Good Week Bad Week: 19/02/10

18 February 2010
Good Week Bad Week: 19/02/10

Our regular catch-up of what has brought a burst of sunshine - or a mantle of storm clouds - to the catering and hospitality world this week.

GOOD WEEK

Atul Kochhar The Michelin-starred Indian chef is honoured in the UK's Top 50 list of South Asian Global Achievers.

Sponsorship Record viewing figures for Britain's Got Talent help sponsor Domino's Pizza boost its pre-tax profit by 27.8% to £29.9m.

Role models Contract caterer Sodexo appoints ex-England rugby player and Celebrity Masterchef winner Matt Dawson as an ambassador for the importance of a healthy lifestyle.

Charitable causes London's Hoxton hotel is to donate all the proceeds from its occupancy on 1 April to the Great Ormond Street Hospital for children.


BAD WEEK

Healthy eating Burger King is slammed by health campaigners over its new 1,010 calorie Three Cheese Double Angus burger.

City boys Lap dancing clubs are to be reclassified as sex establishments under licensing laws, allowing residents to object if they feel they're inappropriate.

Traditionalists JD Wetherspoon backs plans to move the UK into the European time zone saying longer, lighter evenings will drive trade.

ITV The TV channel is fined £1,660 for animal cruelty after celebrity chef Gino D'Acampo killed and ate a rat on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Of Here.

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