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== Support for charity ==London and South East Master Bakers are sponsoring an Edwardian Breakfast in aid of the Bakers’ Benevolent Society. For anyone who wants to support the event, on Sunday 20 April at 11am at Tithe Barn, Dorking, the cost is £120 for two including five courses and ...
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== Compass points to positive cost control ==Catering company Compass Group said it was managing food costs in its UK operations "through price increases, supply chain efficiencies and menu planning" in its trading update last week. Strong performance seen in the first three months of the current financial year ...
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On workplace stress
For those of you unfamiliar with the great man, the wholegrain bread-fixated godfather of the brand that still bears his name was a prophet of healthy living. But there was so much more to his repertoire, which should be a moral satnav for our own times. On workplace stress: ...
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In my world
Last week I took a call from BB asking if I’d like to become a regular columnist, and I thought, ’At last! I’ve found a new audience for my ever-rising enthusiasm for all things baking.’ But where to start? My five-minute verbal stream, spilling out like dough on the move, ...
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Grabbing etc
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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grab etc
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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Sep 1935
The importance of seeing that everything is perfect cannot be overestimated. For instance, say you have made 24 Madeira cakes that are not all they should be. The batter may have been cold and, instead of being potential ’trade-getters’, the resultant cakes are a little tough.Many confectioners pass articles like ...
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28%
Market research firm Technomic says that 57% of around 3,500 respondents to a survey "had never been to a bakery cafe restaurant" in the US. Staggeringly, 28% of those non-customers don’t visit bakery cafés because they are "not familiar with what food items the concept offers". THEY DON"T KNOW WHAT ...
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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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Developing markets already hit by the grain price hikes
Wheat pricing has almost tripled since the turn of the century, according to the World Bank.The bank’s development prospects group’s lead economist Don Mitchell has warned that it is likely to take several years "for supplies to increase to rebuild stocks and allow prices to fall".Grain price spikes, ...
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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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Local baker fights back
A small bakery in Kirkham, Lancashire, has taken on a supermarket giant and won. While many bakers would hang their head in despair at the prospect of competing cheek by jowl with Morrisons, David Cross of Manor House Bakery worked in close partnership with another local bakery and used both ...
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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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Briefs
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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On cafe culture
Our revered doctor would have something to say about our modern-day fixation with caffeine. Not one for popping down his local Starbucks, or its 19th Century equivalent, listening to this frightening account leads one to believe that he was supping a pretty potent brew. On cafe culture: "Tea ...