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

Appoint a contract caterer - retention
Blog

How to appoint a Contract Caterer

How to appoint a Contract Caterer We are regularly asked the question by procurement experts and facilities managers, ‘How to appoint a

Milling Machine
Blog

Milling Machine for Africa – Making the difference

Making a difference On a lovely evening on the 1st June bartlett mitchell hosted a charity fine dining supper for

contract catering
Blog

Developing a contract catering strategy

Selecting the right Contract Catering Partner When I talk to facilities professionals and those in an organisation responsible for appointing

annual results
News

bartlett mitchell grows for sixth successive year with 10% increase in turnover

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has today announced its annual results – posting a 10% growth in

Pickling
Blog

Pickling: The Preserve of a Foodie

Pickling Food Renaissance As we find ourselves in the midst of an artisanal pickling food renaissance, grocery shelves now boast

Happy World FM day!
Blog

Happy World FM Day!

  Happy World FM Day! Today showcases all the amazing work of our FM colleagues and the sector as a

Young Foodie Entrepreneurs
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Working with young foodie entrepreneurs

Who are our young foodie entrepreneurs Young Foodie Entrepreneurs could be defined in many different ways. For me it’s about

Great Places to Work
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Named as one of the industry’s Great Places to Work in Hospitality

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has been named as one of the Great Places to Work

AGM
Blog

Annual General Meeting (AGM)

My first AGM Shortly before Easter, we hosted our Operational Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the grand atrium at one

Chef of the Year
Blog

Chef of the Year

When I was a young chef The final of the first bartlett mitchell ‘Chef of the Year’ competition got me

White chocolate panna cotta

White chocolate panna cotta with salted caramel ganache and raspberries

What’s Easter without chocolate and what is modern life without some sort of salted caramel. This white chocolate panna cotta

Courgette Fritters

Courgette Fritters with whipped feta and brown butter dressed asparagus

A light, warm starter that takes very little effort and is full of gorgeous spring ingredients. You don’t have to

Easter Lunch
Blog

Easter Lunch around at a chef’s house

People always ask me, or any chef I would imagine, if I do the cooking at home and will I

season for outstanding eggs
Blog

The Season for outstanding eggs

I consider myself to be somewhat of a boiled-egg expert. After all, boiled eggs and soldiers as breakfast in bed

Easter meal planner - slow roasted shoulder of lamb
Blog

Easter meal planner

Family and friends together this Easter. No one likes being chained to the kitchen when they have friends or family

Death of the Dining Room Table
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Death of the Dining Room Table

I know it sounds like a cliché Agatha Christie’s novel, (Death of the Dining Room Table) but I think we

disposable coffee cups
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UK could cut the use of disposable coffee cups by 50-300 million per year

Research by Bewley’s and Cardiff University identifies measures that can help encourage the use of re-usable cups by coffee drinkers

bmStars
Blog

Celebrating our bmStars

Oh what a wonderful life (and team) The impetus for starting bartlett mitchell happened when we worked for a large

Automation is key
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Automation is key to ensuring business growth, according to leading behavioural economist

Companies need to quickly find means of automating some services to ensure they tackle pending labour issues post-Brexit, according to

company-wide award winners
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bartlett mitchell celebrates ‘FOODIES’ values at first-ever company-wide awards

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has held its first ever company awards this week, with more

Making sense of a slightly mad world
Blog

Making sense of a slightly mad world

bartlett mitchell’s annual networking event Making Sense of a Slightly Mad World took place at Saatchi and Saatchi’s amazing new

networking
News

Networking 2017

bartlett mitchell’s networking event 2017. Leading economist, Roger Martin-Fagg shared his wisdom about behavioural economics and how it influences our decisions,

Mira Tarquin Soppexcca Fairtrade Fortnight Farmer visit
Blog

Fairtrade Fortnight, we’re changing the world – one bean at a time

Introducing Fairtrade Fortnight break times It’s the end of the UK’s Fairtrade Fortnight 2017. We have been working with our Fairtrade friends

digital apps
News

bartlett mitchell digital apps strategy drives 20% growth in site sales

bartlett mitchell, one of the UK’s leading independent caterers, has increased sales at participating client sites by more than 20%