Kitchen Sync | Talk Show: 003

Topics this week: Brakes prepare for an IPO | Greggs show strong results | Shakfuyu review | Tim Martin's expenses | Chefs make predictions | Food Tech A-level being dropped | Waterside Inn advertises for staff | Management Tip - sharing outlook calendars.

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Chef Daniel Doherty set for OnBlackheath (©DavidCotsworth)

12th & 13th September: OnBlackheath returns for its second year and promises a celebration of music, food and arts, alongside a vast array of entertainment and activities for families. The Chef's club line-up looks good.

Hospitality and Catering News kindly invited me to their recent #HandCSocial round table discussion. A lively bunch and a good debate.

Another @MarkKleinmanSky exclusive: Food Group Brakes Cooks Up £2.5bn Float Plan. Is this another business trying to become "too big to fail"?

Greggs has reported a strong first half of results. Chief Exec Roger Whiteside outlines why.

Some top chefs make their food predictions for 2015. Only four months left, so yeah.

Tim Martin DIDN'T complain about taxes or wage increases this week. So have a look at his expenses instead.

Shakfuyu in Old Compton Street. A pop-up we're also glad is hanging around for a bit.

Management Tip: Sharing calendars with your team - Guide to setting up Microsoft Outlook.com here, Microsoft Exchange here or here. Savvy Gmail users follow these instructions, and Apple aficionados can follow these 5 steps. Share permissions to edit and encourage collaboration.

Campaign: Save the Food Tech A-level

Food Teachers are campaigning to save the Food Technology A-Level. Another half-cocked decision that should be re-considered. You can support their campaign on Twitter @FoodTCentre and use the hashtag #savefoodtechAlevel.

You can read the consultation paper here (Food tech on page 17) & respond before 24 September 2015.

Oh, and this is the consequence when a generation of schoolchildren are starved of any cooking skills in class (pun intended):

You know there's a nationwide shortage of chefs when the Waterside Inn has to advertise vacancies: https://t.co/vSl1Hndqh2

— Thomas Kilroy (@mykitchensync) July 27, 2015

If you're not familiar with The Waterside Inn, just check out this video of a dish being dressed on at the pass. There's more of a rounded profile of this seminal restaurant on YouTube here.

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