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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.
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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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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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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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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Desserts Through The Decades
This guide will take you on a nostalgic journey through the decades of the 20th century. All recipes have been created using our trusted dessert brands, McDougalls, Ambrosia, Bird’s and Angel Delight.
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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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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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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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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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Care Home Brochure
This guide reflects on the importance of good nutrition in supporting the health and wellbeing of our ageing population.
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100 Calorie Snacks
The Change4Life campaign was launched to encourage parents to look for 100 calorie snacks, and limit it to two snacks per day. Many school caterers are also following this guidance and have come to us for break time snack inspiration.
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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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Love British Food Guide
This year’s British Food Fortnight is set to be the biggest and most popular yet and offers a great opportunity to celebrate the Great British Pub. This Guide is full of tips and menu inspiration to help pub operators maximise the big opportunity brought by this national celebration of the diverse and delicious food Britain produces.
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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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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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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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