1 July 2010
Rational SelfCooking Centers cater under canvas at Audi Polo Challenge When Marcus Wareing cooked for royalty and top celebrities at the Audi Polo Challenge in May, 2010, he chose to use two Rational SelfCooking Center combi-steamers to ensure his menu was prepared to perfection and up to the high expectations of the guests. The temporary catering facilities were set up in a huge marquee in the grounds of Cotworth Park, Ascot. Stones Events, who were in charge of the catering,...
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11 June 2010
Rational is running a series of education-specific cooking seminars across the UK during 2010. Visitors to the LACA conference will be able to find out details and book free places. Rational will be focusing on cost savings at the event itself, showing how the SelfCooking Center saves money by consuming less energy and water and increasing yield of, for example, roast meats, by as much as 20%. The latest models slash servicing and installation costs, too, because they don’t need...
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8 June 2010
Hi tech cooking equipment will transform catering in major new ‘extension’ Cotman House in Felixstowe is a care home for the elderly with 20 residents. In a few months time it will be transformed: owners Colin and Louise Bentley have bought adjoining land and are constructing a major new ‘extension’ that will accommodate an additional 42 residents. Cotman House, formerly Coniston Garfield Road, is named after the architect (and brother of painter John Cotman) who built the original house in...
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24 May 2010
Children love chips. It’s a shame they’re not healthier! For schools that offer fried foods, the combi steamer boffins at Rational have developed CombiFry, a new, healthier way to cook – so that chips, for example, contain 80% less fat and 36% fewer calories than when deep-fried. Rational SelfCooking Centers are available to public sector buyers with preferential discount from Buying Solutions under framework number A1626669A.
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18 May 2010
Marcus Wareing at The Berkeley prepares signature dish in SelfCooking Center® Custard tart may not be the first food one associates with two Michelin stars. But since Marcus Wareing prepared it on the Great British Menu, to celebrate the Queen’s 80th birthday, it has become a signature dish at his eponymous restaurant at The Berkeley in Knightsbridge. So much so that people come specifically to taste the famous creation. Which means it has to be perfect, every time. And according...
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