Hotelympia 2012 competition results
Alaska Seafood Challenge: Suveer Anand (silver and first in class), Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London; Yilmaz Gunduz (silver), Turkish Culinary Team; Richard Gray (bronze), Landmark Hotel, Dundee; Conor Stein (bronze), Royal Garden Hotel, London; Arif Abdulrazak (bronze), Sheraton Skyline Hotel; Sandor Olah (bronze), Crown Moran Hotel, London.
Tilda Chef of the Year: Danny Leung (silver and first in class), Lexington Catering, London; Ranu Kaboel (bronze), Grosvenor House, Dubai; Suree Coates (bronze), the King & Thai Restaurant, Broseley; Melvyn Redding (bronze), Compass Group Culinary Team.
Essential Cuisine Chefs Team: Leszek Karpinski and Lee Warren (gold and first in class), Compass Group Culinary Team; Thomas Downes and Mathew Shropshall (gold), University College Birmingham; Wayne Barron and David Sandilands (bronze), RAF Catering Training School, Colchester; Gary Wheeler and Jason Wardill (bronze), Warner Leisure Hotels; Min Min and Yahan An Man (bronze), Crown Moran Hotel, London.
Next's strong performance contrasts with that of chocolate-maker Thorntons, which blamed the "unprecedented" Easter sunshine for its second profit warning of 2011. Shares in Marks & Spencer also rallied, up 3.4% to 397p, as traders predicted that it
Jia, a 25-year-old economics graduate, was bludgeoned to death as she walked home from her job at the head office of chocolate maker Thorntons in Alfreton, Derbyshire, on March 10. Restaurant delivery driver David Simmonds, 21, has been charged with
There are also personalised backwall units from UK brand Thorntons and leading premium chocolatier Godiva. Creighton said that WDF would introduce greater brand customisation within the sector over the months ahead. Creighton described the accessories