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Starting tomorrow (23rd April 2021), this year is set to have a particular focus on the beef industries sustainability and environmental credentials. Figures show that UK beef production boasts a carbon footprint of just less than half the global average. Jilly Greed, who co-founded Ladies in Beef with NFU president Minette Batters, said the food industry was “constantly evolving”. "This year we wanted to demonstrate how the beef sector is progressive and wanted to demonstrate its environmental sustainability credentials.

As we get older, our appetite changes. Smaller appetites and lower food intake in older people is not uncommon. You’ll notice that some residents may feel overwhelmed with larger plates of food. Offering smaller amounts of food, more often, is sometimes the best option to meet individual meal requirements and to ensure good nutrition is maintained. Our team of chefs have put together a number of tasty mid-morning snack ideas for you to try.

Salt Awareness Week takes place 8-14 March 2021 and this year the theme is ‘More Flavour, Less Salt’. It may seem the only way to add flavour to meals is with a big pinch of salt, but there are many other ways to ensure your food packs a flavour punch! This Salt Awareness Week, the campaign is working to promote simple tips to help you use less salt...

At Essential Cuisine, we are all about celebrating chefs. We’ve always thought that there’s something special about chefs - their passion, their creativity, their resilience and natural ability to adapt to every circumstance imaginable. During the course of the pandemic, we have shared some incredible stories from chefs across the industry and today, we’d like to give Steve Illidge a special mention.