New December 2012 Newsletter

Our December edition newsletter is now available to download please click on the link below.
Eat Lunch December 2012 Newsletter

eatlunch’s cakes a big hit at Macmillan Cancer Support’s Big Coffee Morning

At eatlunch we are always happy to support a good cause, and our chosen charity Macmillan Cancer Support is a great one.  Several of our clients at BioPark, Exemplas, btc and Ocado recently joined in with the world’s biggest coffee morning and naturally we were more than happy to provided coffee, tea and some of our yummy homemade cakes! We were delighted to hear that the events raised nearly £700 between them and were deemed a great success by all involved.

 

If reading this is making your mouth water, why don’t you treat yourself and put in an order for your next meeting. Wendy is currently doing a cordon bleu patisserie course which will be the perfect complement to our freshly brewed coffee.

If you visit us at the eatlunch café at the btc, let us tempt you to a mouthwatering cake with your afternoon tea or coffee for just £1 during the month of October. Pop in any weekday between 2-3pm and quote ‘cakeblog’.

A little more about Macmillan:
Cancer is the toughest fight most of us will ever face. Macmillan is here to make sure no one has to go through it alone. Whatever you raise, you will be helping to improve the lives of people affected by cancer across the UK. The world’s biggest coffee morning has raised over £5m to date. It’s not too late to donate – please visit http://coffee.macmillan.org.uk

Tell us who deserves a tasty treat

THIS week The Comet, in association with Hertfordshire corporate catering company eatlunch, has launched two initiatives – Cake for an Angel and Dinners for Winners – to celebrate good work within the community and to recognise business success in the area. 

The first Cake for an Angel goes to Stevenage foster carer Sally Churms, who has received a selection of cakes in recognition of her hard work in providing a loving and stable environment for a deaf child.

Sally, of Manor View, has been described by Louise Mahrra, a colleague at Hitchin-based fostering agency SWAN Fostering Ltd, as showing “exceptional resilience”, overcoming “the difficulties faced from everyday general communication to more emotional and developmental needs”.

The first Dinners for Winners goes to Hermitage Sheet Metal in Hitchin, with staff receiving a buffet lunch in recognition of being the first company to receive a gold award from global defence and security company BAE Systems for demonstrating sustained excellence in quality and delivery performance. The company has also helped young people through the Hertfordshire Careers Service work experience programme.

If you wish to nominate an individual or a team who deserve a treat contact the Comet newsdesk on 01438 866200 or editorial@thecomet.net

We'll be at the Harlow Business Exhibition

We're looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Tuesday 12th June 2012 at the Manor of Groves Hotel, High Wych, Sawbridgeworth between 10am and 4pm for the Harlow Business Exhibition.

This is one business networking event with a difference and it's back by popular demand and now in its 3rd year and we'll be there on STAND NUMBERS 24 & 25.

So if you are looking to do business and want more business from your local community, now is your chance to take part. It’s FREE to attend and there’s plenty of FREE parking too!

Unlike many exhibitions, whether you register NOW or on the day, the Harlow Business Exhibition is FREE to attend. To register in advance email sales@harlowbusinessexhibition.co.uk

2012 presents the chance to come along and meet 100 exhibitors. Visitors will be able to enjoy:
• A business breakfast - providing networking opportunities and advice (payment required for breakfast, please see our seminars list)
• FREE Seminars
• Help information, support and business advice
• An event full of fresh ideas - all under one roof and in one room!
• The chance to take a day out from your routine to plan, develop and gain new ideas for you and your business
• Entertainment
• Refreshments
• A fantastic location - with plenty of FREE parking
• Prizes - through the purchase of raffle tickets in support of our ‘Charity of Choice’ 2012 - Mike’s Den

With an expected 700 people attending, and 100 exhibitors, this is a fantastic opportunity not to be missed. So put the 12th June 2012 in your diary and register your attendance with The Sowerby Group, Event Organisers on 01279 408 669 or email sales@harlowbusinessexhibition.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you there.

Rain On Harvey Moon

With the hosepipe ban officially declared and the driest start to the first half of the year since 1929, it may take more than the avoidance of garden watering or the washing of the car to save our scarce reserves and the worst water crisis most of us have ever known! 

As a small regional catering business we rely on water across many aspects of our daily operations to ensure food hygiene as well as safe and clean working environments...indeed across the hospitality sector water usage and the reduction of this valuable resource is another part of our environmental challenge....just rinsing the fresh fruit and vegetables every morning from a large open tap can have a flow of up to 40 litres per minute!

Many hotels and restaurants that have larger kitchens often scrape food into a channel that has a constant flow of water prior to going through a commercial dishwasher system and many operators are looking at ways to ensure that this can only be activated when required and or reducing the time period for the flow of each plate that requires to be cleaned.

At eatlunch we recycle 100% of our food waste to anaerobic digestion and we ensure that are dishwasher is fully loaded at all times on the most appropriate time and heat cycles to reduce both water consumption and energy costs.

