bacon butties and sausage rolls will always be popular, but eaten in moderation.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Displaying the nutritional value of items including calories, salt and fat content helps employees make informed choices. The catering team can also assist by advising which are the healthiest menu choices. The general rule is to avoid a high carbohydrate lunch, and eat salads, vegetables and fruit.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Making time to leave the desk or place of work is vital at lunch time, and can be incorporated into taking a walk, or meeting friends or colleagues. Doing an activity such as visiting the gym, doing yoga or swimming are good ways of maintaining fitness. Eating at regular times helps energy levels and increases the feeling of wellbeing.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Keeping healthy snacks such as fruits nuts and seeds near your desk will discourage you from visiting the vending machine. Wish your colleagues well on their birthday at work but avoid the birthday cake!</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We work closely with our clients to complement the initiatives they have introduced to encourage wellbeing in their workplace.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We have increased the number of vegan choices for Veganuary, worked with Human Resources for Healthy Working Lives accreditation, run health and wellbeing days, provided free fruit and healthy snacks, and provided cookery demonstrations promoting healthy eating.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We offer healthy choices for working lunches.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Our clients have provided onsite fitness classes, or free or reduced gym membership, introduced mental health first aiders, they monitor work rotas and shifts to avoid employee burnout, and encourage open conversations between managers and employees.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Introducing social and sporting activities, walking meetings, exercise challenges, employee surveys about mental health and wellbeing, providing standing desks, and offering a bike to work scheme have all been well received.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are always delighted to get involved in any new initiatives to improve health and fitness in the workplace, not just by offering great healthy food, but by working in partnership with our clients.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-87939232153054401352023-05-03T10:36:00.004+01:002023-05-03T10:36:38.652+01:00<p><span style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Breakfast is seen as the most important meal of the day according to the old adage </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“<strong><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Eat</span></strong> breakfast <strong><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">like</span></strong> <strong><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a</span></strong> <strong><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">king</span></strong>, lunch like a prince and dinner like a <strong><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">pauper</span></strong>”</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This article is a fascinating insight into how important it is to get it right, and how poor quality and poorly cooked and prepared items can ruin someone’s day.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #111111; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For me, number 6, rock hard butter which breaks the toast has got to be my biggest fail!</span><span style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #4a4a4a; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" data-safelink="true" href="https://www.publicsectorcatering.co.uk/news/research-reveals-top-20-breakfast-fails?utm_source=emailmarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=psc_daily_update_030523&utm_content=2023-05-03" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Research reveals top 20 ‘breakfast fails’ | Public Sector Catering</a></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-84636050219127527812023-04-07T10:34:00.004+01:002023-04-07T10:34:53.426+01:00<p><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Hospitality and Service in
contract catering</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What’s the difference?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="background: white; line-height: 16.5pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I
have read many articles about the difference between hospitality and service,
which are both connected to customer service. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="lecrdimcolheaderttl"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Garamond",serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Garamond",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Hospitality can be described as “the relationship between a
guest and a host, wherein the host receives the guest with some amount of goodwill,
including the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors or strangers.</span><a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=1dd4bbe46e3b4e5bJmltdHM9MTY4MDczOTIwMCZpZ3VpZD0xZGVhMjRmOS1iY2RmLTZmZDQtMDM5MC0zNTJkYmRiYzZlMzAmaW5zaWQ9NTcwMQ&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=1dea24f9-bcdf-6fd4-0390-352dbdbc6e30&psq=definition+of+hospitality&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnL3dpa2kvSG9zcGl0YWxpdHk&ntb=1" target="_blank" title="en.wikipedia.org"></a><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #111111; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Service
can be described as “the action of helping or doing work for someone”</span><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you are working back of house
and you don’t have any interaction with guests you will provide a service. If
you are working front of house you will provide a service with hospitality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Within our workplace dining
