The Complete Guide to Catering Staff Training
If you’ve ever sat through a three-hour, glossy PowerPoint presentation on food safety, only to watch your team ignore every…
Writing the Brief for a New Kitchen
I’ve sat in enough boardroom meetings with architects and contractors to know exactly where this goes wrong. They’ll show you…
Cutting Packaging at the Delivery Door
I’ve spent sixteen years walking into kitchens where the sheer volume of cardboard and single-use plastic feels like it’s staging…
Teaching Children to Describe What They Taste
I remember standing in a school kitchen three years ago, watching a trainee chef dump a massive container of pre-made…
Noise Exposure in a Busy Kitchen
I remember standing in a school kitchen during a Tuesday lunch rush, trying to confirm a dietary requirement for a…
A No-nonsense Guide to Upgrading Kitchen Cabinets Without Wasting Your Budget on Hype
I remember standing in a school kitchen three years ago, staring at a set of modular cabinets that were literally…
Frameworks, Thresholds and Direct Award
I remember standing in a school kitchen three years ago, staring at a crate of “bargain” flour that had arrived…
The Complete Guide to Kitchen Fire Safety
I’ve spent sixteen years walking into kitchens where the fire safety manual is a three-inch-thick binder gathering dust in a…
A Cleaning Schedule Somebody Signs
I’ve spent sixteen years walking into kitchens where the cleaning schedules are thirty pages long, laminated in glossy perfection, and…
The Complete Guide to Coshh in Kitchens
I once walked into a secondary school kitchen during a mid-morning rush, and the smell of industrial-strength degreaser was so…