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All the latest BM Caterers news, including podcasts, blogs, recipes, restaurant reviews and insightful reports.

Baked celeriac

Baked celeriac with hazelnuts and parmesan

Method Set your oven to 170 °c Leave the celeriac whole but make sure you give it a wash to

Marmite and turkey bread sauce

Marmite and turkey bread sauce

Method Add the onions and 50g of the turkey juices to pan, then add the bay leaves and nutmeg. Cook

Sloe Gin Fizz

This cocktail is going to impress your friends and family. Don’t be scared about creating a hot and cold cocktail,

The clink charity
News

Bartlett Mitchell partners with The Clink Charity

We are delighted to announce a new partnership with The Clink Charity to supply its premium coffee brand Perkee and

Blog

An interview with Adam Byatt

Can you recall the moment or moments in which you made the decision to make food your life and what

social enterprise
News

Senior figures call on catering industry to embrace value of social enterprise

The foodservice sector needs to do more to showcase the commercial value social enterprises can bring to workplace clients, according

waste
Blog

#Wasted

Waste not want not is a commonly used saying as we all know but I fear that not everyone lives

Training
Blog

Spilling the beans

At Perkee, training is key to developing our Baristas. It gives them the tools required to be able to deliver

5 Star -bmfamily simple - lockdown - industry
Blog

Keep It Simple

Wendy writes a quarterly article for The Caterer, in this article she talks about keeping things simple. When I started

cser/Sustainable Development Goals
News

bartlett mitchell commits to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has today published its latest CSER report, announcing that it will

harri
Blog

harri – Helping the best people join the #bmFamily💜💚

Here at bartlett mitchell we are obsessive about our people; as Wendy Bartlett said “The members of the #bmFamily???????? really are

Autumn
Blog

Embrace the simplicity of late summer

The summer is fading fast, the leaves are falling, and as we find ourselves on the brink of Autumn, a

Katarina Goodwin
News

Leadership team strengthened with Katarina Goodwin appointment

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has today announced the appointment of Katarina Goodwin as people and

Beekeeping
Blog beekeeping

Getting a buzz out of beekeeping

Beekeeping is an expensive, unpredictable, disappointing but very rewarding and extremely satisfying hobby. For nearly ten years, we have kept

Planet Mark
News

Bartlett Mitchell Becomes First Contract Caterer to Deliver The Planet Mark Commitments

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has achieved certification to The Planet Mark sustainability programme – becoming

#bmInc
Blog

#bmInc – What’s been happening

#bmInc update August 19. Wow, #bmInc has certainly picked up momentum since my last blog in January 2019 We now

tea
Blog

Extraordinary Brews with Dilmah Tea

Tea is a unique herb, with different types of tea obtained depending on its method of processing. After all, the

Hebe Richardson - Wellness Manager
News

First Wellness Manager appointed

Hebe Richardson has been the appointed to the newly created position of Wellness Manager. As part of the new role,

BMBC winners 2019- karma
Blog

Does karma exist at work?

I believe karma happens in business and personal life. Not in a vindictive way of hoping that some get their

Smoking
Blog

Outdoor Smoking

I’ve spoken before about my love of cooking outdoors and of holidays in the USA. Nowhere is that more aligned than

Pretzel bun

Pretzel Bun

I discovered pretzel burger buns on holiday and pair them with turkey and melted cheese, they also go really well

Smoked Turkey

Smoked Turkey

Something I’ve recently realised with smoking turkey is, for me anyway, it does need quite a lot of attention to

barbecue beans

Barbecue beans

Barbecue beans are easy to make and go with everything.  Make a huge batch and freeze them, they are great

apprenticeship
Blog

Kelly’s apprenticeship journey with the #bmFamily💜💚

Meet Kelly, a talented Chef de Partie at one of our sites in Reading. Kelly started her career with the