Breakfast!

Multigrain croissants featured on several stands at the Lunch! 'contemporary food to go' Show.  Other items that featured heavily - hot dogs, popcorn, coconut water and everything gluten-free.

Edible Gardening

 Edinburgh's Royal Botanic Garden has an Edible Gardening Project with on-site polytunnel.

Caterer Sodexo uses the produce in their on-site restaurant

 Attractive signage in theire cafe.

Welcome Immigrants

 Bechamel Croissants and all sorts of great pastries at the tiny Aux Pains de Papy bakery cafe in Grays Inn Road, London.  Production is done right in front of you.  You may not be able to get great pastries together with good coffee (and sit down) in regulation-bound France ...... so they have come over here.

Free Knowledge

Vespertine Press' second edition of their excellent London Cafe Guide is just out - a free copy to the first two e-mail responses from the over 450 caterers and clients who have already taken our London Cafe Tour.  
You may find you need to come out again and see all that is happening in one of the most dynamic cafe cities on the planet.  There is just so much that is new, innovative and 'popping up'.  If you haven't yet organised a Tour for your organisation, get persuaded by checking out  http://greatcafes.blogspot.co.uk/p/london-cafe-tour-benefits.html

Free knowledge continues via the Great Cafes Blog - over 800 posts to date - and something new every week day.

Who Needs Twitter?

Sign spotted at a Thames lock.

Watering Can of G&T

The Diageo Shed at Goodwood Revival was selling branded mini-watering cans full of cucumber or elderflower gin and tonic at £24.  Fun.

Welcome Ian

Our new web site is live - check it out at www.turpinsmale.co.uk - with latest details of our clients, projects and Ian Doughty, our latest Director and Co-Owner recruit.  Ian, welcome to the UK's leading catering consultants.