Front Page Banner Print 136 x 26.pdf 1 26/04/2018 14:45 C M Y €4.90 / £3.95 FFT.ie CM to the Food Services Industry MY Providers August 2018 to order T: (01) 707 2364 www.vernoncatering.ie The Official Publication CY Of The Restaurants Association Of Ireland CMY Food For Thought K FOOD | DRINKS | HOSPITALITY Guest Editor: Margot Slattery Our guest editor is Margot Slattery of Sodexo Ireland ..........................p2 BD Foods Acquired by Henderson Foodservice enderson Foodservice frozen and dry goods to high Foods will remain a separate has acquired the Co. end foodservice operators business with its own brand Irish Pubs Global Monaghan-based BD throughout the island of Ireland. identity and corporate structure. Much anticipated awards shortlist H released .................................p10 Foods for an undisclosed sum. The company has a strong focus Henderson Foodservice BD Foods (Barbarrie on businesses in the republic, a is currently investing £25m Duckling Limited), based in market Henderson Fooservice in new facilities, staff and Glaslough, was established in has been targeting in recent business development, and the 1993 by the Bowe family and years. acquisition of BD Foods forms supplies a wide range of fresh, As part of the agreement, BD part of that strategy. cont. p3 Irish Chefs are Restaurants Association of Ireland Embracing Gastronomixs Latest updates from the industry’s association ..............................p14 he worldwide rollout of the constant stream of new Gastronomixs, the idea developments in gastronomy. Tgenerator for chefs, was The fact that all recipes in the launched in the United Kingdom database were developed by and Ireland just recently. professional chefs from all over The need for a modern the world creates a sense of reference work for chefs has confidence in the platform. proved pressing: hundreds of professional chefs have Building Blocks for Chefs already registered! The new What sets Gastronomixs apart users have indicated that from other sources is that the Gastronomixs is a concrete tool platform provides knowledge for them to stay informed about in the form of building blocks, Interiors Eleanor Flegg takes us through the cont. p4 latest trends ............................p18 Super Duper Ice Cream Glastry Farm is delighted to announce that its ice creams are officially going global. The coming weeks will see them crossing international boundaries to be enjoyed by customers as far away as The United Arab Emirates. But you won't have to go that far to get some for your customers, just call or email us today. www.glastryfarm.com | [email protected] | 028 4273 8671 04 9 772565 587012 Are you a member of the Restaurants Association of Ireland? If not, call: Jacqui Simpson – Membership Sales Manager – [email protected] (for restaurants/establishments interested in joining) €4.90 / £3.95 Laura Kelly – Business Development & Sponsorship Manager – [email protected] (for businesses interested in partnering and becoming an approved supplier) Food For Thought July18.indd 1 19/07/2018 17:20 2 Guest Editor @FFTresource | August 2018 Margot Slattery Country President, Sodexo Ireland his is a real treat for me ditional interpretation of dishes even when they are being run because I love restau- and a more international view. on a commercial basis. Trants and not just be- There’s a myth that Ireland has We cater for a very broad cause I’m a former chef! I’m no food culture, we do but just spectrum of customers on a regular traveller in Ireland forgot about it, and Myrtle and our sites and that makes it far and abroad and eat out a lot, Darina Allen have been won- more exciting for our culinary and I find the Irish restaurant derful pioneers in its resurrec- team than ever before. While scene so exciting and vibrant tion. we possess the advantage of that I frequently do the same I’m from a farming back- controlled weekday hours in at home. I’m not alone in this, a ground in West Limerick and areas like corporate services, recent Morning Ireland report so I’m a passionate supporter we also face the challenges of said that Irish people are eating of local Irish produce. Like overcoming old perceptions out more than ever before. you, food is at the core of our of the lack of creativity, tighter There’s wonderful ingenuity business and I’m proud to say budgets, and chef shortages. and creativity to be savoured that we spend over €19 million To combat the latter, we’re and I count among my favou- annually on Irish food and pro- very focused on talent retention rite restaurants the Oarsman duce, sourced by our Irish sup- and career progression for our in Carrick-on-Shannon, For- ply and distribution network. culinary teams. We’re also col- rest and Macy and L’Ecrivain The subsidised canteen laborating with organisations in Dublin’s city centre and business model, with a couple like the