Lisa Jenkins
Managing Editor
Lisa Jenkins is managing editor at The Caterer and oversees food, drink and equipment news and features in the magazine and online. She is also the main contact for all of the suppliers to the industry. Lisa contributes chef and people features and also manages events including the prestigious Acorn Awards, Best Places to Work in Hospitality and the People Summit. She is also a long-term supporter and organiser of the Acorn Scholarship, as well as The Caterer’s KP of the Year competition and the Seafood Restaurant of the Year.
Nutritics acquires menu publishing platform Ten Kites
Food and health software solutions provider Nutritics has announced that it has acquired Ten Kites, a UK menu publishing platform, to drive international growth and scale.
Pathways: Simone Sylvestre, business development manager at wine merchant Jeroboams
Simone Sylvestre, business development manager at wine merchant Jeroboams, credits her mentors for inspiring her and thinks a job in hospitality should always be fun.
Menuwatch: Meadowsweet, Norfolk
Commercial laundries commit to rebalancing gender and racial ratios
Terry Larkin departs JJ Foodservice
Unilever’s #FairKitchens movement puts the mental health of kitchen staff first, says Hazel Detsiny
Hazel Detsiny, vice president of food & refreshment away from home at Unilever UK&I, considers how[...]
Brakes and Nutritics partner on Virtual Chef Online
Foodservice provider Brakes has announced a new partnership with foodservice technology supplier Nutritics on Virtual Chef[...]
Book review: Sicilia, by Ben Tish
Sicilia is chef Ben Tish’s love letter to the food of Sicily, in which his passion[...]
Guinness releases MicroDraught to pour a pint anywhere
Guinness has launched Guinness MicroDraught, a way of serving fresh Guinness Draught on tap to outlets[...]
FEA announces industry conference speakers
The Foodservice Equipment Suppliers Association (FEA) has issued further speaker details for the 2021 Industry Conference on 15-16 September at Chesford Grange, Kenilworth. "
New products: Electrolux's LiberoPro, Pinti Inox's Velvet range, Lucky Boat rice vermicelli noodles and more
A look at the latest food, drink and equipment to hit the market.
Irish foodservice market predicts pre-pandemic levels of trade in 2022
The Irish foodservice market will grow by 11% on last year to reach almost €5b (£4.3b) by year end, with an additional 56% (€2.8b) growth predicted for 2022, according to a new report by Bord Bia.
Burts Snacks announces partnership with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
Burts Snacks has announced it is entering into a strategic partnership with the Royal National Lifeboat[...]
Delivery driver shortage would have meant closures on Freedom Day, says FWD
A shortage of delivery drivers would have led to thousands of pubs and restaurants being unable[...]
Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2021 revealed
The final of The Chefs’ Forum, Young Pastry Chef of the Year 2021 held this week[...]
Pathways: Cathy Wilcox, managing director, Wilcox Burchmore
The managing director at Wilcox Burchmore speaks to Lisa Jenkins about bouncing back from redundancies to[...]
Tim Bender retires from Hobart after 40-year career
Hobart's Tim Bender is to retire this month after 40 years in the catering equipment industry."
Unox launches multimillion-pound campaign to reach net zero carbon emissions
Equipment supplier Unox has launched Net Zero E-miXion 2030, a multimillion-pound action plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions across the global business by 2030.
Acorns Alumni event to celebrate 35 years of The Caterer's Acorn Awards
South Lodge hotel in Horsham is hosting an Acorn Alumni event to celebrate 35 years of The Caterer’s Acorn Awards.
Jacobs Media is honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 Queen's Award for Enterprise.
The highest official awards for UK businesses since being established by royal warrant in 1965. Read more.
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