LET THE GIANT KILLING COMMENCE!

Didcot, the lowest-ranked team in the FA Cup, will play League Two’s Exeter City at home in the first round proper. The Oxfordshire outfit play in the Southern Division One South & West, the eighth tier of English football. Wigan, who won the cup in 2013, travel to fellow League One side Bury while 2008 winners Portsmouth will host Macclesfield …

THE PARKRUN FAMILY

I am part of the parkrun family! It’s an international family and one that I LOVE being a part of. Specifically I am part of the Bracknell parkrun family and on a Saturday morning I can usually be found at Great Hollands Recreation ground either having a little three lap jaunt around the park or (and more often) at my …

CUSTARD WITH YOUR CARS?

Rhubarb adds £60 million Goodwood Estate contract to its client list Food experience brand and event caterer, rhubarb, has added Goodwood in West Sussex to its client list with a contract worth around £60 million. The contract commences on March 16th and will see rhubarb cater to over 800,000 visitors a year at events like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, …

AND THE WINNER IS……

Robyn and Tim Jones were tonight’s winners of the Outstanding Contribution award at the 2015 Foodservice Cateys, while Compass Group and WSH each scored a hat trick. Described as one of the most respected and celebrated duos of our time, Robyn and Tim Jones were celebrated for their incredible achievements at the helm of caterer CH&Co Group and their ongoing …

CHOCHOLICS DREAM……

Chocolate Week, the nation’s favourite themed week, returns for a eleventh consecutive year, celebrating the world of fine chocolate from 12th to 18th October, 2015. The week culminates with The Chocolate Show London at Olympia National Hall from 16th to 18th October, bringing the best of the industry together all under one roof. Hundreds of events are expected this Chocolate …

MEET THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE CONTRACT OPTIONS FAMILY!

We are excited to announce that Lauren from our Reading office has given birth to a bouncing Baby boy in the early hours of this morning. Welcome to the world Oscar Benjamin Hewett born after a mere 3 hours labour weighing in at a tiny 5lb 7oz. Oscar has arrived a month early but Mum and baby are both doing …

CROWNING GLORY FOR WEDDING CAKE THAT NEVER WAS

Nadiya Hussain has risen to the occasion to be crowned the winner of this year’s Great British Bake Off. Nadiya, 30, from Leeds, baked a “big fat British wedding cake” adorned with jewels from her own wedding day as the showstopper in Wednesday’s final. Ian Cumming faltered when he forgot to add sugar to the dough of his spiced buns …

THE STORY OF A BROKEN MAN

Last Saturday I had the honour of being one of a very few people who knew about a very particular challenge that a friend of mine from my local running club was taking in on. I am unable to quite understand and put into words what this challenge was and what it meant to him so I steal today the words …

BAKING SCANDAL RISES IN BBC

Great British Bake Off rocked by £10,000 betting scandal allegations Dozens of BBC employees have opened accounts and placed hundreds of bets on the winner of the popular cookery show, it is claimed. The BBC is investigating claims about a £10,000 Great British Bake Off betting scandal involving its employees. Ladbrokes said that workers at the corporation had opened accounts …

DONT’ SMOKE AND DRIVE!!!

A law banning smoking in vehicles carrying children has come into force in England and Wales. Drivers and passengers who break the law could face a penalty fine of £50 – but police say they will take a non-confrontational approach initially. Whenever an under-18 is in the car, smokers will still be liable even if the windows are down or …