Chef Network and sup- Three Leaves in the Blackrock of exceptions, is forever gone; porting some of our frontline Market. My spouse Sarah and many of our restaurants are run teams in obtaining the Diploma I also like more casual dining along commercial lines and in Hospitality Management. and have often stopped into a compete with the high street restaurant for a glass of wine for customer patronage. Our Thank you again for the hon- and cheeseboard or a main patrons demand quality and our and I hope you enjoy this course. variety backed up by excellent month’s edition. I read restaurant news and customer service daily and reviews voraciously and I have no problem voting with Best wishes love exploring new trends and their feet and fingertips if we voices in food retail, in-home don’t deliver the goods. The dining, restaurants and be- challenge for us is the expecta- yond. Personally, in Ireland, I tion that staff restaurants should would like to see less of a tra- be cheaper than elsewhere, In this Issue... Contacts: Guest Editor: Margot Slattery Our guest editor is Margot Slattery of Sodexo Ireland ...p2 For any editorial, pr or content related queries please contact: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 254 9860 Irish Pubs Global For subscriptions, accounts or general enquiries please contact: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 254 Much anticipated awards shortlist released ...................p10 9860 Another Week, Another Installation Queries with relation to advertising should please be Catching up with CashGuard ..........................................p13 addressed to: [email protected] Tel: +353 1 254 9860 Restaurants Association of Ireland All material copyright 2018. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a Latest updates from the industry’s association...............p14 retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior consent of the Publisher. Opinions and comments herein are not necessarily those of the Publisher. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that all information contained in this Interiors publication is factual and correct at time of going to press, the Publisher cannot be held Eleanor Flegg takes us through the lates trends ...........p18 responsible for any inadvertent errors or omissions contained herein. National Restaurants Association FFT.ie, Top Floor, 30 Francis St, Dublin 8 A report from the recent annual NRA expo in Chicago p22 This Month’s Poll: Lighter Side Are you concerned about rising utility bills? A look at the lighter side from the month .......................p24 Answers to [email protected] The View from the Back Last Month’s Poll: Boxer Buckley is on the loose ..........................................p30 Has the pizza & craft beer trend reached saturation point? Yes: 58% No: 42% Design... Clear Designs Telephone: 01 445 9363 [email protected] www.cleardesigns.ie Clear Designs Food For Thought July18.indd 2 19/07/2018 17:20 August 2018 | @FFTresource Food News 3 BD Foods Acquired by Henderson Foodservice cont. p1 Paul Bowe, managing ultimately benefit both staff and relationships and better service is a terrific company with a portfolio at Henderson director of BD Foods said: customers. our customers both new and strong reputation and like the Foodservice specifically in the “Going forward this is an “Many of our customers established.” Henderson Group, is a family hotel and high-end restaurant excellent move for our staff started out with us over 20 Damien Barrett, managing run business with a positive business. It also presents and management team and years ago and are still trading director of Henderson work ethos and is a significant substantial opportunities for us will enable the company to with BD Foods. As part of Foodservice, said: “The employer in its locality. to increase our customer base progress and expand more Henderson Group we believe acquisition is an exciting time “Our purchase of BD Foods across the island of Ireland,” he quickly and efficiently which will we can further grow those for us as a business. BD Foods will strengthen our product added. Sixth Class Galway Students Push Dough Bros into Action rimary school students arranged a meeting and a difference. “It’s a huge shift and it erous also sent out vouchers from Scoil Ide in Salth- quotation on changing our “The students in Scoil Ide comes with a cost, but it’s not for us all to eat there. The Pill, Galway have kicked cutlery, napkins and brown are our customers and we all bad. The cutlery for exam- response alone was good The Dough Bros to touch. bags that we serve our pizzas are so encouraged to see this ple is four times the price but but the fact that the students on. We use 200,000 brown next generation taking action we will encourage people to can see that they made real The students, who were bags alone each year.