All British Baker articles in September 2009 – Page 6
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Spice rack: Cloves
Cloves are the dried flower bud of a tree of the Myrtaceae family and are native to Indonesia, although they are grown in other parts of the world. They are used as a spice in many cuisines worldwide.Cloves are one of the spices contained in mixed spice and go particularly ...
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Nestlé extends chunky offer
Nestlé Kit Kat Chunky Caramel is now available in the hospitality sector, following a retail launch earlier this summer.The new bar is being supported by a £7m media campaign, including TV and outdoor advertising, digital, sampling and PR, all designed to target 16- to 34-year-olds, drive awareness and trial and ...
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Crazy option for Christmas
Crazy Bags, distributor and stockist of promotional bags in the UK, is adding a laminate canvas shopping bag to its range in time for the Christmas season, and says bakers can use them as a great promotional platform.Andy Steavenson, director for Crazy Bags, says they are a way of generating ...
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Caught in the Web
Luckless Jenson Button might do well to switch to a better F1 car - one made of bread, perhaps? tinyurl.com/kquws3 Mourners at Michael Jackson’s funeral were fed $8 "cinnamon-sugared doughnuts made with fresh ricotta and crushed amaretti crème anglaise" tinyurl.com/llkmyz Pictures of chocolate cake can strengthen women’s resolve ...
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Celebration cake maker of the year
Winner: David McClymontNew product developmentLightbody Celebration Cakes, Hamilton, LanarkshireA former steel worker, David McClymont studied bakery when he was made redundant. He has worked at Lightbody’s for 16 years, designing and developing celebration cakes for retailers.David’s art deco-themed Moonlight Over Manhattan cake features a flapper girl, modelled from Mexican paste ...
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Real Bread embarks on membership crusade
Shoppers, bakers, millers and farmers are being urged to join the crusade for wholesome loaves by becoming members of the Real Bread Campaign.Project officer Chris Young said: "This is the chance for everyone who cares about the state of bread in Britain to add their voices to the unified cry ...
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Brand clinic:
Don Williams, CEO of brand specialist pi global, gives us the second tranche in a regular series on how to avoid the pitfalls of brand-buildingBake a loaf, put in a brown paper bag and sell it. What you’ve just sold is a loaf of bread a product. It’s just ...
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Kingsmill launches new format with Little Big Loaf
Kingsmill is back on TV this week, featuring Kingsmill Great Everyday White and its new Little Big Loaf, kicking off its largest multi-media initiative since the brand’s 2007 relaunch.The company will sink millions into plugging the brand, spending more than £11m during the next year, following a £4m marketing drive ...
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Belgique displays chic tweak
Belgique is a new bakery-café concept with deep breath a bakery, coffee shop, freshly made sandwiches, patisserie, chocolaterie, celebration cakes and a deli. With eight shops, 500 retail lines, 250 birthday cakes a month and thousands of boxes of chocolates, it’s no wonder Igor Bekaert says he has ...
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Raising the bar marker
UK oven manufacturer, Double D Food Engineering (a division of JBT FoodTech), has developed The Revoband Panini Bar Marker for the retail and foodservice sectors, designed for bulk quantities of panini bread in any required configuration.It can produce bar marks straight across the breads or at an angle and works ...
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Bakery School revamps modules
The Bakery School, the online learning site for bakers, confectioners, cake decorators and pastry makers, is to launch new categories and a better-value, three-tier subscription rate later this month.The non-profit-making site, pioneered by former bakery tutor Jean Grieves and award-winning baker Albert Waterfield, features 55 modules that take learners, including ...
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Bakery food manufacturer of the year
Winner: Kensey FoodsLaunceston, CornwallSamworth Brothers subsidiary Kensey Foods makes premium chilled desserts and quiches, mainly for Tesco and Cadbury. With 800 employees and a £63m turnover, Kensey produces on a huge scale, but still maintains its ethos of quality and craftsmanship, says managing director Des Kingsley. Ingredients are sourced locally ...
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Bakery supplier of the year
Winner: Rich ProductsFareham, HampshireManufacturer of sweet goods such as cookies, muffins and cupcakes, Rich is part of a US-owned global company; the UK arm has a turnover of approximately £30m and employs 250 staff.The company was recently charged with the globalisation of Starbucks’ muffins: the challenge was to standardise 30 ...
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in-store bakery of the year
Winner: MorrisonsLaceby, Grimsby, Lincs"A credit to the baking industry," was how the judges described this ISB’s bakery manager Steven Mumby. They were particularly impressed with his on-shelf presentation and cited his excellent team as one of the reasons for his success.A baker for 25 years, Steven has been running his ...
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Baker of the Year’s firm lands new Tesco deal
Cornish craft bakery WC Rowe has sealed a deal to supply Tesco stores nationwide with scones under the Tesco Finest brand.WC Rowe, whose MD Alan Pearce is the BIA09 Baker of the Year (see pg 4), already supplies Tesco stores in the south-west region with own-brand baked goods, but this ...
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baker of the year
Winner: Alan PearceManaging directorWC Rowe, Penryn, Cornwall"I live and breathe bakery, and my motivation is always to improve," says Alan Pearce, and it was this enthusiasm and passion for the industry that so impressed the judges.Pearce served his hands-on four-year apprenticeship at Rowe’s, before becoming a director and eventual MD. ...
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trainee baker of the year
Winner: John RuddockSenior supervisorCoopland & Son (Scarborough) North YorkshireJohn Ruddock joined the £25m business straight out of school, initially as a member of the hygiene team. By the following year he was a trainee chargehand and now, aged just 24, he is managing a shift with 14 staff."I’d like people ...
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In my world - the craft baker
Tom Herbert is a fifth-generation baker and director of Hobbs House Bakery, a multi-award-winning craft bakery, based in GloucestershireI’ve been thinking about how to get even more customers. I’m not a fan of advertising in the conventional way how many Chelsea buns would I have to sell to cover ...
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british baker special award for services to the industry
Winner: Colin LomaxRank HovisThis year’s winner of the British Baker Special Award for Services to the Industry is known to many because he has given time, talents and support to every sector of bakery. Colin Lomax of Rank Hovis is renowned for encouraging students, helping craft, plant and in-store bakers, ...
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THe customer focus award
Winner: Burns the BreadGlastonbury, SomersetThis 26-year-old business operates three shops in and around Glastonbury and serves a few wholesale clients. During the winter, Burns runs a weekly showcase programme. "I think it’s a unique way of promoting ourselves; it demonstrates our products to groups like the WI, Brownies and the ...