contracts the labour structure is such that all members of the team provide
service and hospitality. Our kitchens are open plan meaning that the customers enjoy
a bit of theatre while the Chef Manager is working, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have a bit of banter, or discuss how the food
is prepared, provenance, and allergens, for example. Our Catering Assistants establish
a close rapport with customers at the hot counter serving breakfast, lunch and
backshift, and while servicing the vending machines. Our customers are in their
place of work regularly, so the relationship between customer and catering team
becomes very strong. Standard questions like “What would you like for
breakfast?” are no longer as important, as people are creatures of habit.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our team intuitively remember individual
likes and dislikes, those with allergens or special dietary requirements, who
likes to have a bit of banter and who doesn’t. They quickly understand who fits
in where in the organisation, and how to act around them in an informal
situation on the counter and a formal situation providing a sandwich lunch in a
sales meeting.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Our team tend to be the first
person an employee interacts with when the production line breaks, or at the
end of a tense phone call, or an appraisal, and absorb the mood<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the person accordingly. They learn all
about their job, the issues, the highs and lows, personal life, family, and
what is going on in the workplace. And they adapt their behaviour accordingly
by offering sympathy, a smile, a recommendation for today’s special, or just
lend an ear when required. And they know that discretion is everything. That is
hospitality and empathy. You can train someone to be empathetic to a degree, or
there are people in the industry who are just naturally talented at hospitality
and service and would also make excellent social workers or therapists as they
have a naturally caring personality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I saw a classic example of this
the other day in one of our sites when a customer had received some bad
personal news, and a member of the team brought their favourite lunch to their
desk without even having to be asked for it. Or the time I answered the kitchen
phone at a site and a customer asked to order a salad. Drilling down to the
person’s requirements was met with “I don’t really know – Jackie usually
decides for me”!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">People buy people, and workplace
dining is such a personal style of hospitality that can’t be compared to buying
your lunch at a local sandwich bar, or ordering a takeaway delivered via an
app. As we are in the workplace we become an intrinsic part of the employee’s
daily life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I salute everyone involved in
hospitality and service for making someone’s day – every day!<o:p></o:p></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-37037230044927084692023-02-07T11:59:00.002+00:002023-02-07T11:59:21.498+00:00<p><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Comments on</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/epmagazine/interview?e=678a247523">Could the interview
process be re-engineered? Is it fit for purpose and effective? (mailchi.mp)</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">I’m delighted to say
that recruitment, selection and interviewing is very much a part of my day to
day tasks presently. Refreshing, too, is the increase in the number of
excellent candidates who are applying for the roles – a welcome shift after a
period post covid when I would be lucky to get even one or two candidates
apply, who, when contacted would disappear into the ether.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Could the
interview process be re-engineered? Is it fit for purpose and effective?” </span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">started me thinking
about my own experiences as an interviewer, and looking at the process through
the eyes of the interviewee.</span></strong><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-weight: normal; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Good open questions are essential to allow the candidate to talk from
experience and provide essential information about them and their suitability
for the role. An example of this might be “Your CV tells me that you mobilised
a new restaurant opening. Can you talk me through how you were involved?”<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Where possible, I interview a candidate along with a scribe, who will
write down the answers to the questions. It’s impossible to really absorb the
answers when you are concentrating on the next question. And the scribe can
also observe body language.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I also agree that the process should be as short as possible, as the
longer it takes, the more likely you are to lose the best candidate. We are a
service company and we always invite our potential candidates to spend a day
working with us (for which they are paid), to give both parties the opportunity
to decide if the relationship is going to be a positive one.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I’m assuming that “talk at talent” refers to someone who has been
highlighted as being suitable for a role because of their past experience or
attributes? There may be a number of factors that the candidate may also be
considering , for example their five year career plan, salary, benefits, travel
time, and current domestic situation, and they don’t want to be shoehorned into
a role they are not really committed to.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">While automated interview systems can save time and remove interviewer
and candidate bias, one thing they cannot do is replace human behaviour. I have
