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Steve Ball: KP of the Year 2014

27 October 2014

Manor House Hotel’s dedicated, long-serving KP wins Winterhalter-sponsored award Steve Ball of the five star Manor House Hotel in the Cotswolds is not your average KP.  For one thing, he’s been at the hotel for 35 years.  He’s as likely to be found working in the kitchen garden, or ordering supplies, as he is in the kitchen – which he keeps spotlessly clean.  But what really sets him apart is that he is Kitchen Porter of the Year for 2014....

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Dreaming of a clean Christmas:

13 October 2014

Winterhalter’s tips to ensure glasswashers and dishwashers deliver peak performance Christmas is tough on glasswashers and dishwashers.  It’s not just the volume of dirties to be cleaned, it’s also the state they’re in: heavy-duty lipstick on glasses, rich sauces on crockery and staff under pressure to get things turned round fast.  So now’s the right time to give warewashers a little TLC, to ensure they deliver peak performance when the festive season gets in to full swing. The warewash wizards...

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The Hummingbird Bakery’s Cupcake Clean Up

1 September 2014

American bakery’s Winterhalter Bistro washes cups, plates and glasses, all at once When it comes to cupcakes, The Hummingbird Bakery wrote the book, literally.  It’s the longest-established American-style bakery in the UK, with six outlets, all in Greater London.  The Hummingbird Bakery was the first company to bring American cupcakes to British consumers and founder Tarek Malouf has written three cookbooks, the most recent of which resides in the hardback non-fiction chart.  It sells in the region of 1.25 million...

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Stop press: C&C managing director loved mopping floors!

18 July 2014

KP of the Year competition triggers memories of the kitchen porter years… The KP of the Year competition, sponsored by Winterhalter, is all about celebrating the contribution that kitchen porters make to the hospitality industry. Lots of top chefs and foodservice operators started out as KPs – and there are plenty of captains of industry throughout the catering sector who began their working life scrubbing floors and washing dishes. Take Peter Kitchin, managing director of C&C Catering Equipment, the multi-award...

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KP of the year: £10,000 in prizes up for grabs!

16 July 2014

What makes a great KP?  Winterhalter is looking for the Kitchen Porter of the Year and for 2014 there are £10,000-worth of prizes up for grabs.  The winning KP gets £1,000 cash and a celebratory dinner for up to 12 guests, while his venue’s kitchen gets a new Winterhalter warewasher, worth over £8,000. Top chefs are supporting the competition.  Marcus Wareing says, “We all know that the KP is probably one of the most important people in the kitchen and...

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