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Catering Insight

The editors of Catering Insight (Clare Nicholls) and Foodservice Equipment Journal (Andrew Seymour) speak to major catering equipment supply chain and restaurant industry figures to grill them on the stories behind the headlines.

  1. 04/14/2022

    Episode 59: Julian Shine and Colette Fox

    This episode sees Julian Shine, MD of Shine Catering Systems, discussing the opportunities in a busy commercial kitchen project marketplace, and how his company is working around supply chain challenges, while Colette Fox, programme manager at Pro Veg UK, reveals how the organisation is helping school caterers to introduce more plant-based meals.

  2. 03/14/2022

    Episode 58: Zack Bishti and Glenn Roberts

    Neat Burger co-founder and MD Zack Bishti details the plant-based restaurant chain's online and offline restaurant model for consistent success, driven by investor Lewis Hamilton's values, while Winterhalter UK's head of sales, Glenn Roberts, explores how to manage wildly escalating costs in professional kitchens.

  3. 02/17/2022

    Episode 57: Mike Floyd and Gary Baker

    Mike Floyd, MD of Lovat's Group, details how he and his wife Pam have taken over the Fife-based distributor with a mission to make it the best service provider in Scotland, while Gary Baker, the founder and MD of Intelligent Appliances, reveals how the Urban Cultivator 'indoor kitchen garden' is helping to minimise food miles.

  4. 10/13/2021

    Episode 56: Colleen Costello and Matthew Merritt-Harrison

    This edition of Market Talk sees Colleen Costello, co-founder and CEO of Vyv, reveal how her company's antimicrobial LED lighting technology will change the face of foodservice hygiene, while Matthew Merritt-Harrison, immediate past chair of FCSI UK & Ireland, discusses how the association is supporting new consultants and the challenges of swapping to equivalent quality equipment brands when supply chain issues strike.

  5. 09/14/2021

    Episode 55: Ashley Woodhouse and Katie Prowse

    Ashley Woodhouse, operations director, Bird Restaurants, and Katie Prowse, senior insight manager, Lumina Intelligence, discuss whether small menus are here to stay and how the pandemic accelerated existing foodservice trends.

  6. 09/10/2021

    Episode 54: David Bentley and Rob Gibson

    This episode sees David Bentley, director of Bentley Consulting, and Rob Gibson, sales director, Retigo UK, discuss the founding of the Independent Foodservice & Hospitality Consultants (IFHC) group and how preparing for Brexit was essential to stay ahead of supply chain disruption.

  7. 08/18/2021

    Episode 53: Adam Mason and Matthew Kitchin

    This week's episode is a special on mental health and wellbeing, with Adam Mason, CEDA director general, detailing the motivations behind founding the Together We Will initiative, which is focusing on various aspects of corporate social responsibility, and Matthew Kitchin, C&C Catering Equipment's commercial manager, discussing his participation in Together We Will's recent Mental Health First Aid England's mental health awareness training, and how C&C is taking those learnings throughout the company.

  8. 08/05/2021

    Episode 52, special session in association with Hobart UK

    This week it’s the second of two special episodes of Market Talk, in association with Hobart. We have been helping Hobart to conduct The Big Conversation with catering equipment dealers up and down the UK, and a couple of themes that have emerged are aftersales and service. We discussed these subjects with: Iain Munro, business development director, Hobart UK Equipment Division Paul Gilhooly, sales director, Gratte Brothers Catering Equipment Dean Broadbent, managing director, Millers Catering Equipment Nick Place, sales manager, Advantage Catering Equipment www.hobartuk.com

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The editors of Catering Insight (Clare Nicholls) and Foodservice Equipment Journal (Andrew Seymour) speak to major catering equipment supply chain and restaurant industry figures to grill them on the stories behind the headlines.

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  • Creator
    Catering Insight
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Catering Insight