By reviewing scheduling, catering businesses can often improve staff efficiency and reduce waste and water consumption such as allowing food to defrost naturally and safely in temperature controlled environments rather than using water to rapid defrost.

Prepared food by its very nature demands higher water usage to those foods cooked from chilled, although with our growing awareness towards healthier eating and better use of fresh local ingredients, this may present a different set of challenges as we strike the balance across a range of energy and resource needs.

READ MORE ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES >

eatpure opens 2nd cafe site in Welwyn Garden City

After the successful opening and development of the first eatpure cafe, sited at the Business Technology Centre in Bessemer Road Stevenage, the company is pleased to have partnered with the management team at BIOPARK in WGC to launch the second of its in house staff café and bistro facilities.

The base of this business model is to underpin the daily supply of pre-ordered buffet lunches for external clients, meeting rooms, seminars, training and general lunchtime provisions with an on-site facility that gives everyone working within the business environment access to a wide range of quality food and beverage options, in particular where there is a lack of good facilities in the area or staff have limited time in which to have their breaks.

The new facility has already had fantastic feedback on its range of hot soups and pies, homemade cakes and the wide selection of sandwiches, rolls and speciality breads from which customers can now select their daily favourites.

Much of the ethos of eatpure has been borne out of a desire to provide foods that are a little different from those find in most high Cafes and to support this with fantastic service and the tried and tested management and organisation skills that the company has developed through its eatlunch.co.uk brand and over 15 years in delivering large formal catering events.

“The initial focus has been to provide a small selection of hot meals which change on a daily and weekly basis and to provide foods that suit every taste and budgets” said Ian White of eatpure’s management team ”we try different things all of the time and are always looking for the customers feedback and to give them a reason to come back again and again”

Other products available include a wide range of fair trade produce and lots of healthy snacks to keep you going!

Eatpure have supported both these projects with vending support operations to ensure that there are always hot beverage options to hand and prides itself on amazing coffee served with an awful lot of love.

For more information on how we can help your organisation with more great food ideas at your workplace - please visit the café & vending page on our website or call Ian White on 01707 331751

We're hiring!

We have some new vacancies at eatpure

Delivery Driver & Cafe Sales Assistant:

Job Purpose: Cost-effective delivery of business buffet lunches to our customers in a timely manner, ensuring that the quality and presentation of our products are maintained. This includes a secondary role within the allocated hours to staff our small local Sandwich Bar operation. Duties will include, Setting Up, Customer Service, Till Operation, Clear Down & Cashing Up approx one to one and a half hours each day.

Hours of Work: These will be on a weekly Rota basis. Below is an example of a typical day:-

09:30 Arrival to Welwyn Garden City Kitchens.

09:45 Departure from Kitchens on a pre agreed route with the Transport Manager delivering Premium Buffets to our clients throughout Hertfordshire in our Refrigerated Vehicles.

11:30 Return to WGC Kitchens to collect Retail Sandwiches and Hot Products.

11:45 Arrive at our On-Site Café (based in WGC) to set up the Front Counter whilst storing hot & cold products in appropriate storage equipment as laid out in the Procedures Manual.

12:00 Serve Customers that Visit the facility as appropriate.

13:00 Close down the On-Site Café, account for all cash transactions.

13:15 Return to WGC Kitchens with unsold products and returning Cash taken to the Manager.

13:30 Daily Cleaning of Vehicle alongside other appropriately related tasks where required.

14:00 Finish

Full Job Description

Job Reference: DDBP156 – You Will Need To Quote This On Your Application

In the first instance please forward a brief letter outlining any relevant experience and your contact details to: cater@eatlunch.co.uk quoting reference DDBP156

Waiting staff:

eatpure ltd. has a number of “one off” private events that we are running throughout the region in 2012 and especially through the coming summer months (May-September).

We would welcome any interest from those with any hospitality experience to help with all aspects of customer service.

In the first instance please forward a brief letter outlining any relevant experience and your contact details to: cater@eatlunch.co.uk quoting reference WS2012 

Head Chef/Kitchen Lead/Top Cook:

eatpure ltd. is currently considering an opening for a new and exciting role within the business to help steer the organisation to its next level of professional development.

This challenging role will be focused on key elements of product development, kitchen efficiencies and consistency in work practices and product presentation with full management and all creative responsibilities to deliver the right product to our growing list of blue chip customers..

This is a hands on opportunity for an ambitious individual with genuine cooking ability to get in amongst it and stir a passion for corporate and event catering at the highest standard-the role will encompass all aspects of volume daily production and some weekend work by arrangement.

The position is not yet advertised in the general press and will come to fruition in spring of this year, however we welcome initial approaches from candidates that match the enclosed criteria..

The main benefits on offer will be:

> Structured work hours Monday to Friday (No split shifts or late working).

> Minimal weekend working by arrangement.

> Good basic salary with performance bonus and profit related incentives.

> Genuine management position with ability to influence company direction.

Interested? Please send a covering letter stating your reasons for wanting to apply for the position, your personal and work objectives and 3 things that you believe you can bring to our organisation that will make a difference to what we do?!