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All the latest BM Caterers news, including podcasts, blogs, recipes, restaurant reviews and insightful reports.

CHOCOLATE MINI EGG DOUGHNUTS

Chocolate Mini Egg Doughnuts

There is nothing quite as irresistible as a freshly cooked chocolate mini egg doughnut. Method Place the salt, flour and

hot cross bun bread and butter pudding

Hot Cross Bun Bread and Butter Pudding

Looking for the ultimate Easter dessert? Look no further, this gorgeous hot cross bun bread and butter pudding is so

Flexibility
Blog

Flexibility in times of necessity

As the shops still remain empty of some of the essentials and everyone is indoors, we as cooks have to

Banana and maple ice cream

Adams Byatt’s 10 minute banana and maple ice cream

Quick and easy to make this banana and maple ice cream is a perfect way to use those over ripe

store cupboard essentials
Blog

Eating well and healthily using your store cupboard

With talk of food shortages, I wanted to remind everyone about our store cupboard. They could have gems you’ve probably

Biscotti

Biscotti

The beauty of this recipe for biscotti is that you can use whatever you have in your cupboard. No cranberries,

store cupboard
Blog

Sharing Store Cupboard Recipes

During this difficult time we are all struggling with getting supplies as supermarkets are selling out of food. Panic-buying creates

Spicy Beef Soup

Spicy Beef Soup

This spicy beef soup is a great recipe for using up leftover veg and pulses, grains etc you may have

Corona-virus
Covid-19 Info Hub

Our response to Corona-virus (COVID-19)

We want to share how we are responding to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In line with our foodies values, we are

Blog

Meet the inspiring women in the #bmfamily

Whilst our attention is focused on other big issues at the moment, it’s nice to have a different headline. Here

Women Who Inspire
News

Women Who Inspire awards

We are delighted to announce the winners of our ‘Women Who Inspire’ awards. Now in its third year, the awards

foodservice
News

Foodservice needs to be more authentic when tackling food waste

The foodservice sector needs more authenticity when tacking food waste to combat our climate emergency, according to Ed Gillespie, a

£10,000
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£10,000 charity donation to celebrate 20 years in business

As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations we have donated £10,000 to our employees’ favourite charities. BM team members were invited to

Marmite and mushroom broth with smoked cheese dumpling

Marmite and mushroom broth with a smoked cheese dumpling

Love it or hate it, this Marmite and mushroom broth with smoked cheese dumpling is perfect on a cold winter’s

Fairtrade
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Why Fairtrade Fortnight is important to me

It’s two years since I visited Nicaragua to meet the Fairtrade farmers from the Soppexcca cooperative in Jinotega. They grow

20 year
Blog

Celebrating 20 fundamentally foodie years

The F word We started bartlett mitchell, 20 years ago, because we wanted to talk about food – not finance!

social enterprise
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Senior figures call on catering industry to embrace value of social enterprises

The foodservice sector needs to do more to showcase the commercial value social enterprises can bring to workplace clients, according

Wendy Bartlett - Veganuary
News

Vegetables aren’t just for January, they’re for life

It seems appropriate to talk about Veganuary, as everyone else is. Even my spellcheck has the word in the system

The Delights of the new year
Blog

The delights of the new year

The beginning of the year as the bulbs begin to give colour we are blessed with so much hope and

Granita

Granita

A wonderful way to showcase a primary ingredient, be careful using alcohol as it will reduce the freezing capacity of

Pear Training
News

Pear Training – our new digital training platform

We are digitalising our entire training programme in order to support our planned future growth with the introduction of Pear Training.   Pear

European Chicken Commitment (ECC),
News

We’ve signed up to the European Chicken Commitment (ECC)

We are pleased to announce that as part of our long term sustainability and ethical sourcing policy, we have signed

nutrition and wellness trends
Blog

nutrition and wellness trends

2020 brings with it a new year and a new decade. For me, this means a new year of nutrition

Jerusalem artichokes with chestnuts, kale and gherkin

Jerusalem artichokes with chestnuts, kale and gherkin

Rich and nutty in flavour Jerusalem artichokes make the perfect accompaniment to chestnuts and kale, in this delicious, satisfying dish.