DRINKS & FOOD

Learn how to pair food and alcohol and introduce pairing to your bar menu with Vasilis Kyritsis, owner of The Clumsies, one of the World’s 50 Best Bars.

Cocktails and Balancing Flavours

Cocktails and Balancing Flavours

Discover how to balance flavours in drinks, how to make your serves better and the best way to pair cocktails with food.

With Food: Father's Day At The Hawksmoor

With Food: Father's Day At The Hawksmoor

For The Hawksmoor, special moments are at the heart of everything they do. We caught up with Douglas Hogg, Head Bartender of The Hawksmoor Manchester, to see the invention behind the cocktail pairings on their Father's Day Menu.

With Food: Pairing Spicy Indian Food With Whisky Cocktails

With Food: Pairing Spicy Indian Food With Whisky Cocktails

Mmore and more restobars are expanding cocktail menus to be enjoyed along with an evening meal, see how the Soho Tavern are pairing spicy Indian food with whisky cocktails.

Mother’s Day Menus: Learn From The Best

Mother’s Day Menus: Learn From The Best

We visited Grantley Hall in Ripon, North Yorkshire, to discover how the five-star luxury hotel and wellness retreat is preparing a food & drink occasion for it's Mother's Day Afternoon Tea Menu.

AFTER DINNER DRINKS - AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDULGENCE

AFTER DINNER DRINKS - AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INDULGENCE

Discover three After Dinner cocktail recipes for your bar.

FIVE WAYS TO MAKE ANY FESTIVE OCCASION A COMMERCIAL CRACKER

FIVE WAYS TO MAKE ANY FESTIVE OCCASION A COMMERCIAL CRACKER

Any festive period is a brilliant time for creating quality memories with friends and loved ones. And for those of us working in busy bars and restaurants, this season of merriment also has the potential to be the most profitable time of the year.

USING COCKTAILS TO ENSURE EVERY DAY IS A SPECIAL OCCASION

USING COCKTAILS TO ENSURE EVERY DAY IS A SPECIAL OCCASION

Birthday, anniversaries, reunions, cocktails have the potential to make any special occasion a memorable one! Dining out is seen as a treat – consumers tend to frequent restaurants when something important has happened, and delicious drinks are an excellent way to enhance any occasion opportunity. 

When Kitchen Meets Bar: Expert Tips for Sharing Ingredients

When Kitchen Meets Bar: Expert Tips for Sharing Ingredients

It is becoming much more common for ingredients to be shared between the kitchen and bar. Diageo Global Gastronomer Mark Moriarty shares the benefits of this in his restaurant and gives tips on how to bring these worlds together in your bar.

FOOD AND COCKTAIL MOMENTS – HOW AND WHY WE DO IT

FOOD AND COCKTAIL MOMENTS – HOW AND WHY WE DO IT

Guests are looking for the ultimate food and drink moments and, if you’re not already providing pre and post meal experiences, then it’s worth thinking about how you bring these exciting moments into the mix.