Heston Blumenthal news and analysis – Page 9
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NewsHeston brings his Fat Duck recipes to Waitrose
Heston Blumenthal and Waitrose have added a new dimension to their partnership with food designed by the Fat Duck chef set to go on sale at the supermarket later this year.
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NewsFocus On Frozen Food: Promos put a freeze on value
Manufacturers and retailers have been slashing prices and promoting hard to entice shoppers to the freezers. But is this just driving value out of the sector, asks Suzy Bashford
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NewsThe Grocer Gold Awards 2010: As good as gold
The Grocer Gold Awards ceremony 2010 was a gilt-edged affair, with the cream of British retail, wholesale and manufacturing descending on London’s Guildhall for an evening of celebration.
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NewsMorrisons poaches Waitrose commercial director Hodgson
Waitrose commercial director Richard Hodgson has defected to Morrisons to become the supermarket’s new group commercial director.
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Focus On Scotland: Four to watch
BrewDog launched its 32% abv Tactical Nuclear Penguin in November. The unusual name comes from the fact that the beer is stored in an ice cream factory for 21 days at 'penguin temperatures'.
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Comment & OpinionCritical Eye... on Heston's 70s sophistry
Heston Blumenthal’s gastronomic sophistry has always left me cold, and after subjecting myself to an early episode of the pug-faced one’s latest series, I’d gone out of my way to avoid subsequent offerings.
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The Delia effect kicks off ‘staggering’ sales
The 'Delia effect' is already working wonders for Waitrose's sales, with the retailer forced to bring in imported reinforcements to meet demand.
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NewsCritical Eye... on ginger's Joan of Arc
Where did all the chefs go? Nowadays you can't open a can of tuna without getting a 12-part series on satellite and suddenly every cook is a 'celebrity' too.
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Waitrose whirlwind plans to double sales by 2020. How?
Waitrose MD Mark Price wants an 8% share of the grocery market by 2020. Is the target achievable, and if so, how? By Chloe Ryan
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The doyenne and the upstart: Waitrose’s very own odd couple
Waitrose executives “wined and dined” Delia Smith for over a year to persuade her to endorse the supermarket, commercial director Richard Hodgson has revealed.
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NewsHot Topic: Like chilli-flavoured chocolate, Delia and Heston make a surprisingly good combination
Waitrose signing up Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal to front a new advertising campaign is a masterstroke. The pair will star in a series of mini cookery shows broadcast on primetime ITV, some of which will fill the entire ad break.
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NewsChew on this: too much NPD can be a category’s undoing
Big brand spending has only damaged the gum market. Does its salvation lie in reminding people of when and why they should use it, asks Alex Beckett
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NewsWaitrose signs up Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal
Delia Smith and Heston Blumenthal have been unveiled as the new faces of Waitrose.
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Critical Eye... on Coke, chickens and cocks
Having moved to Margate (yes, I am as deluded about the town's prospects as the couple on Hotel Rescue), I finally managed to get the TV working in time to catch two flawed but fascinating programmes that by coincidence neatly illustrated the pros...
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There is another whey
Blur's Alex James spends rather more time making cheese than playing the guitar and has now gained listings in Sainsbury's, as he tells Ronan Hegarty
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Cook set for its first franchise as 'quality applicants' flood in
Frozen ready meals retailer Cook is to open its first franchise store in Reigate, Surrey, later this year.The chain, which has 32 company-owned stores in the south east of England, laid out plans to allow other businesses to run Cook-branded...
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Two more Little Chefs adopt Big Chef’s menu
DBC Foodservice is set to increase its sales as Little Chef rolls out Heston Blumenthal's menu to two more eateries. Suppliers to Little Chef have been told the celebrity chef's revamped menu will be brought into roadside restaurants in...
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First franchising, then foodservice for Cook
Frozen ready meals retailer Cook is set to open up its offer to other retailers in its first move into franchising.Cook, which has 32 stores in south east England, is finalising a franchise package that will allow other businesses to run...
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Comment & Opinion
Our man from the DRIP
Don Pumsey at the Department of Retail Infrastructure and Pricing
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Critical Eye... on Paxman waxing lyrical and Blumenthal's feast
What is it with the Victorians this week? We've had Jeremy Paxman waxing lyrical (and surprisingly engagingly) about what the paintings of the era tell us about Victorian society (9pm, BBC1, 1 March). We've had the movie premiere of The Young...