Author: Karen Contrino

The squadra’s dropped anchor, and we’re almost ready to pull back the curtain on our first restaurant in the UK’s second city… La Bellezza! Nestled in the grand Chamberlain Square of Birmingham, there was no more fitting a spot for this haven to long-lost romance and well-loved Italian prodotti than a city renowned for its foodie devotion.   Creak open the timber door, peek past the seven-metre-long tapestry curtains, and let La Bellezza whisk you away to a romantically wild courtyard in Perugia. Welcome to our hallowed theatre to food, bedecked floor to ceiling with ancient Italian artefacts, over 5,000 vintage bottles…

Interior lighting experts at Pooky have revealed 5 easy ways to make your space look 10x bigger just in time for the hosting season.  Christmas is just around the corner and with it the prospect of hosting loved ones in celebration of the season. Whether you’re welcoming friends and family to your home for dinners and drinks or just gathering around the TV for the Gavin and Stacy Christmas Special, the kitchen is often at the heart of any home gathering. The looming hosting season has many homeowners and renters looking towards fast-tracking their home improvement plans to put their…

Fancy Fries, one of the UK’s fastest-growing mobile catering franchises, is thrilled to announce a life-changing opportunity for entrepreneurs in Scotland. The company is now offering a limited number of franchise opportunities, bringing its beloved loaded fries concept to the Scottish market. From humble beginnings as a street food tent in Birmingham to a nationwide sensation, Fancy Fries has captured the hearts and taste buds of food lovers across the UK. Founded in 2015 by James Hipkiss, the brand has become synonymous with quality, innovation, and community spirit in the mobile catering industry. It is enjoying rapid growth and currently has five…

New Packaging, Larger Bottles, and Expanding Market Presence Mark a Stellar Year for the Brand Lucela’s Chocolate Rum, renowned for its small-batch, hand-blended rums with indulgent flavours, is experiencing a major boost in sales as Christmas approaches. Sales are expected to increase year on year, with the brand attributing this surge to the growing demand for high-quality, decadent chocolate rums and its recent recognition in prestigious industry awards. To meet rising demand, Lucela’s has announced a major product update: the launch of a new 1-litre bottle just in time for Christmas. Responding to customer requests for a larger size, the…

The Pizza Company today invites people across the UK to get into the Christmas spirit with the launch of The Festive Feast Pizza. This pizza is the ultimate Christmas treat, featuring a classic takeaway-style base smothered in rich tomato sauce, generously topped with creamy mozzarella, tangy cheddar, and all the trimmings—including marinated chicken pieces, smoked bacon, crumbled stuffing breadcrumbs—and finished with a drizzle of cranberry sauce. The Festive Feast Pizza is available for a limited time only in The Pizza Company’s range, now at Tesco stores across the UK, retailing at £5.25, and will be on offer until 31 December…

As we wave goodbye to 2024, celebrate this New Year’s Eve in style. Whether popping champagne sky high at Sky Garden, feasting with fireworks at Bokan or dining well into in the early hours of 2025 at Chop Chop (open until 6am!) please see below our round-up of the best places to be as the new year rings in. FOR THE VIEWS Fireworks & Feasts Above the City at Sky Garden | The City With unbeatable views of London and front-row seats to the city’s dazzling fireworks, Sky Garden’s sky-high New Year’s bash is the ultimate place to bid farewell…

Renowned fine dining restaurant group responds to consumer requests for transparency Today, Lai Sun Dining, a renowned restaurant group headquartered in Hong Kong, publicly announces promising progress towards its animal welfare commitment to source 100% cage-free eggs for all of its regions. Following public consumer pressure for corporate transparency and responsible sourcing, Lai Sun Dining has disclosed that it sources 90% of its eggs and egg products from cage-free suppliers (including shell, liquid, frozen, and ingredient eggs).    This announcement comes just one month after the launch of a global consumer-driven campaign led by the Open Wing Alliance (OWA), a…

 Pow Food, an award-winning leader in nutritious, convenient meal solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of its New Parent Meal Bundles, specifically tailored to the first two key stages of parenthood: 0-3 months and 4+ months. In collaboration with renowned nutritionist Lily Soutter, Pow Food has uniquely redesigned its meal plans to meet the specific dietary and nutritional needs of new parents – making Pow Food the first and only home-delivered ready meal service in the UK to offer such tailored solutions. “We’re thrilled to offer this solution of delicious meals for tired parents that can be easily stored in…

LYLE’S GOLDEN SYRUP SET A NEW ‘GOLD STANDARD’ IN PRODUCT LAUNCH CAMPAIGNS Iconic British brand launch ‘Make Snack Time Golden’ media campaign worth more than half a million pounds to support their new flapjack product range Lyle’s Golden Syrup first launched their original flapjack multi-packs into the ambient snack category this June  The brand has most recently expanded its flapjack product range in Tesco with single ready-to-eat snack bars    Lyle’s Golden Syrup, an iconic British heritage brand, has unveiled an ambitious media campaign, ‘Make Snack Time Golden’, to support the national rollout of its new Flapjack range. Targeted at driving…

On Wednesday 13th November at the Houses of Parliament, the Vegetarian Society hosted a packed reception to present how Denmark plans to achieve a groundbreaking transition to a healthy and sustainable food system. An invited audience of nearly 100 guests heard from speakers Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl, CEO of the Danish Vegetarian Society, Rasmus Prehn DMP, former Danish food minister and Daniel Zeichner MP, Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The Minister spoke briefly about the food system and the need to provide healthy and sustainable choices in line with the Eatwell Guide, but that government’s…