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.
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!
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.
On Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 May guests can enjoy the ‘Six starred dinner’ in the Paterskerk (church) in Weert, the Netherlands. Four chefs from Weert (Emmanuel Mertens**, Pascal Jalhay**, Soenil Bahadoer* and Jan Marrees*) will each prepare their own signature dish. The dinner is part of the activities around the celebration of Weert 600 years city.
At the moment we are at the climax of the asparagus season and it’s lovely to see all the creative recipes passing by. Last weekend I’ve challenged myself with the presentation of an asparagus dish and this is the result. ^Armand
Youngsters between 18 and 25 years can indulge themselves with an all-inclusive 3-course menu for € 40,- during the JRE Springbreak. The week, from 19 to 25 May is an initiative by Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe (JRE). The top restaurants that participate are Restaurant ML* in Haarlem, Restaurant One* in Roermond, HanTing* in The Hague, ‘t Vlasbloemeken* (Koewacht) and many others. See the website www.jrespringbreak.nl for more information and reservations.
The Radisson Blu Hotel in Amsterdam organizes a 24-hours treadmill Running Marathon in the lobby from 9 May 17.00 o’clock. During the event employees, guests and hotel aqcuaintances collect money for the World Childhood Foundation. During the 24-hours there are supporting events like a sponsor drink and a Running Dinner. See the Facebook page for more information.
Juice bar Roots & Bulbs opened its doors in February 2014 in the heart of Marylebone, London. The juice bar sells cold pressed juices, that are fresh and unpasteurized thus more nutritious. The cold press method gives the juices an authentic flavor with a higher concentration of nutrients. Roots & Bulbs also sells smoothies with superfood, take-away superfood salads, organic snacks and organic coconut water and almond mild. The juice bar also provides a detox juice plan called ‘Time Out’ with five bottles of cold juices, two almond milk and a package of organic nuts for one to two days.
Boston Pizza has launched a new marketing campaign named ‘Pizza Game Changers’. Through the new website, pizza lovers can order some new menu items and they can vote for new pizza innovations. Some innovation ideas are pizza mints, a pizza cake and a pizza protector. One of the new menu items is the Pizza Taco. The Pizza Taco is a small pizza available in chicken/bacon or pullet pork and is shaped into a taco shell. The pizza taco shell is filled with salad, vegetables and sauce. Perhaps a lot easier to eat. The new menu items are available until 1 June.
It often happens that restaurant guests not eat their whole dish, because the dish was larger than they expected. The German Food Bank ‘Düsseldorf table’ and agency ‘Ogilvy & Mather Germany’ launched the campaign ‘All you Can Eat’. Participating restaurants can place a sticker on the menu next to the dishes that tend to be served larger than guests can estimate. Guests have the option to choose for a smaller portion at the same price. The saved money will be donated to the food bank.
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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.
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!
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.
On Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 May guests can enjoy the ‘Six starred dinner’ in the Paterskerk (church) in Weert, the Netherlands. Four chefs from Weert (Emmanuel Mertens**, Pascal Jalhay**, Soenil Bahadoer* and Jan Marrees*) will each prepare their own signature dish. The dinner is part of the activities around the celebration of Weert 600 years city.
At the moment we are at the climax of the asparagus season and it’s lovely to see all the creative recipes passing by. Last weekend I’ve challenged myself with the presentation of an asparagus dish and this is the result. ^Armand
Youngsters between 18 and 25 years can indulge themselves with an all-inclusive 3-course menu for € 40,- during the JRE Springbreak. The week, from 19 to 25 May is an initiative by Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe (JRE). The top restaurants that participate are Restaurant ML* in Haarlem, Restaurant One* in Roermond, HanTing* in The Hague, ‘t Vlasbloemeken* (Koewacht) and many others. See the website www.jrespringbreak.nl for more information and reservations.
The Radisson Blu Hotel in Amsterdam organizes a 24-hours treadmill Running Marathon in the lobby from 9 May 17.00 o’clock. During the event employees, guests and hotel aqcuaintances collect money for the World Childhood Foundation. During the 24-hours there are supporting events like a sponsor drink and a Running Dinner. See the Facebook page for more information.
Juice bar Roots & Bulbs opened its doors in February 2014 in the heart of Marylebone, London. The juice bar sells cold pressed juices, that are fresh and unpasteurized thus more nutritious. The cold press method gives the juices an authentic flavor with a higher concentration of nutrients. Roots & Bulbs also sells smoothies with superfood, take-away superfood salads, organic snacks and organic coconut water and almond mild. The juice bar also provides a detox juice plan called ‘Time Out’ with five bottles of cold juices, two almond milk and a package of organic nuts for one to two days.
Boston Pizza has launched a new marketing campaign named ‘Pizza Game Changers’. Through the new website, pizza lovers can order some new menu items and they can vote for new pizza innovations. Some innovation ideas are pizza mints, a pizza cake and a pizza protector. One of the new menu items is the Pizza Taco. The Pizza Taco is a small pizza available in chicken/bacon or pullet pork and is shaped into a taco shell. The pizza taco shell is filled with salad, vegetables and sauce. Perhaps a lot easier to eat. The new menu items are available until 1 June.
It often happens that restaurant guests not eat their whole dish, because the dish was larger than they expected. The German Food Bank ‘Düsseldorf table’ and agency ‘Ogilvy & Mather Germany’ launched the campaign ‘All you Can Eat’. Participating restaurants can place a sticker on the menu next to the dishes that tend to be served larger than guests can estimate. Guests have the option to choose for a smaller portion at the same price. The saved money will be donated to the food bank.
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