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26/03/2009
 Quality is paramount at ‘Visit Chester & Cheshire’s Large Hotel of the Year 2008’, The Cottons Hotel and Spa. That goes without saying. However, quality ingredients which are simply not versatile or easy to use can prove costly when you cater for everyone from high flying business folk doing lunch to happy couples and their 100 or so guests at a full on wedding banquet. And let’s face it, unnecessary costs are not too popular these days...
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26/03/2009
 It seems to be one hard knock after the other for the pub industry and they don’t come worse than a recession. However, plenty of watering holes are simply refusing to lie down and are going all out to use their creative nous to pull in the punters and save money without comprising on quality.
The Goshawk in Cheshire is one such pub spreading its wings in an attempt to fly in the face of economic downturn. Local producer Essential Cuisine is helping them on this journey towards a lucrative nest egg…
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23/03/2009
 Essential Cuisine is proud to be sponsoring the Restaurant Chef category at this year’s prestigious Craft Guild of Chefs Awards or ‘Chef’s Oscars’.
One of 13 sought after awards, plus a special award for an overall industry high-flyer, the accolade is designed to bring the industry’s best out of the woodwork and into the spotlight.
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16/03/2009
Five young hotshots have made it to the nerve wracking last leg of the race to become the most promising culinary property in the region.
The county heats of the Essential Cuisine-sponsored North West Young Chef of the Year are now wrapped up, with finalists from Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria and Cheshire ready to pit their talent against each other at MANCAT on Tuesday, June 2nd.
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13/03/2009
 Justin Brown has carved out another notch for his sizzling career after being hailed Meat Pub Chef of the Year at yesterday’s PubChef’s Food Excellence Awards.
The triumphant chef from the Carnarvon Arms in Bughclere, Newbury, was presented with the accolade, sponsored by Essential Cuisine, at a glittering ceremony at Plaisterers' Hall, London.
Justin beat off competition from two other great meat chefs after serving up a red hot double cooked shoulder of Highclere lamb with roast garlic mash, kurly kale and rosemary sauce at a cook-off at the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board, Milton Keynes, in January.
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06/03/2009
 Essential Cuisine’s Beef Demi Glace has helped secure the East of England Agricultural Society a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the Largest Simultaneous Roast Meal.
The kitchen-made tasting product for professional chefs was mixed with the beef juices to create enough world class gravy to feed the whopping 1,362 people who turned up to eat a Quality Standard British Roast Beef Lunch, and make a mark in history while at it.
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04/03/2009
 A savvy young chef who runs his own reputable restaurant at the tender age of 23 has made it to the last leg of the race to become the most promising culinary property in the North West.
Chris Rawlinson, who did his training at South Trafford College, Altrincham, won Thursday’s Cheshire heat of the Essential Cuisine-sponsored North West Young Chef of the Year.
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