Careers in Hospitality

1st March – 2nd March 2010, Hotelympia 2010 - ExCel, London Docklands

Careers in Hospitality addresses the challenges of recruitment and retention and offers benefits and solutions for visitors. Visitors can meet top employers, benefit from independent career advice, engage with companies face to face, learn about new career opportunities and enjoy informative seminars.

Details: www.careersinhospitality.co.uk

Institute of Hospitality Fellows’ Dinner

1st March 2010, Royal Automobile Club – 89 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5HS

A champagne reception followed by a three course dinner with wine. An exclusive event for Fellows’ and their guests.

Details: www.instituteofhospitality.org

CSC live 2010 - Business & Industry/ Contract Caterers - Sponsored by AAK

2nd March 2010, Hotelympia 2010 - ExCeL London Docklands

Staff catering is massive in the UK with over £4bn being spent by Contract Caterers every year. This day will showcase the talents of the caterers servicing the UK's workforce. They have to turn over huge volumes of meals in short time scales, to a high standard, that can compete with the High Street and to a variety of dietary requirements. In addition, with the onset of difficult economic times, budgets are tight and to make it even harder clients are demanding environmental compliance in line with their strategies and an overall Corporate Social Responsibility package that is at the forefront of the hospitality industry. Come and see how they are coping with these extraordinary challenges.

Details: www.costsectorcatering.co.uk/online_arti…

COOL Conference

3rd March 2010, Hotelympia 2010 - ExCel, London Docklands

Programme talking delegates through the ins and outs of identifying tender opportunities via the ‘Compete For’ website and how to go about actually winning bids. There will be presentations from official 2012 sponsors and insights into what events are going to be taking place and where, both before and during the games.

Details: www.coolconf.com

Wigan Food & Drink Festival

4th – 14th March 2010, Wigan

Wigan’s third Food and Drink festival are proud to be linking in with Wigan’s Real Ale Festival. The Kitchen Theatre will be back with demonstrations and tastings. This year they will also be running a Restaurant of the Year competition and Sweet Tooth Fair.

Details: www.wlct.org/arts/ffever/ffever.htm

Food For Kids Conference

9 March 2010, America Square Conference Centre, London

Conference by FOOD Manufacture and supported by SOFHT. This is a event for anyone involved in the product development process.

Details: www.foodanddrinkevents.com/foodman/food_…

Corporate Social Responsibility – Impact on the Bottom Line

10th March 2010, Humber Seafood Institute, Europarc, Grimsby

This conference will provide delegates with the latest thinking and impacts on the bottom line within leading businesses and will provide benefit to organisations of all sizes, scale, discipline and sector. Speakers include senior industry professionals and will provide a view of CSR implementation and its impact.

Details: www.sofht.co.uk/events/viewevent.asp?eID…

Wessex Salon Culinaire

16th - 17th March 2010, The Hotel and Catering Show in Bournemouth

The Wessex Salon Culinaire will be staged at the Hotel and Catering Show in Bournemouth and for the first time in the competitions six year history it will include the WorldSkills UK Cooking, Confectioner/Pastry Chef and Restaurant Services competitions. Chefs and restaurant service professionals in employment, training or education have until 9 March 2010 to enter online at if they wish to take part.

Details: www.hotel-expo.co.uk/salonCulinaire

BCCC Annual Conference: Looking Forward to Sweet Success

18 - 19 March 2010, Ettington Chase Conference Centre, Stratford-Upon-Avon

The 2010 event entitled ‘Looking Forward to Sweet Success’ will focus on a broad range of issues that affect the food industry, including; the impact of the recession, issues surrounding waste and sustainability, and responding to consumer pressure. The conference is an opportunity for food professionals and academics to hear and discuss the latest thinking, wide-ranging issues and developments shaping the industry today.

Details: www.fdf.org.uk/events/Draft_BCCC_Confere…

The Guild of Food Writers Awards

Closing date - 23 March 2010

Entries are now being accepted for this year’s Guild of Food Writers Awards. The closing date for forms to reach the administrator is Tuesday 23 March 2010 and all materials must be with the members of the juries by Tuesday 30 March 2010. The Guild of Food Writers Awards were established in 1996, to be presented annually in recognition of outstanding achievement in any area in which food writers work and have influence. The awards remain the only awards judged entirely by professional food writers, journalists and editors.

Details: www.gfw.co.uk/awards

The 2010 Craft Guild of Chefs Annual General Meeting

28th March 2010, at 11.30 am, Le Meridien Hotel, 21 Piccadilly, London W1J 0BH

Click below to download the following: 2010 AGM Agenda, AGM Lunch Booking form, 2010 Committee Positions Open for Election.

Details: www.craftguildofchefs.org/homepagepics/4…