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Bisto launches a series of free guides to help publicans and pub chefs maximise on key trading days

Bisto has launched a Father’s Day Weekend Guide to help support publicans and pub chefs in making the most of this special occasion with inspirational insight, tips, and recipes.

The first of a series of guides, which includes expert-led advice from award winning chef and patron of The Cricketer’s Arms, Harry Kodagoda. The Father’s Day Weekend Guide gives fascinating insight into consumer dining habits, plus, senior culinary advisor at Premier Foods, Louise Wagstaffe gives her tips on creating the perfect gravy to elevate Sunday Roasts – with research reporting 79% of diners preferring gravy served in a jug! *

The digital booklet also includes four flavour-packed recipes that pub chefs can replicate in their own professional kitchens, including a vegan Bisto beetroot and falafel and spiced onion burger with wedges and a modern twist on the pub classic bangers and mash.

With roasts being one of the hero dishes over Father’s Day Weekend and UK consumers continuing its love affair with gravy, with 65% of people say the quality of the gravy is a consideration when rebooking/returning to a venue. Bisto’s Father’s Day Weekend Guide also showcases how gravy is an instrumental ingredient in the kitchen and can help drive profit margins during special occasions.

Harry Kodagoda, chef/patron of The Cricketer’s Arms in Essex explains how chefs can add their own touches to Bisto gravy to make it their own: “Key occasions, such as Father’s Day, are a prime opportunity to maximise footfall and an opportunity to showcase your pub’s hospitality and food and drinks offer. Bisto Original Gravy Granules are so versatile. Add some freshly grated horseradish to the gravy granules to complement your roast beef. Or, for that extra richness and decadence mix in reduced red wine with a spoonful of redcurrant jelly and fresh thyme.”

Sarah Robb, foodservice marketing manager, Premier Foods Foodservice added “This Father’s Day Weekend Guide is the first in a series of practical guides, to help support pub operators to maximise the business opportunity around key trading dates, which will not only hopefully see them grow profits on these big calendar dates, but also help to drive impressed customers to keep returning.”

To download a copy of The Father’s Day Weekend Guide, click here. 

*Premier Foods independent research – Toluna Report, April 2023, 1066 consumers surveyed.