News on Speciality Food 200808

2008-08-28 Westmeath Examiner News A taste of gold in Mullingar

Kelly Organic Products won two gold awards last year also. The Great Taste Awards, which is organised by the Guild of Fine Food and often referred to as the Oscars of the food industry, is this year celebrating its 15th anniversary. Winning a coveted Great Taste Award is much more than recognition for excellence, it is one of the most powerful tools to help grow business in the speciality food sector. The Kelly family now have plans to launch their organic products in the UK at the end of this year, and having won the Great Taste Award, this will stand to Moon Shine Dairy Farm, as the awards profile the business and the type of products they have on the market.

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2008-08-23 Cruise the world: a modern-day grand tour - Telegraph

Some people looked down on it because it was and ldquo;just the back end of the self-service and rdquo;, but it was my favourite place to dine. Caf and eacute; Bordeaux, the other speciality restaurant, was pretty good too and a bargain at and pound;7. 75 per person for food that was cooked to order with a more personal service.

I solved the problem, and also escaped the fixed dining system (you are allocated the same table for the whole cruise and have to share it with the same passengers) by eating in the self-service restaurant most evenings. The food was not always great - the Asian and Indian buffet nights were definitely the best - but at least I could dine when I wanted, and if you hit the servery at the right time, when a new batch of food came out of the kitchen, the food was hot, too.

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Jane Archer gets a taste of life on board the Aurora and meets some of the passengers doing a Phileas Fogg and going around the world in 80 days. - World cruise Aurora cruising cruise Cruises Travel

2008-08-15 New Distribution Agreement Between S. Black and DSM Food Specialities - Food Industry News

S. Blacks Food Business Unit Manager, Peter Hardy comments "This new product line is a very welcome addition to our existing offering, and will further strengthen our position as the leading provider of innovative speciality flavour, functional and nutritional ingredients to food manufacturers in the UK and Ireland. "

Designed for use in a variety of baking applications, CakeZyme is a convenient, easy to use, enzyme-based ingredient that offers manufacturers a number of benefits including enhanced product quality, improved nutritional profile, extended shelf-life and reduced overall manufacturing costs. Maxarite is a natural taste potentiator extracted from yeast. It delivers strong enhancement and enables the creation of products with a lower salt content. Maxarite boosts the original taste profile of foods and allows manufacturers to formulate worry-free, safe concepts which provide significant health benefits without compromising on taste.

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S. Black Ltd is delighted to announce its new partnership with DSM Food Specialities. S. Black has been appointed the DSM Food Specialties distributor for Baking Enzymes in UK and Ireland from the 1st of . - DSM food news food industry news food business news

2008-08-15 Bangalore Wine Club Dinner, Diwaane-Daawat.

The BWC has gained a reputation over the last few years of hosting wine events of a high standard. Many of them are sit-down dinners where the leisurely pace helps diners focus on the flavours of both food and wine. This is important when it comes to appreciating wine, believes the committee. "Appreciating good wine at times also involves a certain formality and ceremony," said BWC President Rishad Minocher, "A good setting adds to the experience. Our previous event was a casual one, and this time we felt both the wine and the food deserved a more formal ambience. "

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2008-08-30 Industry gas demand inspires capacity expansion

Hydrogen and speciality gases, as well as complementing services to most industries, including the steel, oil refining, chemical, glass, electronics, paper, metallurgy, food processing, construction and aerospace industries. To the end-user, however, Air Liquide is better known as a supplier of medical gases and services.

However, despite these considerations and challenges faced by the international groups South African arm, Larousse says general industrial activity remains firm driving the companys customers ongoing needs for product in fabrication activities. In the food and beverage markets, he comments that a strong recovery is expected in the next quarter, while mining activities remain strong with new projects in gold in South Africa being commissioned.

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Gas supply company, Air Liquide, is commissioning a nitrogen liquifier at the companys air separation plant in Isipingo, Durban, that will double the companys production capacity in KwaZulu-Natal.

2008-08-12 Balduccis bites into Middle East - The National Newspaper

Balduccis is one of the best known speciality food retailers in the northeast of the US, where it has 10 stores. Officials behind the deal say this store will distinguish itself from Dubais established food retailers by offering more exotic or harder to find products.

The Balduccis partnership is the latest of Nakheels food retail endeavours. Last month, the property giant announced that it had set up a US usd. 800 million (Dh2. 93 billion) joint venture to build new hypermarkets with the French food retailer, Auchan. The new HyperCorp firm will initially open five hypermarkets in Nakheels various Dubai projects.

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Balduccis, a high-end delicatessen and New York icon, partners with Nakheel to drive its Middle Eastern expansion. - Thenational thenational. ae newspaper english uae abu dhabi emirates news admc adu dhabi media company paper daily dailynews news

2008-08-23 Gok is wan hell of a fashion guru - TV and Radio, Entertainment - Herald. ie

The intrepid Matt Allwright, from Rogue Traders, joined his new sidekick Anita Rani to bring us Rogue Restaurants -- a real stomach churning experience. The duo teamed up with food safety experts to pursue crimes against food hygiene and it was not pretty stuff. Undercover cameras found mouse droppings, dirt, outdated food and managers who seemed to believe their speciality was food poisoning.

He is a miracle worker. At 5ft11ins Lucy felt like a chunky giant and hid herself behind oversized jumpers and jeans, finding solace in junk food.

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He is a miracle worker. At 5ft11ins Lucy felt like a chunky giant and hid herself behind oversized jumpers and jeans, finding solace in junk food.

2008-08-05 Patchy pavement permission policies hamper caf culture CatererSearch

There may be some trade support for the caf owners. Steve Penk, UK Co-ordinator for the Speciality Coffee Associaton of Europe, has said that the speciality coffee industry should have a voice in the promotion of such cafe culture areas, and would wish to be associated with lobbying on behalf of the caf trade, and involved in debate with councils.

It is not just British caterers who have this problem. In Seattle, the home of Starbucks and the modern speciality coffee industry, moves have been made to streamline the process for approving tables and chairs outside catering premises, and to reduce the licence fee. There have been stories of cafs waiting eighteen months to get their permit, and a 100 sq. ft. pavement seating area has cost an average of usd. 2,300.

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The beverage trade has begun to seriously question the lack of a joined-up policy in Britain over the achievement of a caf culture in our towns. - Beverages

2008-08-25 Dr Reddys plans to brand US speciality drugs

Dr Reddys concluded three partnerships last year in the dermatology space. It has a tie-up with UK-based speciality company Sinclair Pharma plc to exclusively sell its dermatitis product, Sebclair, under a new brand name. Dr Reddys also tied up with Israel-based Foamix, a leader in the development of topical foam delivery systems, for the development of a novel prescription foam for the treatment of psoriasis and US company Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals to commercialise EpiCeram, a prescription topical cream for treating atopic dermatitis in the US.

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- P B Jayakumar Dr Reddys plans to brand US speciality drugs

2008-08-22 Food and Drink Events New Taste Trail at the Leamington Spa Food and Drink Festival

Visitors simply collect their Taste Trail map which will be available at the Festival or from the participating restaurants. They then choose a minimum of six restaurants from the list, visit the restaurant and sample their speciality dishes. At the same time the visitor will be required to rate the restaurant gold, silver or bronze and collect a sticker to show they have visited the establishment. Everyone who takes part will qualify for entry into a competition to win dinner for two at the winning restaurant.

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