Hospitality News

'Magic' process turns kiwifruit into gold

Date: 3rd Sep 2010

sourced from www.nzherald.co.nz New Zealand researchers have cracked what seems like modern-day alchemy, transforming one kiwifruit into 100 plastic spoons and Rotorua's sewage into electricity. Scion, a Crown research institute in…
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Top Kiwi Chef only 22

Date: 2nd Sep 2010

sourced from www.onfood.com.au A young chef from Blanket Bay, at Glenorchy on the South Island, has been named New Zealand Chef of the Year at the Restaurant Association NZ Culinary Fare. Blanket Bay resort restaurant Chef de Partie…
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Having a ball (or two) at world testicle cookoff!

Date: 2nd Sep 2010

sourced from www.onfood.com.au Kangaroo testicles have gone on the menu along with bull's balls and neddy's nuts at a bizarre event in Ozrem, a remote Serbian mountain village. It's the seventh annual World Testicle Cooking…
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Slowing Baby Boomers dragging down restaurant trade

Date: 1st Sep 2010

sourced from www.foodnews.co.nz Latest research data from the United States shows a declining trend in restaurant patronage is a consequence of baby boomers losing their party spirit. Since 2004 US restaurant patronage per capita has…
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Think Drink Campaign to launch in Taupo

Date: 1st Sep 2010

sourced from www.foodnews.co.nz The Taupo Off Licence Liquor Accord (TOLLA) is to begin the 'Think Drink' campaign that has been used in other centres in New Zealand. This promotion is aimed at creating awareness about the dangerous…
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