‘The Garden of Holland’ builds local healthy food chain

4-10-2022

A healthy kitchen for everyone, that is the dream of the Green Circle ‘De Tuin van Holland’ or translated ‘The Garden of Holland’. On 29 September, 17 leading chain parties ratified their cooperation by signing a covenant. Together, chefs, farmers and doctors are developing guidelines for tasty, healthy cuisine, strongly linked to the land, inspired by the culinary history.

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Trends we spotted | Week 38

26-9-2022

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week links to articles about amongst other the light and music shows in the Moselle region, in October and December. The Mosel Licht und Flammen & Wine Lights Enjoy! And the most Christmassy bar in Amsterdam: Miracle at Boom Chicago opens November 23.

Cédric Grolet at The Berkeley unveiled his ‘Goûtea’, Grolet’s fusion of goûter (the French tradition of sweet snacking) and best of British afternoon tea. And two inspirational reels, one rice/egg sandwich and one of a British Sunday Roast Burrito.

Here in the Netherlands we can finally enjoy plant-based Chocomel! And mid-September, popular vegan concept Wild & the Moon originally from Paris opened the doors of a second location in Amsterdam at the Zuidas.

The Art of Drinks is a three-day drinks festival (October 29-31 at the Gashouder in Amsterdam with a public event on Saturday. The Sunday edition is specially set up for people working in liquor stores and specialist shops and on Monday they aim at professionals in the hospitality industry.

Pizza Profs, the platform for all professional pizza bakers in the Netherlands, is organizing the very first Pizza Inspiration Event at SVO in Houten on Monday October 24.

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Fat Phill’s Leiden opens and will be treating some of you

22-9-2022

On Saturday, September 24, Fat Phill’s celebrates the Grand Opening of their new location in the Dutch city Leiden with an exclusive opening action. A day full of festivities dominated by good food, cozy atmosphere and good music. The Grand Opening will take place at their new location at the Stille Mare 13 in Leiden. And they’re giving away 50 free cheeseburgers!

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Cape Town Social Club opens this autumn in the Jordaan

13-9-2022

Opening – Cape Town Social Club, the new high-end restaurant with cocktail bar focuses on South African flair, refined cuisine, original cocktails and personal service.

This autumn Cape Town Social Club opens in the Raamstraat in Amsterdam-Centre. Owners Sebastian Erasmus and Alexander Heim, both seasoned in the high-end hospitality industry, bring Cape Town Social Club to our capital.

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Haute Photographie X Daalder pop-up restaurant

6-9-2022

Where art meets food, on the wall and on the plate

A pop-up restaurant by Michelin star restaurant Daalder will open at the Haute Photographie, the 1000m2 boutique photography fair in the middle of Museumplein from 15 to 18 September. The fair focuses on a refreshing look at photography, and highlights the importance of this art form. Haute Photographie nourishes all the senses and an haute cuisine lunch or dinner should not be missed.

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I wish you many employees

29-8-2022

It is an old Jewish saying that means something like wishing someone a lot of worries and a lot of misery but many hospitality companies are currently having a lot of worries due to the lack of employees. Of course, the best approach is to discuss with your team what you can do to make sure those who work for you are staying. We’ve come across solutions such as closing an extra day, adjusting opening hours, but also snatching staff away from other restaurants. And of course making wages more congruent with other industries. Yet there are colleagues who approach it differently, we have made a list of examples for hospitality owners who are having a hard time finding new employees.

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Food start-up GREENFORCE launches a B2B platform for the hospitality industry

18-8-2022

Food start-up GREENFORCE is launching a B2B platform this month to serve the hospitality industry in the Netherlands with its vegetable powder mixes in bulk packaging. With this development, they are responding to the demand from restaurant guests for more vegetable options on the menu. GREENFORCE offers the catering industry the opportunity to experiment with vegetable powder mixes. The sustainable mixes have a long shelf life, are packed with protein and are easy to customise: with the bulk mixes, restaurants can easily put a vegetable burger or meatball with their own twist on the menu. On the platform, restaurants and caterers can order the bulk mixes in burger, minced meat, meatball, egg, schnitzel and smear.

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Postillion Hotels help employees by paying off student debt

12-8-2022

Postillion Hotels pays off the student debt of their employees with 2.50 euros per worked hour. This repayment is in addition to the regular salary of the employees. With this initiative, the hotel chain hopes to be able to take away some financial struggles so there is more room for growth and development. The initiative is the result of a graduation project by students of Hotel Management School Maastricht.

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Kinfill | Sustainable cleaning products in concentrated form

1-8-2022

Kinfill is a sustainable brand that features an innovative collection of homecare products that contributes to a cleaner planet. Their reusable ‘forever glass bottles’ ensure that no plastic is used and refills are delivered in small bottles that can be diluted with tap water. They have a wide range of products (cleaning sprays, soap bars, hand towels etc.) for every area, including the kitchen. Since they do not use any chemical substances, their products are ideal to use in the hospitality industry and you never have to worry that harmful substances will reach the guest. Kinfill has recently been offered and used by several coffee shops, including the well-known coffee bar Saint-Jean in Amsterdam.

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Trends we spotted | Week 30

29-7-2022

At horecatrends.com we spot many national and international trends on a daily basis. We pick the most interesting ones to write about, the other trends we use in our weekly column ‘Trends we spotted this week’.

With this week links to articles about a whiskey made of green crabs and train trips are getting more and more popular, we spotted the Costa Verde Express. A train trip from Basque Country to Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia in Spain.

Inspiration spotted on Instagram, the cutest tea room in Paris, Long & Tea. For if you’re going to Paris and love sweet treats! And the ‘Classic Root Beer Float’ by Afters Ice Cream, would you like to try your beer will a scoop of ice cream and whipped cream?

Some news from London: Barrafina is opening their fifth location in London, Barrafina Borough Yards. The serve authentic regional dishes from around Spain and they also have a location at Coal Drops Yard, great place to eat before you take the train back to the mainland! And the ‘Emo’ makeover for Wendy’s Logo at a new location in Camden is great! Check it out in the article.

Saudi Arabia plans to build a hyper-futuristic city in the desert that it calls NEOM. They unveiled a PR video of THE LINE part of the NEOM project. THE LINE is only 200 meters wide, 170 kilometers long and 500 meters above sea level. We wonder which hotel chains we might spot in this city!

CITY ID continues European expansion with acquisition in the heart of Dublin. And ‘Bij Jef Restaurant & Hotel’ on Texel, a member since 2017 of Relais & Chateaux, was awarded five stars, the highest number of stars possible, by Hotel Stars. They are now not only the only restaurant near the Dutch Wadden Sea with a Michelin star, but also the only five-star hotel there.

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