All British Baker articles in May 2007 – Page 5

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    Bakery skill boost

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Passions are clearly running high over the future of training in the baking industry, as bakery tutor Chris North so eloquently discourses in this week’s Friday Essay (pg 13).The relationship between the sector skills council Improve, employers and colleges has not been one without tensions over how to take the ...

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    Baby cakes

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Cupcakes are making a bit of resurgence as a fashionable bakery treat, which is great news for cake-maker Fiona Cairns. Or at least it should be. "They’re not cupcakes, they’re fairy cakes!" huffs Cairns, only half-jokingly of her products. I stand corrected.So is there any real difference between fairy cakes ...

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    Baby cakes

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Cupcakes are making a bit of resurgence as a fashionable bakery treat, which is great news for cake-maker Fiona Cairns. Or at least it should be. "They’re not cupcakes, they’re fairy cakes!" huffs Cairns, only half-jokingly of her products. I stand corrected.So is there any real difference between fairy cakes ...

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    Bread avoids size deregulation

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The European Parliament last week voted to allow bread to be exempt from legislation which will deregulate pack sizes for pre-packed products across Europe.At present, under UK law, bread over 300g must weigh 400g or a multiple of 400g - for example 1,200g. The EU Nominal Quantities Directive had originally ...

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    Bread avoids size deregulation

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The European Parliament last week voted to allow bread to be exempt from legislation which will deregulate pack sizes for pre-packed products across Europe.At present, under UK law, bread over 300g must weigh 400g or a multiple of 400g - for example 1,200g. The EU Nominal Quantities Directive had originally ...

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    Peter Wilbourn, IT manager, National Association of Master Bakers

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Bakery employers often find it extremely difficult to find the time or money to send their workers on essential training courses. So we have been busy thinking of ways in which we can help.Do you need to get your new staff up to speed on basic hygiene? Or need to ...

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    Peter Wilbourn, IT manager, National Association of Master Bakers

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Bakery employers often find it extremely difficult to find the time or money to send their workers on essential training courses. So we have been busy thinking of ways in which we can help.Do you need to get your new staff up to speed on basic hygiene? Or need to ...

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    Improve sets out new NVQ agenda

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    New "pick and mix" vocational qualifications in food manufactu-ring are set to be unveiled to emp-loyers by Improve, the sector’s skills council, in Leeds on 6 July.Under Improve’s plans, the exis- ting bakery qualifications, inclu-ding the NVQ Bakery levels 1-3 and the Bakery Progression Award, will be phased out over ...

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    Improve sets out new NVQ agenda

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    New "pick and mix" vocational qualifications in food manufactu-ring are set to be unveiled to emp-loyers by Improve, the sector’s skills council, in Leeds on 6 July.Under Improve’s plans, the exis- ting bakery qualifications, inclu-ding the NVQ Bakery levels 1-3 and the Bakery Progression Award, will be phased out over ...

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    International activity

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    A university, in North Carolina has conducted a study to prove that a diet high in wholegrain foods, such as wholegrain bakery products, is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing cardio-vascular disease, including heart disease and stroke.The analysis was conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University School of ...

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    International activity

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    A university, in North Carolina has conducted a study to prove that a diet high in wholegrain foods, such as wholegrain bakery products, is associated with a significantly lower risk of developing cardio-vascular disease, including heart disease and stroke.The analysis was conducted by researchers at Wake Forest University School of ...

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    19 July, 1935

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    "A Surrey correspondent takes us to task in the ’Mind of the Trade’ because we expressed the view, in this column last week, that bakers do themselves and their craft an injustice when they make play on the words ’home-made’.It is a fact that some bakers do pander to the ...

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    19 July, 1935

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    "A Surrey correspondent takes us to task in the ’Mind of the Trade’ because we expressed the view, in this column last week, that bakers do themselves and their craft an injustice when they make play on the words ’home-made’.It is a fact that some bakers do pander to the ...

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    Countdown to The Baking Industry Awards 17 weeks to go

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    to book a table, call Liz on 01293 846593 or email elizabeth.ellis@william-reed.co.uk

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    Countdown to The Baking Industry Awards 17 weeks to go

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    to book a table, call Liz on 01293 846593 or email elizabeth.ellis@william-reed.co.uk

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    Enterprise forecasts £100m supply chain network

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Enterprise Foods says it is set to create a £100 million turnover local supply network, sourcing craft bread on behalf of retail and foodservice giants.The Scottish company is working with the UK’s number one convenience retailer and a foodservice supplier, believed to be Compass, on the new business. It ...

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    Enterprise forecasts £100m supply chain network

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Enterprise Foods says it is set to create a £100 million turnover local supply network, sourcing craft bread on behalf of retail and foodservice giants.The Scottish company is working with the UK’s number one convenience retailer and a foodservice supplier, believed to be Compass, on the new business. It ...

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    Your letters

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    With regards to Jonathan Brace’s letter (British Baker, April 27, pg 6), my book Bread Matters presents recent scientific research, which suggests that modern bread is based on wheat of declining nutritive value, processed in ways that make it less digestible than it could be.This should be either refuted or ...

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    Your letters

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    With regards to Jonathan Brace’s letter (British Baker, April 27, pg 6), my book Bread Matters presents recent scientific research, which suggests that modern bread is based on wheat of declining nutritive value, processed in ways that make it less digestible than it could be.This should be either refuted or ...

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    NA prepares new offer after losses

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Training was on the agenda as the National Association of Master Bakers (NA) held its 120th Annual Conference in Harrogate last weekend.At its AGM, Shirley Ryder, who has been just been appointed chairman, read out a report which had been written by her predecessor Noel Grout in the week before ...