Food&Drink £1 million facility provides fresh funding for Yorkshire food wholesaler Tuber Produce, an independent fresh food wholesaler, has renewed its funding facility worth £1m from Bibby Financial Services (BFS) for a further 18 months, helping unlock working capital to support the business’s continuing growth. The wholesaler, based in Hessle, East Yorkshire, supplies fresh fruit and vegetables to UK supermarkets By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Rooster’s Oliver Fozard wins coveted Brewer of the Year award The head brewer of a pioneering North Yorkshire brewery is celebrating after scooping a coveted industry award. Oliver Fozard, of Harrogate-based Rooster’s Brewing Co, was awarded the title of Brewer of the Year at the prestigious Guild of Beer Writers’ Annual Awards, which took place as a Zoom event By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Home cooks given chance to be crowned Great British Virtual Chef of the Year People across the UK are being invited to compete for the title of Great British Virtual Chef of the Year in a cooking competition designed to spread cheer this Christmas. After a tough year which saw COVID-19 completely shut down some areas in the world, bars, restaurants, hotels and holiday By The Editor • 3 min read
Food&Drink Raisthorpe Distillery partners with Browns With the cancellation of York’s St Nicholas’ Fair this year, award-winning drinks distiller Raisthorpe is partnering with another family-owned firm to bring its Christmas gins to the city centre. Independent department store group Browns is hosting Raisthorpe among its array of big name brands during the festive shopping period. By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Christmas Day with Nomadic Beers On Christmas Day, Nomadic Beers will be opening the doors to their online virtual taproom for people to come and spend some time and celebrate the festive season with others, on what will likely be an especially difficult day for many. Katie Marriott and Mike Hampshire, part of team Nomadic By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink The 5 nutrients to help keep Leeds stay healthy this winter As we get closer to winter and the subsequent rise in colds, flu and likely, covid-19, more of us are hunting out ways to keep ourselves healthy. However, research by the Fruit Juice Science Centre states that 53.4% of people in Leeds are unaware that they are more likely By The Editor • 4 min read
Food&Drink Raisthorpe opens its ‘secret garden’ to Gin lovers Artisan drinks producer Raisthorpe Distillery has launched three new ‘Secret Garden’ gins, featuring fruits and flavours perfect for this time of year. Award-winning Raisthorpe has handcrafted the small batch gins using traditional methods at its distillery in Thixendale on the Yorkshire Wolds. Production of the Secret Garden branded gins started By The Editor • 1 min read
Food&Drink Double Delight after Day of Dead for Sheffield Chef A Sheffield chef has plenty to celebrate despite operating a food business in lockdown. Danny Pinch, whose Mexican fusion street-food operation Pellizco is currently serving from Sharrowvale Road’s Dyson Place, has been named 2020’s Best Newcomer in the British Street Food Awards. Judges including Sheila Dillon, presenter of By The Editor • 3 min read
Food&Drink Brilliant Agency Pioneer UK launch of Fitch & Leedes’ premium bespoke mixers Brilliant Agency, specialists in marketing for food and drink, pioneer first UK campaign for leading South African premium mixer brand, Fitch & Leedes. The Leeds based creative agency already has an extensive portfolio of food and drink brands, adding Fitch & Leedes to their client roster alongside other FMCG brands By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Flurry of restaurants and bars turn to Sheffield-based Toggle Ole & Steen, Duck and Rice, Tonkotsu, Sourced Market, JW Lees and Revolution Bars are amongst a host of hospitality businesses to have launched online stores with Sheffield-based Toggle in recent weeks – selling at-home experiences, gift cards and retail products to boost pre-Christmas sales during lockdown. With businesses forced to By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Coeur de Xocolat scoops International Gold award Coeur de Xocolat a leading international chocolate consultancy provider based in Wakefield and known for its hands-on approach and innovative use of pure foods, has been awarded gold in the category for Chocolate drinks made with cocoa or chocolate in the International chocolate awards 2020 in a virtual ceremony held By The Editor • 2 min read
Food&Drink Raisthorpe launches new berry flavour tonic Artisan drinks producer Raisthorpe Distillery has expanded its Yorkshire Tonics range with a new seasonal Mixed Berry tonic. The new Mixed Berry Tonic, which combines strawberries, raspberries, black and redcurrants and brambles, to produce a taste of the Yorkshire harvest in a glass, joins the existing six award-winning Yorkshire Tonic By The Editor • 1 min read
