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Flexitarianism or ‘casual vegetarianism’ is an increasingly popular, plant-based diet that claims to reduce your carbon footprint and improve your health with an eating regime that’s mostly vegetarian yet still allows for the occasional meat dish. The rise of the flexitarian diet is a result of people taking a more environmentally sustainable approach to what they eat by reducing their meat consumption in exchange for alternative protein sources.

May 10th marks the start of the annual Coeliac UK’s Awareness Week. This years focus for the campaign is creating new opportunities for earlier diagnosis of coeliac disease in children, but overall to increase awareness of the disease using the social media hashtag #ShineALightOnCoeliac.

At 20 years old, Lancastrian Chef Danny Young was crowned Essential Cuisine’s North West Young Chef of the Year. Cooking up a storm in 2014, he wowed judges with his well-researched and sublimely constructed menu. Danny Young has now been promoted to the role of Head Chef at Northcote, under Executive Chef Lisa Goodwin-Allen. In an email from the hotel, he was described as a “loyal and long-serving member of the Northcote kitchen brigade” and “an integral part” of the hotels annual Obsession gastronomic event.

There are many challenges to face heading towards BBQ season.
As the sun begins to shine and days grow longer, it’s now time to venture into the shed to dig out the ‘al fresco’ dining kit, to sand down and re-paint garden furniture, jet wash the patio and of course dust off the creaky wheels of the portable cooking device ready to enjoy the outdoor life.