never used this tool, and if I did it would be a small part of the process.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I do agree that generic job descriptions and specifications need to be
revised to include the employees approach to the customer and service, and that
company policies on sustainability and their role in community and society
should be part of the interview process as a positive selling tool for the organisation.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The world is changing and as we start to recruit more Gen Z and
Millenial candidates, and focus on equality and diversity within our
organisation, old fashioned processes can’t be tolerated. They are independent,
grew up with social media, the internet and technology, are very aware of the
social, economic and environmental issues happening globally, and are vocal
about social justice and gender issues. We all need to revisit our recruitment
processes to ensure we increase the talent pool and focus on the culture of our
organisations, speed up and personalise the process, look at people not CV’s
and look at the actual job behind the job title.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">What have your experiences been as an interviewer or a candidate?<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-30102692945331143422022-12-21T15:09:00.004+00:002022-12-21T15:09:17.687+00:00<p><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Christmas fare…</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">If you’re not quite
ready for Christmas and looking for some festive menus that don’t involve an
inexhaustible shopping list, click on the link below for some simple recipes
only requiring five ingredients…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">My favourite is the
Slow Cooker Cola Ham…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/5_ingredient_christmas?xtor=ES-211-%5b57180_PANUK_NLT_51_SCO_Christmas2022_RET_O35%5d-20221221-%5bbbcfood_deliciousfestiverecipeswithonlyfiveingredientschristmas22_food">https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/5_ingredient_christmas?xtor=ES-211-[57180_PANUK_NLT_51_SCO_Christmas2022_RET_O35]-20221221-[bbcfood_deliciousfestiverecipeswithonlyfiveingredientschristmas22_food</a>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Merry Christmas from
Albacore!</span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-48308099917065202552022-11-21T11:28:00.004+00:002022-11-21T11:29:23.916+00:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">When the nights draw in and the air gets chilly, the mind inevitably
turns to warming, full-flavoured comfort food. Whether you have a distinctly
sweet tooth, or revel in life's more savoury pleasures, this collection will
have a dish for you.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">The selection of delicious recipes come from many renowned chefs,
including Tom Aikens, Dominic Chapman, Adam Gray, and Paul Ainsworth.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Please click on the link below…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span><a href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/collections/comfort-food-recipes?fpi_sib_ee=bmljb2xhLmhhcnJpc29uQGFsYmFjYXRlcmluZy5jby51aw&utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=21112022KitchenNL&utm_medium=email" style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Comfort
Food Recipes - Great British Chefs</a></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-26480352662299402722022-11-10T11:24:00.003+00:002022-11-10T11:24:19.929+00:00<p><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="color: red;">Christmas is back!</span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">How is your company
celebrating the festive season this year?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">It’s 43 sleeps until
Christmas Day, and here’s hoping that for the first time in three years
families can spend Christmas Day together again.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Most of us who do
celebrate Christmas managed to do so in some form or another over the last two years,
whether it was virtually, outside in the garden wearing many layers, or, in
some cases, carrying on regardless.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This year the Albacore
team are looking forward to providing a fortnight of festive lunches and events
for our clients and their employees. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Christmas jumpers
will be reunited with their owners from the back of the wardrobe, the servery
and seating areas will be decorated with tinsel, baubles and lights, and there
might even be a tree! There may be an exchange of Secret Santa presents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">And this year people <b><u>can
</u></b>sit together with their teams instead of a table for one, they <b><u>can</u></b>
enjoy a delicious turkey dinner using crockery, cutlery and glassware, pull
crackers, and sing along to Michael Buble’s Christmas hits!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">This may be the first
time they have all sat down together as a team in three years, and this is an
event that can really bring everyone together and cement relationships that
have perhaps only ever been virtual. And most importantly, it’s an opportunity
for employees to feel appreciated for all the hard work they’ve achieved in
2022. We are really looking forward to it!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-20129768628129965552022-09-22T09:24:00.004+01:002022-09-22T09:24:59.011+01:00<p><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>With </b>the passing of
Queen Elizabeth earlier this month, it is interesting to look back on the
monarch’s impact on dining over the past seventy years through the eyes of
