All British Baker articles in November 2006 – Page 9
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Inter Link boss quits to restore monastery
Cake company Inter Link moved to calm anxiety in the City this week, following the sudden resignation of chief executive Paul Griffiths.Griffiths left immediately to focus on private and charitable interests, including the £7m restoration of Gorton Monastery in Manchester, which he hopes to turn into a venue for concerts ...
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Belcolade
Belcolade (Belgium) is launching a new Collection range of single-origin chocolate."From cocoa plantations of Costa Rica, Ecuador, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Venezuela, it will help bakers, chocolatiers and pastry chefs capitalise on the rising demand for single-origin chocolate," says Matt Crumpton, marketing director of Puratos UK. "It offers a
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Mono Bakery Equipment
Mono Bakery Equipment, part of the AGA Foodservice Group, offers bakers a range of doughnut fryers as well as doughnut-making equipment and accessories, including depositors, glazers and jammers.The Belshaw Donut Robot range offers capacity of 200 to 1,500 doughnuts per hour - even more for miniature sizes.The fryer works equally ...
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Baker born and bread
"Poilâne is my favourite living Frenchman!" proclaimed one of the world’s favourite dead Spaniards, Salvador Dali, in 1977, or so the Poilâne bakery claims on its website. Of course, the master surrealist was still alive and well and chomping at the staff of life when he bestowed this accolade on ...
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BakeMark
A winning formula of indulgent ingredients and innovative recipes has helped ring doughnuts drive growth in the market, says BakeMark UK. Made famous in the US, these fun and appetising treats have caught the imagination of consumers here, experiencing a 49 per cent rise in sales.As the parallel trend for ...
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British Bakels
At a time when we are all being encouraged to eat healthily, British Bakels has found a way for bakers to provide weight-conscious consumers with an indulgent treat that won’t pile on the pounds.Its new Baked Doughnut Concentrate porduct is 50% lower in fat, having been baked not fried. It ...
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Bakehouse’s chocolate and hazelnut launch with a Twist
Bakehouse’s (in Bagshot, Surrey) new Chocolate & Hazelnut Twist - a spiral of butter pastry, chocolate and hazelnuts - fulfils two consumer trends, convenience and indulgence, says the company.Made from butter pastry, it has a creamy chocolate-flavoured filling and topping of real milk chocolate and crunchy sugared hazelnut pieces twisted ...
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The age of no discrimination
New legislation ensures that employers treat staff equally, regardless of age, and that they have equal opportunities with regards to recruitment, promotion and training. The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 came into force on 1 October 2006.Employees over the age of 65 can now challenge an employer’s decision to dismiss ...
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International activity
The Australian government is keen to attract British bakers to the country to fill its skills shortages.The government has identified bakers, pastry chefs, cooks and chefs as vital to the growth of the Australian economy. These workers are to be given bonus points under Australia’s immigration system, which ...
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Mono
Mono (Swansea, West Glamorgan) says its compact chocolate enrobing system, the Gami T400E, can produce up to 100kg of tempered chocolate an hour.The system is fully automatic with a 25kg melting kettle producing a continuous curtain of melted chocolate, which is then tempered through the cooling unit and delivered ...
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Health watch
Starchy foods such as breads are part of a healthy balanced diet. Eating fibre-rich foods can help moderate our fat and calorie intake and play a role in weight loss and weight management. Recently, breads have been developed that have health benefits over and above their usual nutritional value.One example ...
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Plamil Foods
Plamil Foods (Folkestone, Kent) is a specialist dairy- and gluten-free chocolate company that is launching a range of foodservice and catering chocolate products.MD Adrian Ling says: "With an increasing number of products in ’free from’ ranges where chocolate is an inclusion or ingredient, we are proud that we are able ...
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Qualifications for safe food manufacturing
Food safety qualifications specifically for food and drink manufacturing have been launched by the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (RSPH).The new qualifications are based on the new Food Safety Occupational Standards, developed by skills sector council Improve.Derek Williams, development director of Improve, said: "Existing food safety qualifications were ...
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UK firms flock to IBA
Exhibitors including GB Plange, Bakels, Baker Perkins and Cereform unveiled details of recent corporate developments at Europe’s biggest bakery fair, IBA, last week.A total of 23 bakery companies from the UK travelled to Germany for the show, joining the 965 exhibitors from around the world.The exhibition gave international ingredients supplier ...
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Watching the detectors
Choosing an inspection system for your production line can seem, at best, confusing and, at worst, daunting. There are many factors to consider. On the one hand, you may need to assess the feasibility of different approaches, based on a detailed knowledge of the physical space available at the locations ...
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Food Design
Food Design (Harrogate, North Yorkshire) is finding a ready market for its chocolate-coated golden honeycomb.The method by which the honeycomb centre is covered in either milk or plain chocolate prevents moisture migration and ensures that the honeycomb retains its crispness, says the company.Other chocolate inclusions for the baking industry from ...
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Commodities tracker
RM Curtis’s Edible Nuts & Dried Fruit Market Report, August to September 2006, highlights that raisin production will be significantly less this season than last year. According to Mark Setterfield, trading director at RM Curtis, any increases in Californian domestic winery demand will also stretch supply to the limit."With ...
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Cereal innovation to be encouraged
Cereals-based food lacks innovation, according to research for the Cereals Industry Forum project run by the Home-Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA).The work marks the launch of the Innovation Index - a research programme intended to measure the level of innovation in the sector on a six-monthly basis. It is funded by ...
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Carluccio’s grows
Italian restaurant and deli chain Carluccio’s announced last week that turnover for the 52 weeks ended 24 September 2006 was 24% ahead compared to last year. Profit before taxation for the same period is expected to be slightly ahead of the board’s expectations.The company achieved its target of five new ...