Food

Roll out the red carpet and cue the music as the ‘Oscars’ of the fish frying industry prepare to return for their 28^th year. The National Fish & Chip Awards have cast their net far and wide having trawled the nation for the last year, and are now set to make or break the hearts of friers from around the country as they announce the UK’s best fish and chip businesses on January 20 at the Lancaster London Hotel.

As of this week, HelloFresh and Jamie Oliver are teaming up to create a new cooking experience to make living a healthy lifestyle easier than ever before. Each week one of Jamie’s recipes will be in HelloFresh’s boxes, giving the British public the best possible set-up for easy, tasty home cooking. Jamie is thrilled that HelloFresh’s service gives more people the chance to prepare his dishes: “For me, HelloFresh makes cooking from scratch even easier. Their delivery of ingredients straight to people’s doors is a hugely convenient way for everyone to try my recipes”, says the chef.

Families in Wolverhampton are being urged to download a new app and check how much sugar they are consuming – as new figures show children eat their own body weight in sugar every year. The free Sugar Smart app, launched today (Monday 4 February, 2016) by Public Health England, works by scanning barcodes to reveal the total sugar in food and drink in cubes or grams.

Assado Restaurant is setting taste buds alight this festive season as it bids farewell to the Christmas standard and introduces a fresh palate of vibrant flavours for guests to dine on. Taking a pan-Indian twist to the traditional Christmas feast, Assado Restaurant is spicing things up with a range of sparkling standout dishes.

City of Wolverhampton Council’s thriving Meals on Wheels service delivered a record number of Christmas dinners this year. Meals on Wheels provides a vital lifeline to mainly elderly residents by delivering a hot, nutritious meal seven days a week. The number of people using the service has tripled since the council scrapped old rules which meant people had to pass an assessment before they could use the service. Meals on Wheels are now available to anyone who wants them and there are currently 633 people on the books.

It may be the season of good will to all men but the festive season call also mean an abundance of calorific temptations to both men and women. Leading Weight Loss Hypnotherapist and the founder of HypnoSlimming, Michael A Cox has investigated the eating patterns of those people planning on dieting in the New Year. Even before the Christmas decorations were put up many people have already decided that January will be the time to lose weight.

NFU Mutual is urging owners to put certain foods on the ‘naughty list’ for their dogs this year. Christmas is well known as a time of excess for humans but, according to the insurer, pet dogs are also prone to eating too much during the festive period and sometimes, what they choose to eat could have serious health implications and end-up in an emergency visit to the vet.

People across the UK are set to enjoy an extra Happie Christmas this year,  as Tesco delivers free mince pies to towns around Britain. To help customers get into the festive spirit, the retailer is delivering thousands of the little festive treats, free, to people's front doors over the next few weeks.

It’s rare that people step out of their comfort zone and try something a little different, especially at Christmas when the traditional roast turkey reigns supreme. A firm UK favourite, Chinese cuisine is often seen as a treat at the weekend or for a special occasions – and what occasion gives a better excuse for a celebration than Christmas? With four stores across the UK, in Birmingham, Manchester, Cricklewood and Croydon, the UK’s leading Oriental grocer, Wing Yip, brings traditional Asian cuisine one step closer to UK homes.

Londoner Patrick Drake, co-founder and Head Chef of HelloFresh has launched his first solo venture, The 60 Second Chef. The world's fastest online cookery course gives you all the skills and recipes you need to be a confident chef through a series of quick and easy to follow 60 second videos.

The UK's largest cheese fair will return for its sixth year in 2016 when the Artisan Cheese Fair takes place in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire from 30 April to 1 May. Last year, over 8,000 cheese-lovers visited the Cheese Fair and with over 50 cheesemakers showcasing in excess of 250 different products at this year's event, visitors will have the opportunity to taste and buy some of the UK's rarest and most popular artisan cheeses.

This December, The Scotch Whisky Experience is lighting up the Royal Mile by hosting a Whisky Enlightenment tour to coincide with Virgin Money's Street of Light. Launching on 30 November and running until Christmas Eve, the Whisky Enlightenment tour and tasting experience is perfectly timed so visitors can either begin or end their visit to Street of Light with an illuminating whisky experience.

BRITS suffering from food intolerances won’t be missing out on any of the festive feasting this Christmas, as Asda reveals sales of its specialist Christmas Free From range have skyrocketed by a staggering 500% already this year, and it’s not even December.

The Asian Catering Federation and fully integrated ordering platform, NOQU, have announced a new partnership to help restaurants take control of their brand identity and unlock the potential of online sales. NOQU allows restaurants to implement online ordering systems in a cost-effective way, while retaining a strong brand identity through their own integrated website, app and online ordering system.

It's the Cornish Oyster season from October until March, and The Wright Brothers who own the Duchy Oyster Farm in Cornwall, on the stunning Helford River (Falmouth) have been aiming to change our attitude to oysters in this country for some time now.

Following the success of the Nevis Mango & Food Festival over the past two years, the Nevis Tourism Authority has joined forces with UK celebrity chef Natasha Corrett, founder of Honestly Healthy to kick start their 2016 event campaign. The launch of this partnership was celebrated at active cooking venue Aveqia in London on 25th September 2015 where Natasha Corrett treated guests, including media and travel specialists, to a Caribbean inspired lunch.