those who worked closely with her. </span><span style="background: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><a href="https://www.foodandwine.com/news/how-queen-elizabeth-impacted-food-drink?hid=55d09a47720729402ac0c73a476582c6bb6f5378&did=837350-20220911&utm_campaign=faw-top10_newsletter&utm_source=foodandwine.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=091122&cid=837350&mid=96816869894&lctg=78702369">https://www.foodandwine.com/news/how-queen-elizabeth-impacted-food-drink?hid=55d09a47720729402ac0c73a476582c6bb6f5378&did=837350-20220911&utm_campaign=faw-top10_newsletter&utm_source=foodandwine.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=091122&cid=837350&mid=96816869894&lctg=78702369</a></span>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-36260429405678809992022-09-07T10:59:00.001+01:002022-09-07T10:59:08.428+01:00<p><b><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ARE YOUR EMPLOYEES BEGINNING TO FEEL THE PINCH?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Caring employers can demonstrate their commitment to employee
welfare at this time of crippling energy bills and food inflation by providing
a subsidised catering facility offering their workforce a choice of nutritional
and affordable meals at break time.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Social media, newspapers and television broadcasters are
currently bombarding the public with tales of doom - soaring energy bills, the
Ukraine war affecting food prices, and more and more food banks and charities
opening up to help families make ends meet. Unions are demanding pay increases,
workers are on strike – in fact you could almost believe we are back in the
1970’s! People are feeling the strain of increased costs against their salary.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Employees not eating regular nutritious meals could become
unwell, resulting in long term absences or inability to continue in their role,
particularly if it requires the individual to be physically and mentally fit. You
can reduce the likelihood of absence through illness by providing a canteen for
your workforce with healthy options at a subsidised tariff. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yes - it <b>is</b> an overhead to your organisation, however
replacing employees on long term sick and recruiting inducting and training new
members of your work are equally expensive. An unhappy workforce causes
interruptions on the production line and lead to loss of product or time. The
canteen is their place of sanctuary to relax and unwind with their colleagues
away from their place of work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Over 25 years, Albacore have transformed the culture of many well-known
Scottish companies with our simple philosophy of providing fresh local produce
simply prepared and served by our team of professional chefs and assistants who
are always prepared to go the extra mile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The space you choose for your catering facility should be convenient
for your workforce to access at break times, and should have power, water and
extraction. With the capital expenditure you have available we will advise the
best use of the space operationally for the kitchen, equipment, serving area,
and seating area layout, and recommend the style of service best suited to your
organisation in relation to your budget. We will then transform the area into a
vibrant social space for your workforce with our professional catering team
providing a friendly service and fantastic food. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">You are at a point of decision. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Get in touch for an initial chat!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Nicola Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">M 07734 734
974</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.albacatering.co.uk/"><span style="color: #376092; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">www.albacatering.co.uk</span></a><span style="color: #376092; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaharrison1"><span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #376092; font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; padding: 0cm;">www.linkedin.com/in/nicolaharrison1</span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Garamond",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-23754194360577606282022-08-13T07:14:00.001+01:002022-08-13T07:14:21.903+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Watching </b>the closing ceremony of
the 2022 </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm;">Commonwealthgames2022</span></b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Games the</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">other night with Ozzy Osbourne, UB40 and
Dexys Midnight Runners, brought back fond and vivid memories of when I worked
at the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games exactly 36 years ago!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Literally two days after
graduating from Napier University, I joined students and lecturers from the
Napier University Hospitality Department in providing the catering operations
in the Food Hall of the Athlete’s Village at the 1986 Commonwealth Games. We drew
the short straw – the 6am – 2pm shift! We fed and watered breakfast and lunch
to the 1,660 competitors who were based in Pollock Halls and other nearby
accommodation, the volunteers and the emergency, security and transport
services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">My work placement at university
encompassed contract catering and five star hotels, followed by a holiday
season in a restaurant on a campsite in France. Weekends during term time
involved banqueting shifts at The Caledonian and Grosvenor Hotels which were an
extension of my social life with my fellow students. I felt I already had quite
a lot of experience in the industry, but working on an event of this magnitude
was an opportunity too good to miss – and it certainly turned out to be just
that!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The village mobilised a couple of
weeks before the games opened, and we spent the first week gearing up, setting
up systems and customer journeys while learning about global foods, portion
control, customer service, and getting to grips with the politics between front
