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Responding to rumours that Maidenhead’s best loved independent baker of cakes is on the verge of some very exciting new developments, The Handmade Cake Company is proud to announce that May 2008 will see the budding business take up residence in its new twice-as--large bakery down the road. Although ...
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GRABBING A GENEROUS SLICE OF THE HANDHELD CAKE Responding to rumours that Maidenhead’s best loved independent baker of cakes is on the verge of some very exciting new developments, The Handmade Cake Company is proud to announce that May 2008 will see the budding business take up residence in its ...
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Soaring euro adds to pressure on struggling baking industry
Bakers and suppliers who source ingredients, finished products and machinery from Europe say they are under increasing pressure from the strong euro.Companies who signed deals months ago have told British Baker the agreements will cost them more than anticipated, as the euro has soared against the pound.The euro-to-pound exchange rate ...
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More time for awards entries
The deadline for entries to the Baking Industry Awards has been extended to Friday, 16 May.The awards, now in their 21st year, recognise the achievements of companies and employees and reward innovation. Winners will be announced at a glitzy dinner at London’s Grosvenor House hotel on 15 September. An entry ...
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Baker wins scholarship at New York institute
A Scottish craft baker has won a £9,400 scholarship to study traditional artisan bakery techniques in New York.Susannah Silver from Kirriemuir in Angus, who set up her own business last year, will participate in the eight-week Art of International Bread Baking course at the French Culinary Institute in the US ...
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Barilla sells off bakery division
Italian pasta company Barilla has put its German subsidiary Kamps Bakeries up for sale, six years after acquiring in a deal worth around E1.8bn.Kamps comprises 900 mainly franchised craft bakery shops and five plant bakeries, employing over 1,200 people. Turnover in 2007 was E208m with a further E300m from sales ...
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Top hotel boss plans bakery
The owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant has won a battle to open what he calls an "old-fashioned and traditional bakery", deep in the heart of the Leicestershire countryside.Tim Hart, who runs the acclaimed Hambleton Hall, has been given permission for the development, despite objections from planning chiefs because of ...
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Trademark bid leads to ’gingerbread war’
Cumbrian bakery The Gingerbread Shop says it will have to wait until August to find out if its application to trademark the term ’Grasmere gingerbread’ has been successful, after objections from a local cafe owner.Steve Bell, who makes gingerbread at his Grasmere restaurant Williams, has lodged several objections with the ...
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n Supermarkets could be made to adopt the traffic light system of food labelling in a deal made between the Department of Health, the Food Standards Agency and the European Union, according to the Daily Telegraph. Public health minister Dawn Primarolo has confirmed it is the government’s favoured option, but ...
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The Worshipful Company
of Bakers held its second annual ladies’ lunch last week presided over by the Master of the Company John Renshaw (centre). Guests included, from left to right, Jill Renshaw; the Lady Mayoress of the City of the London, Theresa Lewis; Dee Cassey, marketing manager of California Raisins and Sylvia Macdonald ...
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Weight Watchers to get its just desserts
Greencore has revealed it is planning to launch a range of Weight Watchers branded chilled desserts within the next two months. The products are currently undergoing development in the firm’s cakes and desserts facility in Hull.The desserts will sit alongside Greencore’s Weight Watchers quiches, which have been outperforming sales ...
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Sultana supplies face short-term shortage
UK bakeries have faced a 15% rise in the price of sultanas over the last two months amid warnings that supplies from Turkey could dry up by early summer - three months before the next harvest.Bulent Ergani, marketing and sales manager at the Tugrul Tarim export company in Turkey, ...
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Legislation watch
From 6 April, 2008, both private and public sector organisations can be held responsible for corporate manslaughter and companies of any size could face an unlimited fine if found guilty.The offence, brought in by the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, will require courts ...
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Reporting in
Preservatives in bread are seen by bakers as key in delaying spoilage. But while consumers, the media and retailers generally regard convenience as a good thing, they share a negative perception of preservatives.Yet preservatives achieve the keeping quality we all demand. There have been many attempts to find ’natural’ alternatives ...
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Finsbury makes 2.61m pre-tax profits
Finsbury Foods, the holding company for Lightbodys, Nicholas & Harris and Memory Lane Cakes, among others has revealed successful interim profits.
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Bakery School on the web
At the British Society of Baking Conference a new ’Bakery School’ on the web will be revealed.The school will initially demonstrate 56 different bakery modules so on-line students can learn practical applications with ingredients such as fondants.
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Bakery staff shell out
Children spending the Easter period away from home received an egg-stra special Easter treat thanks to a dough-nation from a family baker.Brace’s Bakery visited four Wales Women’s Aid refuges in South Wales and the children’s wards at Singleton Hospital, Swansea and the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport armed with Easter eggs ...
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A total of 12 young bakers
have recently graduated from a three-month foundation course in the skills of baking that is open to 14 to 16-year-olds. They attended Warburtons Bakers Academy at Birmingham College of Food and Tourism.College bakery tutor Ross Jones said: "It is a wonderful opportunity for young people to gain some real practical ...
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IAWS’ earnings up 30% as it eyes long-term takeovers
Irish bread and pastries company IAWS Group has revealed a 30% rise in half-year earnings and said it expected continued growth due to strong demand.The owner of brands including Cuisine de France and La Brea in the US has fully consolidated the results of US specialty baked goods firm Otis ...
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Bakery academy
Does the baking industry need its own National Skills Academy for the bakery sector? Anyone who feels bakery needs a higher profile when it comes to training and attracting new blood is urgently asked to attend a drinks reception on Tuesday April 8 at the Gallery Seminar Suite, NEC Birmingham, ...