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The fine food industry is full of inspiring professionals with a wealth of experience and expertise under their sleeves – find out what makes them tick and discover their take on the ever-changing market right here
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“Copying as a route to success?”
07 August 2017 Speciality BitesDid you know that in the early days of hamburger restaurants springing up all over the world, Burger King would never venture into a virgin market. Their strategy was to allow McDonald's to go in first, create the appetite for that type of product and then… -
“Beware the scammers!”
31 July 2017 Speciality BitesIt’s been with us for a while, but those that use emails and the internet to try and extort money from hard-working business people seem to be becoming more sophisticated. There is the long-standing scam of the letter sent to all participants at a show saying… -
“Investable?”
24 July 2017 Speciality BitesWe have just judged the finalists for the Cotswold Fayre Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The quality of the six short-listed candidates for the semi-final was absolutely superb, the best ever - things have come on a long way in the last five years. I set… -
“Drive to succeed?”
19 July 2017 Speciality BitesMy first day back at work after a thoroughly enjoyable holiday was last Friday. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about The Food Company who had decided to cease trading (although still seem to be open!). On Friday, we heard the sad news that one… -
“Cooking up trouble”
07 July 2017 Fine FoodConnoisseurs of the inappropriate one liner will be sad that Prince Phillip has withdrawn from his endless round of engagements. He recycled jokes mercilessly and showed little patience with the dignitaries he met. The Duke has an abrasive and inspiring legacy. His comment on the cooking… -
The Interview: Ann-Marie Dyas, The Fine Cheese Co.
07 July 2017 NewsMeet Ann-Marie Dyas of The Fine Cheese Co.: cheese lover, protector and revolutionary -
“Advice to my younger self”
07 July 2017 On The FarmNature is my passion – it has been my obsession for as long as I can remember. My parents moved back from London to the beautiful Essex countryside when I was only three, but even then it felt as though a whole new world was opening… -
“Strange basketfellows”
07 July 2017 Expert EyeWeek ending 10th June 2017 – what a week that was! England winning a football World Cup for the first time in 51 years. I never thought I would live to see that. Then there was the small matter of a Hung Parliament, too. And with… -
“Enlisting with the Territorials”
07 July 2017 Town CrierWhen I opened my shop, my first cheese order from the wholesalers included solid examples of those Territorials that originally hailed from outside our immediate area – Martell’s Double Gloucester, Mrs A’s, Mrs K’s, Sparkenhoe and Special Reserve Wensleydale. Sizeable rounds of cheese looked good in… -
“Bricks and clicks”
07 July 2017 OpinionThe cheese award fest is by now in full swing, with a whole series of heavyweight events claiming some unique positioning in the trade -
“Reassuringly expensive”
03 July 2017 Speciality BitesIf you resided in the United Kingdom between the years of 1982 and 2007, you will know the phrase "reassuringly expensive" and will instantly associate it with Stella Artois, the Belgian lager beer. With its clean, white can and ornate crest, it looks at home with… -
“Innovative food shop closes”
19 June 2017 Speciality BitesIt’s been a few weeks of very sad news in the UK, with many people dying premature deaths, so on that scale the sad news within the speciality food sector I read this week on Facebook pales into insignificance. There are enough other people at present…