of house and the kitchen.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The sheer scale of daily food,
beverage and disposable orders arriving was impossible to comprehend, the top
commodities being bacon, 20 litre drums of oil, chicken breasts, haddock,
butter, and a daily plantation of bananas!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The range available for breakfast
and lunch blew me away, with menu choices from all over the world. Onion bhajis
and pakoras, pasta, eggs, rice, grilled meats, bread, yoghurt, exotic fruits
and vegetables, cereal and traditional breakfast disappeared at a rate of knots
from 6.30am. Our Food Hall team were paired at food stations - we were friendly
faces for the athletes, standing straight (no leaning!) throughout our shift,
and keeping the counters topped up by alerting the Operations Manager every
time we replaced a tray from the hot cupboard below. I can’t remember her name,
but I do remember she was super organised, had a great rapport with the
kitchen, and worked hard to make a team out of us and make it really fun. We
were instructed to control portion sizes, but found we were fighting a losing
battle with the gigantic weightlifters in the war of two link sausages versus
six!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">To pass the time we tried to
guess who played what sport by what they looked like and what they ate! I
became pretty good at it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Highlights of the event were the
day that Prince Charles and Princess Diana toured the food hall, and the whole
place was awash with police and sniffer dogs who were going berserk with the
smell of the sausages! Also spotting famous athletes like Daley Thomson, Steve
Cram, Tessa Sanderson, Liz McColgan, Steve Redgrave, Adrian Moorhouse and
Yvonne Murray as they came in to eat their meal and relax with their fellow
athletes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Controversially, 32 countries
boycotted the games due to Margaret Thatcher’s government’s policy of
maintaining sporting links with apartheid South Africa, and the huge reduction
in numbers at short notice caused a logistical headache to say the least. The
City of Edinburgh was out of pocket by £500,000 due to funding issues.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Watching the Birmingham games
these past few days has brought it all these memories flooding back. It also
reminded me why I chose to work in hospitality in the first place.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-50238892721434366972022-08-12T17:44:00.001+01:002022-08-12T17:44:56.635+01:00<p> <b style="color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Good news for those of you who find your bags of salad greens wilt before you have time to use them…</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The majority of bagged salads have an incredibly short shelf life and don’t survive much beyond the first serving, leading to 40% of them being thrown away (according to figures from government waste advisory body WRAP). However, since 2010 fresh & naked have been demonstrating that, by following a careful growing process and minimising the washing of the leaves, it’s possible to create a top-quality bagged baby leaf salad that stays fresh for longer whilst also tasting amazing.”</span></p><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/fresh-and-naked-bagged-salad?fpi_sib_ee=bmljb2xhLmhhcnJpc29uQGFsYmFjYXRlcmluZy5jby51aw&utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=04082022FreshNaked&utm_medium=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="border: 0px; color: blue; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fresh & Naked: The Waste-Minimising Bagged Salad - Great British Chefs</span></a></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-16428974854756735122022-06-21T13:51:00.000+01:002022-06-21T13:51:00.334+01:00<p><span style="color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>THE FOODIE FESTIVAL IS BACK!</b></span></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are delighted to hear that the Foodie Festival is taking place this year throughout the UK.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It’s a celebration of quality local food and drink, launched in Edinburgh in 2006, and there are now 12 festivals around the country, which makes it the largest food and drink festival in the UK.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can attend the festival in Edinburgh from 5<sup>th</sup> to 7<sup>th</sup> August and in Glasgow from 12<sup>th</sup> to 14<sup>th</sup> August for </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">top chefs, tasty food, delicious drinks and live music!</span><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://foodiesfestival.com/events/edinburgh/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://foodiesfestival.com/events/edinburgh/</a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="https://foodiesfestival.com/events/glasgow/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://foodiesfestival.com/events/glasgow/</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-24341352234586354042022-06-07T11:56:00.004+01:002022-06-07T11:56:53.352+01:00<p><b style="color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Seafood Staycation!</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">If you are planning a beach staycation this year, there are plenty of recommendations for excellent seaside cafes and restaurants all over the UK.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link to discover some amazing places to east, including three in Scotland</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/jun/05/20-of-the-uks-best-seaside-restaurants-cafes-shacks" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/jun/05/20-of-the-uks-best-seaside-restaurants-cafes-shacks</a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Seafood Restaurant, St Andrews</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="https://www.theseafoodrestaurant.