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Our foodservice team has a wealth of culinary knowledge that they share with chefs across all sectors of hospitality. We have created recipe and advice guides to support chefs and caterers in making delicious dishes using our products. These resources are all free and available for chefs to access or download at the click of a button so you can use them time and time again.
Unwrapping Festive Flavour
Unwrapping Festive Flavour: Trends, Traditions and Touches is designed to help operators tap into the motivations, behaviours and expectations that shape how consumers choose to dine out during the Christmas period. Almost one in five of our respondents plan to eat out on Christmas Day alone – and many more looking to celebrate in the lead-up to the 25th – the opportunities are clear. But so are the expectations.
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Lunch lessons: Making school meals smarter
We are proud to be playing a part in the mission to bring exciting and highly nutritious dishes to the school menu. As school food continues to evolve in line with national health objectives, we’re committed to supporting caterers with practical, trusted brands that meet rising expectations around taste, nutrition, and inclusivity – without compromising on efficiency in the kitchen.
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Futureproof: Supporting evolving tastes and nutritional needs of an ageing population
Our range of Homepride and Sharwood’s sauces are more than just versatile, they provide a source of fibre and vitamins C and D, making them a simple yet effective way for care sector caterers to enhance everyday meals with nutritional benefits.
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The Perfect Christmas Party Guide
Christmas parties are a popular and busy time for the hospitality industry. To help chefs with new ideas we have created a festive party guide packed with recipes and insight.
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Christmas cocktails
If you are looking to offer some Christmas Cocktails, make sure you check out this guide. It has got everything from Amaretto Sours to a Banana Split Mocktail.
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McDougalls Delicious Pancake Recipes
Pancake Day is always a popular day and our team have been inspiring chefs with some new and delicious recipe ideas.
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Education Recipe Guide
We understand the important role that school caterers play in putting children on the right path to a healthy lifestyle and we are proud to continue our collaborative work with our education customers. This recipe guide focuses on three areas that school caterers have asked us for recipe inspiration and advice on. These are Breakfast Clubs, Food For Life and Reducing Sugar Content.
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Father’s Day guide
This guide is full of inspiration, tips and recipes and has been designed to help publicans and pub chefs maximise the Father’s Day weekend trading opportunity.
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Bisto Mother’s Day and Easter Guide for Pub Chefs
From Mother’s Day and Easter Sunday roasts to profit driving events and activities across these celebratory weekends, with the right food and drink menus and spot-on service to give an excellent overall experience, your pub will be set for success.
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Platinum Jubilee
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022 is set to be a weekend packed full of celebration as we look back on her long and successful reign. To help care chefs create themed menus that their residents will love our chefs have been working hard behind the scenes to make new dishes which are fit for a right Royal party.
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McDougalls Cocoa Powder Recipe Book
The new McDougalls Reduced Fat Cocoa Powder has been a huge hit with school caterers and chefs. This guide was created to help inspire school chefs with a wide range of chocolate desserts.
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Healthy Eating in Scotland
The Healthy Eating in Schools guide is aligned to the Scottish government's move to improve the health and wellbeing of everyone in Scotland.
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Healthcare – Dsyphagia and Dementia
Catering for someone with dysphagia poses several challenges for kitchen staff to deliver a safe, nutritious and varied diet. We created this guide to demonstrate that you can provide appetising texture modified meals using the ingredients you have in your store cupboard.
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Angel Delight Mousse Recipe Book
Angel Delight Mousse meets government guidelines on sugar and calories, helping school caterers to ensure they are compliant. This recipe book provides inspiration with dishes ranging from unicorn mousse to chocolate orange mousse cake.
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LACA School Chef of the Year recipe book
LACA School Chef of the Year is a prestigious culinary competition that focuses on the skills and talents of those working in the education sector. This book is full of recipes from the 2023 finalists.
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Christmas Festive Feast
The preparation of Christmas food is an important part of the festive season. Our recipe guide will help you to deliver the perfect festive feast.
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Halloween Recipe Guide
Halloween is often a popular event in schools and we have created a guide which includes a wide range of spooky themed recipes as well as a pumpkin carving guide.
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