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Pickling
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Pickling: The Preserve of a Foodie

Pickling Food Renaissance As we find ourselves in the midst of an artisanal pickling food renaissance, grocery shelves now boast

Happy World FM day!
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Happy World FM Day!

  Happy World FM Day! Today showcases all the amazing work of our FM colleagues and the sector as a

Young Foodie Entrepreneurs
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Working with young foodie entrepreneurs

Who are our young foodie entrepreneurs Young Foodie Entrepreneurs could be defined in many different ways. For me it’s about

AGM
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Annual General Meeting (AGM)

My first AGM Shortly before Easter, we hosted our Operational Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the grand atrium at one

Chef of the Year
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Chef of the Year

When I was a young chef The final of the first bartlett mitchell ‘Chef of the Year’ competition got me

Easter Lunch
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Easter Lunch around at a chef’s house

People always ask me, or any chef I would imagine, if I do the cooking at home and will I

season for outstanding eggs
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The Season for outstanding eggs

I consider myself to be somewhat of a boiled-egg expert. After all, boiled eggs and soldiers as breakfast in bed

Easter meal planner - slow roasted shoulder of lamb
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Easter meal planner

Family and friends together this Easter. No one likes being chained to the kitchen when they have friends or family

Death of the Dining Room Table
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Death of the Dining Room Table

I know it sounds like a cliché Agatha Christie’s novel, (Death of the Dining Room Table) but I think we

bmStars
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Celebrating our bmStars

Oh what a wonderful life (and team) The impetus for starting bartlett mitchell happened when we worked for a large

Making sense of a slightly mad world
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Making sense of a slightly mad world

bartlett mitchell’s annual networking event Making Sense of a Slightly Mad World took place at Saatchi and Saatchi’s amazing new

Mira Tarquin Soppexcca Fairtrade Fortnight Farmer visit
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Fairtrade Fortnight, we’re changing the world – one bean at a time

Introducing Fairtrade Fortnight break times It’s the end of the UK’s Fairtrade Fortnight 2017. We have been working with our Fairtrade friends

International Women's Day - Women who inspire
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Celebrating International Women’s Day

I have been thinking about International Women’s Day and I asked three of my colleagues on bartlett mitchell’s board to

CSER report
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Our first CSER report: my pride by Wendy Bartlett, MBE

Our CSER journey has grown in importance as we have progressed in age. Whilst others from bartlett mitchell have written

workplace wellness and healthy eating
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How catering contributes to workplace wellness

Workplace wellness is now mainstream and recognised as being a top priority for organisations in 2017. January is now over, I set out

David Steel
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David Steel – Food Thoughts and Inspirations

After nearly 33 years in the kitchen I would like to think that I have pretty much seen every type

Real cookery - Adam Byatt
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Real Cookery

Every chef I know has a book full of basic staples and secret one-off recipes they have picked up on

Wines for Christmas and the New Year
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Wines for Christmas and the New Year

Not sure what to drink this festive season? Ian shares his recommendations – Wines  for Christmas and the New Year

Christmas Traditions
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Christmas Traditions

What makes Christmas special to you? Here some of our team have shared what Christmas means to them and what

ian thomas
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Christmas to me is about family, friends, fun and food

In contrast to the majority of ‘2016 Reviews’, I won’t reflect on Brexit/Trump, or even the truly phenomenal Olympics/Paralympics or Major

brine turkey - Christmas dinner countdown
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Christmas dinner countdown time plan

Cooking Christmas dinner can be a stressful affair. If you want to cook the perfect Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, there’s

Competitors to companions
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Competitors to companions

The final installment of Mark Andrew’s blog about the PEI Garland Canada International Chef Challenge and how the move from

Advent calendar
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Advent calendar countdown to Christmas

The Advent calendar countdown really begins for us in February! That is the time of year we start planning for the festive season

Healthier contract catering
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Food for good, more sustainable and healthier contract catering

I was recently interviewed by journalist, Martin Green for Catalyst, the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s member Magazine. We talked about how