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.theseafoodrestaurant.com/</a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Lobster Shack, North Berwick</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" href="https://www.lobstershack.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.lobstershack.co.uk/</a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Seafood Shack, Ullapool</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" href="https://www.seafoodshack.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.seafoodshack.co.uk/</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-30378486469720837732022-03-15T10:46:00.005+00:002022-03-15T10:46:34.657+00:00<p><b style="color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Foraging season is upon us…</span></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“The turn of spring brings with it a bounty of fresh produce – but few are more representative of the season than wild garlic. Wonderfully versatile and particularly pungent, these distinct flowering plants (also known as ransoms) can cover woodland floors like a blanket for a few months each year. This makes wild garlic a brilliant starting point for those who want to give foraging a try. Its short but sweet season means your window of opportunity is slim, but the abundance of wild garlic means there's plenty of it up for grabs.”</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link below to learn all about this amazing plant.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/how-to-forage-wild-garlic?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=11032022WildGarlic&utm_medium=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/how-to-forage-wild-garlic?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=11032022WildGarlic&utm_medium=email</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-83245969008207505072021-12-13T09:27:00.001+00:002021-12-13T09:27:02.608+00:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">There’s still time to decide choose some of the best recipes for that very special day…</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link, Take a look at all the sections, pick your favourite from each and enjoy cooking your way through recipes from true experts. Happy Christmas!</span><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/your-christmas-sorted-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=09122021Christmas&utm_medium=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/your-christmas-sorted-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=09122021Christmas&utm_medium=email</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-70772493967243786872021-11-10T11:55:00.000+00:002021-11-10T11:55:11.687+00:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-size: 20pt;">The trials and
tribulations of post pandemic recruitment </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">According to the Office for National
Statistics, "</span><i style="color: #212121;">hospitality
businesses are most likely to be experiencing challenges in filling vacancies
compared with normal expectations at this time of year."</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">We are proud of our low employee turnover
within Albacore and don't need to recruit very often. However, I've just
completed the recruitment process for a vacancy as our client experienced a
surge in employees returning to the office preferring to interact with
real humans again - great news for us!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">Here we are edging out of the pandemic
and finding that Brexit, hospitality business closures and the end of furlough
have forced so many talented hospitality professionals to seek employment in
other sectors.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121;">I try to recruit all of our employees and it's
a process I usually enjoy. My highlights are the amusing email addresses
candidates use in the hope of securing their dream job. </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:santababy@xxx.com">santababy@xxx.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121;">, </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:mamawontwork@xxx.com">mamawontwork@xxx.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121;"> , and </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:Im-just-bad-news@xxx.com">Im-just-bad-news@xxx.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121;">, to name just
three!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I then send about one hundred "I was
impressed with your cv and experience however... ''emails, and keep the six
best for interview and trial shift if appropriate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">I utilise an online advertising and community
website as it's reasonably priced and you can use unlimited words, unlike a
newspaper where ‘’ Catering Asst required M-F Bathgate’’ will set you back the
price of a city break.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">A couple of weeks ago, I placed one of my
usual advertisements online with what I thought was a great opportunity.
Catering Assistant, Monday to Friday,7am to 3pm, living wage, meal on duty,
uniform, pension, development programme...I braced myself for the deluge of
applications.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">Replying to the first three candidates emails
all three came back undelivered multiple times.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then three applied by text- fantastic!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Initial phone interviews, all sounded perfect
for the role, a wonderful dilemma! Trial shifts arranged with payment at the
end. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">All with the usual confirmation
email, full instructions for location, travel, access to the building plus
the plea that as I was travelling an hour to the site especially to meet them,
JUST TEXT if you change your mind. Reply to my email to confirm you'll be
attending. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I arrive at site half an hour early.
