Person of the Week

Albert Roux

After meeting Albert this week, 17 year old student Lauren Goodyear said, "I really enjoyed working with Albert Roux, he was very down to earth and has a great sense of humour". Students on the City College Norwich Advanced Diploma in Professional Cookery course got to work alongside the legendary chef to prepare a five course meal in their Debut Restaurant, proving to be an inspirational experience for all involved.

Quote of the Week

"This is a civil penalty just as if you drive into the city and you don't pay a congestion charge. It's not a criminal offence. I made an administrative technical error, for which I am bitterly, bitterly, sorry. "

Attorney General Baroness Scotland on being the first private citizen in the UK to be fined £5,000 for employing an illegal immigrant, under a law that she helped to implement.

Facts of the week

Business travel boosts profits...

...and could help the US economy fight the recession according to research

• In a report from Oxford Economics, research findings high-light an argument that a reduction in business travel can hamper business performance, quantifying the potential reduction in revenue from a lack of investment in face-to-face meetings.
• It is estimated that for every dollar invested in business travel, companies can expect $12.50 in increased revenue and $3,80 in new profits.
• Adam Sacks, MD of Oxford Economics said that a 10% increase in business travel across the board could potentially boost US gross GDP between 1.5% and 2.8%.
• In an economic climate which has put business travel under greater scrutiny than ever before, does this research shed new light on the long-term implications?

Source: theage.com
Executive Summary: ustravel.org

Recipe Wiki and others

Collective recipe sharing sites are a popular phenomenon

• Proving that food remains a buoyant subject for many, this slightly off-beat article discusses the evolution of recipe sharing websites.
• One such site, Recipe Wiki on wikia.com, has seen traffic jump 60% since January.
• Foodista.com has 6.5 million unique visitors per month in the US and has backing from investors, including Amazon. It’s founder, ex-Amazon executive, Barnaby Dorfmann believes "food is untapped."
• However, the premise of these 'crowd-sourcing sites' – namely, that a recipe is uploaded and able to be tweaked by others - is possibly not appealing to everyone. This has already provoked a response with other new sites such as food52.com being created to allow an original recipe to be uploaded and preserved, whilst users vote for their favourite recipe based on a given theme.
• Is this a short-term trend? Or should the industry be developing its own brand of 'wiki-fun'?

Source: nytimes.com

Interactive Discussion:
Has political correctness gone too far?

Is talent progression being stifled for the sake of being PC? This interactive panel discussion will explore the debate and is being hosted EP magazine and London Metropolitan University. This event is free attend and you can register your place on our website, just Click here to book your place

Article of the week

EP Condense is EP's weekly e-newsletter. But did you know that EP is also a bimonthly magazine available via subscription? Our Article of the Week provides a sample of what we have featured in past issue.

This week we feature a story from the EP archives. It is a business feature entitled "Living the moment". The article is a feature with Tim Bacon, Managing Director, Living Ventures. As one of the most innovative restaurant and bar operators of the past decade, what have been the key moments in his journey?

The Master Innholders Awards 2010

In recent years, membership of the Master Innholders has been by invitation. Senior hoteliers are now invited to apply for membership. Applicants should have worked for the last five years in the position of hotel General Manager or working proprietor in a hotel of standing and be based in the UK.
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