All British Baker articles in April 2007 – Page 4
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Visit our special awards website
British Baker has launched a website especially dedicated to the Baking Industry Awards at [http://www.bakeryawards.co.uk].Log on to see full details of the 12 categories, including this year’s new categories, details on the judging process and how to download an entry form. You can also reserve your table for the ...
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Fresh approach at Asda
Asda says its fresh bakery sales are up after a high-profile advertising campaign, featuring its in-store bakeries, started last week.A new fly-on-the-wall TV advertising campaign shows comedienne Victoria Wood, working in the in-store bakery at the Boldon store in South Tyneside.Bakery director Huw Edwards told British Baker that Asda is ...
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Fairtrade approach for Pecan Deluxe
Yorkshire-based ingredients supplier manufacturer Pecan Deluxe Candy (Europe) is to launch a range of Fairtrade chocolates.Pecan Deluxe’s MD Allan Dew said: "The introduction of Fairtrade products will encourage new customer acquisition and allow for greater product diversi-fication for the company."With more than 2,000 Fair- trade products already on the ...
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APRIL - JUNE Highlights in the coming months include the Richemont Club of Great Britain’s AGM at Slattery’s in Manchester and the SIAB Bakery Show in Verona, Italy
April21 Full-Day Chocolate WorkshopLocation: The Slattery School of Excellence, ManchesterContact, tel: 0161 7679303email: school@slattery.co.uk21 - 22 Two-Day North European Baking CourseLocation: Bread Matters, CumbriaContact, tel: 01768 88189922 - 27 World Bread ForumLocation: All Russia Exhibition Centre, MoscowContact, tel: +95 181 99 04/ +95 755 50 35email: yamvid@dol.ru25 Richemont Club of ...
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International activity
According to this year’s Home Grown Cereals Authority’s (HGCA) international workshop, UK wheat has proven its suitability for the export market."The bread baking workshop provides an excellent opportunity for potential customers to bake their national breads using UK wheat," said Emma Finn, HGCA’s marketing manager. "In recent years, the belief ...
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Tesco claims cost increases absorbed
Tesco said it had to absorb "significant external cost increases" this year, as it posted a 20.3% increase in annual pre-tax profits to £2.6bn this week.According to the retailer, increased productivity and good expense control enabled it to absorb higher oil-related costs and increases in local business taxes.Core UK sales ...
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Tuned to taste
Look at the change in our eating habits over the past 15 years. It’s all due to outside influences," says Nellie Nichols, sandwich consultant.The European Sandwich and Snacks show, which took place recently in Paris, was a showcase for many of those changes, revealed in everything from ingredients to packaging.While ...
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Renshaw’s remit
In 1898, John F Renshaw decided to mix marzipan in his bathtub! Humble beginnings for a company that is now a leading manufacturer of marzipans, ready-to-roll icings and chocolate and jam, supplying major cake manufacturers, high street bakers and retailers.Recently, Renshaw invited about 40 members and guests of the prestigious ...
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Poujauran’s perspective
The sandwich industry belongs to bakers," Jean-Luc Poujauran, baker and chairman of judges at the Délifrance World Cup sandwich challenge, tells me.He acknowledges that foodservice plays a major part in the distribution of good bread. Indeed, those who created the award-winning sandwiches for the competition were drawn from the foodservice ...
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Vandemoortele management structure
Vandemoortele, the Belgian food group, has confirmed the management structure of its Lipids and Dough Division in the UK.Heading up its UK commercial activities is Adrian Roberts, commercial director UK (right). Those reporting to him include: Gordon Kirkwood, commercial director fats & oils; and Els Vancoille, commercial director for professional ...
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Etcetera, etc
Slicing up the high street bakery trade in Clapham - or not slicing, as the case may be - is DIY café newcomer, Breads Etcetera. It has toasters on every table with baskets of unsliced bread in the front of shop, where you cut as much bread as you like ...
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Conference speakers revealed
The Federation of Bakers is preparing for its seventh annual conference, which will take place on 16 May in London.Speakers include: Dame Deidre Hutton, chair of the Food Standards Agency; Guy Farrant, director of food at Marks & Spencer; Jeya Henry, professor of human nutrition at Oxford Brookes University; and ...
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Where do poppy seeds come from?
Poppy seeds come from the plant that produces opium and the Latin name, Papaver somniferum, means ’sleep bringer’.Papaver somniferum is native to the Mediterranean regions, India, China, Turkey, and Iran. Today, Holland and Canada produce most of the world’s poppy seeds.Poppies’ reputation for sleep-inducing qualities means that, in the Wizard ...
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Briefs
n Latest exhibitors signed up for the Baking Industry Exhibition include Heygates, Double D and Benier. The exhibition, organised by William Reed Events, is to take place at Birmingham’s NEC, from 6-9 April 2008, and will incorporate the Food & Bake show (see British Baker, 23 February, pg 4). Exhibitors ...
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Campaign for ’real’ bread
People are taking a real interest in the quality and origins of their food. But when they look into bread, what do they find?" asked Andrew Whitley. "The awkward truth may be that despite all the efficiency gains and technological advances of the past few decades, the nation’s bread has ...
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Poppy seed biscuits
The combination of chocolate and poppy seeds may sound odd, but these biscuits are great, not too sweet and with a lovely crunchy texture. Poppy seeds are not widely used in traditional British bakery or cookery, although their nutty crunch has long been recognised by bakers in Eastern Europe.This recipe ...
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Bakery numbers decline
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a 5% decline in the number of bakery retail businesses in the UK last year, while the number of bakery manufacturers fell by 0.8%.The figures show there were 2,880 bakery retail businesses in the UK in 2006, operating a total ...
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Bakery shops top high street poll
Bakery shops are the most popular of the specialist food retailers on the high street, according to new shopper research data from Harris International Marketing (HIM).The data, gathered in September 2006, suggests that eight million UK adults (or 17% of the UK adult population) visited a bakery in the past ...
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Gordon Polson, director, the Federation of Bakers
Climate change is a hot topic at present and one that has a direct impact on bakers as demand for biofuels increases.As part of the EU’s commitment to promote renewable energy, it is encouraging member states to produce biofuels as a way to cut carbon emissions.The Federation of Bakers (FoB) ...
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Schooling new bakers
One in four food scientist vacancies in Scotland remain unfilled, according to research commissioned by food and drink sector skills council Improve.Jack Matthews, chief executive of Improve says: "The latest research makes it clear that very few young people are choosing food science and technology courses straight from school. This ...