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Sodexo Prestige in Scotland partners with Edinburgh Corn Exchange

Sodexo Prestige in Scotland has agreed a partnership with the award-winning Edinburgh Corn Exchange to provide catering services for the...
Cost Sector Catering - Wed, 2012-02-22 12:09

The Craft Guild adds turkey to family food appreciation workshop ingredients

The Craft Guild of Chefs’ winter family food appreciation workshop brought 24 parents and children together at the Simon Balle...
Cost Sector Catering - Tue, 2012-02-21 10:00

Letters to the Editor: Florida executions, servers' wages and birth control

Florida executions Robert Brian Waterhouse was executed last Wednesday by the state of Florida. If we are shocked and horrified at the rape and murder of a 29-year-old mother more than 30 years ago, aren't we now a little embarrassed at the cool-handed,...

Orlando T.G.I. Friday's bartender headed to world championship for shot at title

It's happy hour at T.G.I. Friday's on International Drive near SeaWorld, and Santiago Emeric is channeling his inner "Cocktail"-era Tom Cruise. As guests come up to the horseshoe-shaped bar, Emeric is creating a spectacle: juggling bottles, tossing...

Craft Guild joins forces with PACE to support hospitality training

The Craft Guild of Chefs is supporting fresh new ways to take the hospitality sector forward by sponsoring the Professional...
Cost Sector Catering - Mon, 2012-02-20 10:22

02/20: New businesses

Occupational licenses issued recently by county and municipal governments in Central Florida. Orange All Florida Recovery Corp., recovery services, P.O. Box 1043, Apopka, 32704. 3Jac LLC, lighting, P.O. Box 1045, Christmas, 32709. Jerry Shuster,...

02/20: Business events

Chamber Winter Park: Chili for Charity, 5:30-8 p.m. Feb. 23; Winter Park Farmers' Market, 200 W. New England Ave., Winter Park; $25 in advance; $30 at the door; 407-716-1067 or chiliforcharity.org. Winter Park: Economic Update Breakfast, 7:45 a.m. Feb....

'Dr. Evil' weighs in on bill to cut minimum wage for tipped workers

Rick Berman, a high-powered Washington, D.C., consultant and lobbyist, joined the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association last week for a briefing about the bill it is pushing that would cut in half the minimum wage that employers pay tipped workers....

Colonial flyover: Good for driving, bad for business?

Café Italiano is a few blocks south from the $67 million bridge of Colonial Drive over Semoran Boulevard in east Orlando, yet the flyover casts a pall over the restaurant. "That's like the nail in the coffin," said James Lauro, who owns the café at 565...

Senate panel OKs slashing hourly pay for servers, bartenders, others

Restaurant servers, bartenders and other Florida workers who rely heavily on tips are expressing outrage about a plan moving through the Legislature that could slash their hourly wages. The bill (SB 2106), approved by a Senate committee Thursday,...

Charlton House wins catering contract with Dune

Charlton House, the BandI specialist arm of CHandCo, has won the contract to be The Dune Group’s first ever catering...
Cost Sector Catering - Wed, 2012-02-15 10:02

Food Standards Agency provides funding for Olympics food safety

The Food Standards Agency has provided funding for a food safety coaching programme to help raise standards in small food...
Cost Sector Catering - Wed, 2012-02-15 09:11

Spotlight on food safety at Hotelympia’s Salon Culinaire

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) will sponsor the Food Safety Challenge at the British Cookery Championships for a...
Cost Sector Catering - Wed, 2012-02-15 09:06

Authentic Food Company secures Vegetarian Society approval

The Vegetarian Society has formally endorsed products from The Authentic Food Company. ...
Cost Sector Catering - Wed, 2012-02-15 09:01

Frozen food can reduce pressure on foodservice industry

Brian Young, British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) director general, is calling on the foodservice industry to consider frozen as a...
Cost Sector Catering - Wed, 2012-02-15 08:48

ISS strengthens catering and restaurant management team

ISS Facility Services Food and Hospitality has appointed Stephanie Hamilton as executive director of its UK operations. ...
Cost Sector Catering - Tue, 2012-02-14 11:31

Lindley Venue Catering launches branded retail food outlets

Lindley Venue Catering - the specialist sports stadia catering division within the Lindley Group – is rolling out a range...
Cost Sector Catering - Tue, 2012-02-14 11:18

Winter Park to try on-street dining in Hannibal Square

Over the objections of some residents, Winter Park city commissioners agreed Monday to allow restaurants in the Hannibal Square district to operate café-style, on-street dining for a trial period. Armando's and Hannibal's on the Square/Chez Vincent can...

Industry charity Hospitality Action to host A Question of Support Reloaded

Industry charity Hospitality Action is returning to Wembley Stadium on Tuesday 10th July 2012 to host the general knowledge quiz,...
Cost Sector Catering - Mon, 2012-02-13 10:58

Florida Travel Tips & Deals

Check this list often as new tips, events and deals around Florida come in: Spring Training Deal -- Baseball's spring training is right around the corner. Here's a deal for anyone heading over to the Clearwater area to see the Philadelphia Phillies or...