Reception, security, the team and I wait with anticipation. Will they be
THE ONE?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">Twenty minutes later my welcoming smile has
become rather crumpled. I feel like a teenager whose first date didn't
show up.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What did I say?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What did I do wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Did the bus break down?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are they all lost, panicking out there
somewhere?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Were they all abducted by an alien?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Are they all involved in a vendetta to repay
me for something I unknowingly did to upset them?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">Strangely now, the mobile number I was
previously connected to with warmth and enthusiasm now cuts off when I speak,
or goes straight to voicemail. I leave a lonely voice message, followed by an
insincere text "I assume you're no longer interested in the position.
Wishing you all the best for the future" and hold myself back from adding
NOT! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #212121;">It's not all doom and gloom, though. A day
later, I received a text "intrstd in job no cv". I took a chance,
called back within a millisecond and arranged the interview, trial shift and
immediate offer and start date all completed in two days. The team on site are
so happy with their new member and so is our client. And I'm ecstatic! On cloud
nine!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m not speaking from actual experience, but
just like dating sites, there are still some really great matches out there, we
all just have to work harder to find them!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #212121; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Good luck to everyone recruiting
at the moment. I wish you every success in finding <b>THE ONE!</b></span>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-73580550604781857412021-11-02T10:32:00.007+00:002021-11-02T10:32:42.126+00:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>How do you take your coffee?</b></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Personally, I like a simple café latte, but some coffee drinkers like to add all sorts of flavours to their caffeinated drink of choice.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I’m all for trying different things, but adding pureed vegetables isn’t something I’m keen on.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link to see some of the ideas from the new Food people blog…</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As they say, each to his own…!</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://thefoodpeople.co.uk/blog/autumn-coffee-drinkswatching" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://thefoodpeople.co.uk/blog/autumn-coffee-drinkswatching</a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="http://www.albacatering.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.albacatering.co.uk</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-56335773562180107872021-09-30T13:55:00.002+01:002021-09-30T13:55:23.433+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>A</b></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> number of years ago, one of the chefs I used to work with used to make this wonderful omelette.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">But who is Arnold Bennett? According to Wikipedia, </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enoch Arnold Bennett</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English author, best known as a novelist. He was a prolific writer: between the start of his career in 1898 and his death he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays (some in collaboration with other writers), and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 different newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_(United_Kingdom)" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Ministry of Information (United Kingdom)"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ministry of Information</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> in the </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="First World War"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">First World War</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. The sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #202122; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An omelette Arnold Bennett is one that incorporates </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoked_fish" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Smoked fish"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">smoked</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haddock" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Haddock"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">haddock</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, hard cheese (typically </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_cheese" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Cheddar cheese"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cheddar</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">), and cream.<sup><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="5" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Bennett#cite_note-ayto-148" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"></a></sup> It was created at the </span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="6" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_Hotel#Restaurants" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Savoy Hotel"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Savoy Grill</span></a></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> for Bennett, who was a regular guest, by one of the chefs there called Jean Baptiste Virlogeux.<u></u></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you dine at The Savoy Grill you will still find it on the menu.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link for an up to date version, made with gruyere cheese.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="7" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/gruyere-omelette-arnold-bennett-recipe?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=30092021ChantelleNicholson&utm_medium=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/recipes/gruyere-omelette-arnold-bennett-recipe?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=30092021ChantelleNicholson&utm_medium=email</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-65421591603561634802021-09-09T09:29:00.002+01:002021-09-09T09:29:17.222+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Around this time of year you see a lot of people out picking fruit in the countryside. Usually it’s brambles, but there are also a lot of others foraging for damsons.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many are most secretive about where they source their supply. A large proportion make gin, jam and jelly, but there are plenty of other ways of cooking with these delicious autumnal fruit.