FG BBQ Champ

9-5-2014

Star chef François Geurds is looking for the best barbecue master of the Netherlands and organizes a barbecue contest on the terrace of FG Food Labs on 3 August. Ten amateur cooks will compete with each other and they will cook out of a mystery-box on the Big Green Egg (barbecue) for ten guests. These guests will also judge the dishes without knowing who prepared the dish. The winner can call himself FG BBQ Champ for one year and will receive the Big Green Egg.

Barbecue Bible

8-5-2014

Perhaps the sun doesn’t shine today, but you can already buy this book in preparation for the summer! Cookware and household manufacturers ‘Tramonitina’ and advertising agency ‘JWT Brazil’ have created a book that turns everyone into a ‘barbecue master’. The book is full of useful tips and some pages can be used as a tool. For example, there are pages that can be used as charcoal, firelighters, salt and pepper, grinder and even as an apron. The book was released in March and sent to a number of barbecue chefs, a simpler variant is sold at some bookstores in Brazil. We want to be able to buy a book like this in the Netherlands!

Hospitality Waste Coach

8-5-2014

The web application ‘Hospitality Waste Coach’ helps restaurants to register food waste. The web application gives an overview of which products are wasted, the quantity, the costs and the reason why. It helps entrepreneurs to control the food waste. The application is available on Apple and Android and is intended for restaurants, caterers and other institutions that prepare food. An app that makes it easier to contribute to social responsibility. Besides the hospitality version there is also a consumer version.

Wine bottle of recycled cardboard

7-5-2014

  • Paperboy Wine

Truett-Hurst winery has developed a 100% recyclable bottle in partnership with Ecologic Brands. Paperboy Wine is made of recycled cardboard, featuring a plastic liner and is developed by Greenbottle. The cardboard bottle is 80% lighter than a wine bottle of glass and the carbon footprint is 67 percent less than that of glass containers. Besides the lighter weight, the insulation keeps wine cooler longer.

Canei Hugo

7-5-2014

  • cocktail Canei

Wine brand Canei introduces a new flavor this summer: Hugo. Hugo originates from Northern Italy and is a combination of sparkling wine, elderflower, lime and mint. The drink is very popular in the ski areas. The premix variant Canei Hugo is fresh, fruity and has a surprising taste. The Canei Hugo contains only 5% alcohol and is a great terrace aperitif served with ice cubes, fresh mint and a slice of lime.

2014 FIFA World Cup champagne

5-5-2014

  • World Cup champagne

The exclusive champagne served in the VIP-boxes during the FIFA World Cup 2014 is also available in the Netherlands. FIFA worked together with Taittinger to introduce the special World Cup 2014 edition of the popular Brut Réserve Champagne: the Taittinger official champagne of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. This limited edition has a label with 3D effects that make it look like footballs are literally shooting from the bottle. In cooperation with distributor Wine4Business the Taittinger official champagne of the 2014 FIFA World Cup is also available in the Netherlands through www.wkchampagne.nl.

Biological meat via mail-order

29-4-2014

  • biologisch vlees

Aukje Visser and Gerbrand Nicolai from Dokkum (The Netherlands) started with selling biological meat online. Even better, all the biological meat they sell comes from the Netherlands and their beef comes from farmers in Friesland they personally know. By using special techniques the entrepreneurs can guarantee that the meat is chilled for at least 48 hours and is sent by regular mail-order.

The crown of Holland

28-4-2014

  • kroon van holland

The most northern part of North Holland gets its own local market under the name of ‘De Kroon van Holland’ (translated as The Crown of Holland) on 3 and 4 May . For tasty snacks from the region, local gems and local quality produce visitors can go to Anna Paulowna. During the weekend there are several demonstrations and workshops. There is for instance a BBQ workshop by Andy McDonald from ‘Echte Stokers’ in Schagen, Andrea van Lieshout teaches you how to create delicious dishes with Texel Asparagus and Ans van den Burg shows how to make real Wieringer Shrimp croquettes. Both Saturday and Sunday closes with a local produce dinner. Sign up for the workshops via www.facebook.com/kroonvanholland.

Aperol Chef Brunch Officer

24-4-2014

  • Aperol Spritz

Looking for a new job? Do you love brunching for free and Aperol Spritz? The ‘Aperol ® Brunch Society’ in America is looking for a new ‘Chef Brunch Officer’ (CBO). The CBO will visit several restaurant hotspots to taste the Aperol Spritz cocktail and makes sure the staff makes the right Aperol Spritz cocktail. The recipe: 3 parts Prosecco, 2 parts Aperol and 1 part soda. The CBO will visit restaurants twice every weekend, all summer long, gets a free brunch with friends and get paid for it! To apply, people need to upload an Instagram video of 15 seconds with #Brunchforaliving @AperolUSA and tell why they have to become the new Chef Brunch Officer. Click here to see a number of applications. Nice inspiration for restaurant owners: as restaurant you can invite a regular guests to taste new dishes.

Relax, this can contains a one week vacation

24-4-2014

#Throwback Thursday. We started in August 2007 with horecatrends.com / hospitalitytrends.eu, in July 2009 we posted an item about the Slow Cow drink from Canada. This brand advertised with the slogan: “This can contains a one week vacation”. A drink with soothing ingredients to relax, so the opposite of energy drinks. The drink has been working since 2008 to conquer the world from Quebec, Canada. On their website, they even posted that the drink will be sold in more than 50 countries in 2025! So they do think that the world really needs to relax.

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