Reinventing any business is difficult to get right. What are the best bits to keep, what needs to be changed,...
Chris Jewitt reflects on five years of Food and Drink North East and the ways the organisation has supported the...
Dean Bailey celebrates 10 years of The Roxburgh with chef/owner Gary Dall’s greatest hits A lot has changed since I stepped into The Roxburgh for the first time nearly a decade ago, but some things are reassuringly the same. The man behind the Whitley Bay restaurant, Gary Dall, is still...
Nick Grieves, the man behind Gosforth’s Ophelia and Cafeteria, discusses career switches, creating two new dining experiences following a pandemic,...
Shaun Hurrell has taken a love of Mexican flavours and a childhood spent in the UK, Australia and the US,...
Zoe Robertson meets Matthew Hall, supplier of fabulous fungi to some of the North East’s best chefs Matthew Hall loves mushrooms – foraging for them, growing them, and cooking with them. He describes his occupation as “part farmer, part scientist” and his business, By The Bay Mushroom Co., has grown...
Claire Carruthers and Mo O’Toole have turned a passion for wine and travel into a nationally recognised business. Dean Bailey...
Having reached the heights of Michelin-starred dining in Newcastle, Laura and Jake Siddle have set out on their own –...
Jane Pikett meets two one-woman food businesses to hear about lockdown business launches and happy collaborations For an inspiring story of lockdown changing lives for the better, take Hannah Bramble and Ania Trocinska. Hannah, an artisan cheesemonger, and Ania, grower of microgreens and edible flowers, often collaborate on stunning cheese...
Moz Murphy – cheesemonger to star chefs, suburban foodies and skateboarding students – shares how a lockdown launch has become...
Donuts have become big business in last few years. It’s easy to see why – they’re deep fried, don’t require...
Safeguarding more than 140 years of tradition while evolving to satisfy ever-changing customer needs requires a sharp business mind, as Dean Bailey discovers when he meets a sixth-generation butcher. History and modernity are recurring themes on the streets of Alnwick. From the historic castle to the modern splendour of Alnwick...