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link below for some inspirational ideas…</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/ingredients/damson-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=27082021Jozef&utm_medium=email" id="LPlnk332732" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/ingredients/damson-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=27082021Jozef&utm_medium=email</a></span></p><div class="LPBorder720072" id="LPBorder_GTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ3JlYXRicml0aXNoY2hlZnMuY29tL2luZ3JlZGllbnRzL2RhbXNvbi1yZWNpcGVzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2VuZGluYmx1ZSZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MjcwODIwMjFKb3plZiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWls" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; margin: 16px 0px; max-width: 800px; min-width: 424px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 800px;"><table id="LPContainer720072" role="presentation" style="border-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); border-radius: 2px; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; font: inherit; padding: 12px; width: 800px;"><tbody><tr style="border-spacing: 0px;" valign="top"><td><div id="LPImageContainer720072" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font: inherit; height: 119.916px; margin: 0px 12px 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 240px;"><a href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/ingredients/damson-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=27082021Jozef&utm_medium=email" id="LPImageAnchor720072" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="119" id="LPThumbnailImageId720072" src="https://media-cdn.greatbritishchefs.com/media/3ysgkx0s/img84115.jpg?mode=crop&width=1423&height=711" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; display: block; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="240" /></a></div></td><td style="width: 512px;"><div id="LPTitle720072" style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 21px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 8px 12px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/ingredients/damson-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=27082021Jozef&utm_medium=email" id="LPUrlAnchor720072" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Damson Recipes - Great British Chefs</a></div><div id="LPDescription720072" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 8px 12px 0px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Too long have damsons lived in the shadow of plums, their larger, sweeter and more widely used cousins. The fruits have a similar seasonal period, and are at their best in August and September, but can often be found in October too.</div><div id="LPMetadata720072" style="border: 0px; color: #a6a6a6; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">www.greatbritishchefs.com</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-80649306358742275642021-08-16T07:42:00.003+01:002021-08-16T07:42:51.331+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">With the Tokyo Paralympics starting on Tuesday 24</span><sup style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">th</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">August what better way to celebrate the achievements of the thousands of athletes worldwide who will be competing than recreating 8 of Japan’s most popular dishes at home?</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My favourites are Chicken Katsu Curry and Beef Fillet Tataki.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link below for the recipes…</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/best-japanese-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=12082021Japan&utm_medium=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/features/best-japanese-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=12082021Japan&utm_medium=email</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-56719973517068982422021-07-27T11:03:00.003+01:002021-07-27T11:03:37.832+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">“With the Tokyo Olympics now in full swing, why not enjoy some Japanese cuisine to really get into the spirit of the games in this fascinating country.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Just click on the link below to capture the essence of true Japanese style cooking in your own kitchen.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: #3e3e3e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/collections/japanese-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=22072021Japan&utm_medium=email" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: #0563c1; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/collections/japanese-recipes?utm_source=sendinblue&utm_campaign=22072021Japan&utm_medium=email</a></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bon appetite – or as they say in Japan, “Meshiagare!”</span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-5386353036470354572021-07-05T12:01:00.003+01:002021-07-05T12:01:14.388+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit;"><b>Summer season is truly upon us!</b></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I hope you are all enjoying the additional freedom we are experiencing, if not the awful weather.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">July is the time when fruit and vegetables are in abundance in Scotland, and we can take full advantage of their freshness.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Moral Fibres is a UK based eco blog written by Wendy Graham, a sustainability expert. Her aim is to make sustainability simple, by researching and writing on all things environmental - from product guides to breaking down big ideas and has some very interesting information about the subject.</span><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Click on the link below to find out more about the fruit, vegetables and herbs that are in season at the moment.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://moralfibres.co.uk/uk-fruit-and-vegetables-in-season-in-july/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: blue; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://moralfibres.co.uk/uk-fruit-and-vegetables-in-season-in-july/</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-21797257337645350692021-06-24T11:33:00.006+01:002021-06-24T11:33:44.738+01:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Some of us are planning a much needed holiday in the sun in the coming weeks, while others are being slightly more cautious about their travel plans.</span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Foe those of you who are staying locally, I thought I’d share this link with you. There are some great places to choose from throughout Scotland. </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enjoy! </span></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><br /></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #201f1e; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;"><span style="border: 0px; color: inherit; font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/beautiful-restaurants-scotland" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; color: blue; font: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.cntraveller.com/gallery/beautiful-restaurants-scotland</a></span></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5357274203225944196.post-89630291664861354872021-06-05T14:39:00.003+01:002021-06-05T14:39:22.004+01:00<p>Check this out ............</p><p><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/ingredients/strawberry-recipes" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.greatbritishchefs.com/ingredients/strawberry-recipes</a></p>Albafoodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09117182255560036969noreply@blogger.com0