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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.
Global Food Trends Guide
Today’s pupils are curious and influenced by global flavours they enjoy on the high street. This guide has been created to support school chefs in bringing these flavours to life in a practical, engaging way. From street food-inspired dishes to globally recognised comfort foods, it showcases how international food trends can be adapted for schools.
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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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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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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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Dysphagia Solutions Guide
In this guide, we outline the international dysphagia guidelines, and provide tips and advice for caterers. This is part of our journey in helping you to provide creative and tasty recipe solutions for dysphagia sufferers that will ensure dignity in dining.
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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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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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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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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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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 Recipe Guide
From hints and tips for preparing the Christmas turkey to a host of new festive recipes, this guide was created to help chefs in all sectors during 2020, when this season looked a little different.
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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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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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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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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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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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