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Online Turkish Supermarket UK: How Britain’s Kitchens Rediscovered Turkish Cooking
Turkish ingredients have become more common in British home cooking, as established Turkish, Kurdish and Turkish Cypriot communities and curious home cooks seek the foods they know or have discovered abroad and online. The article argues that online grocery delivery is helping move Turkish cooking beyond a speciality associated with particular neighbourhoods and making authentic…
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Falling hospitality vacancies shut young people out of first jobs
Job postings for temporary hospitality work in the UK have fallen significantly, affecting young people seeking their first employment. Hospitality industry leaders attribute this decline to rising wage and tax costs, but the consequence is that nearly a million young people classified as NEET (not in education, employment or training) are being denied access to…
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UK-linked energy and food fortunes outpace other billionaires since 2022
Analysis has revealed that billionaire families with fortunes in energy and food production have amassed vastly more wealth since 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a global cost of living crisis. Their wealth has grown four times faster for energy sectors and three times faster for food production compared to other super-rich families, raising…
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Chinese nationals vandalise Xi Jinping-named restaurant in South Korea
A Chinese restaurant in South Korea named after leader Xi Jinping has been vandalised by a group of Chinese nationals, who fled back to China after the attack. The incident highlights tensions surrounding the restaurant’s controversial name, which has drawn mounting pressure from both individuals and businesses in China demanding a change over the past…
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Customers at Asian supermarket in east London form separate male and female queues as they wait in line for discounted cooking oil
A video emerged showing customers at Masala Bazaar, a British Asian supermarket in Romford, east London, queuing separately by gender during promotional sales in late August. The footage, filmed during the store’s third anniversary celebrations, showed women and men standing in separate lines to receive discounted cooking oil and other products, which subsequently circulated online.…
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McDonald’s is reportedly using AI to “dynamically” price its burgers
McDonald’s has implemented artificial intelligence technology to dynamically price menu items across its US restaurants and some international markets, with prices varying by location based on algorithms that estimate “customer willingness to pay.” The system has drawn scrutiny over whether franchisees genuinely have pricing freedom, as internal documents reveal McDonald’s tracks compliance with AI recommendations…
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Lola is Booking.com’s new AI travel agent
Booking.com-backed Lola is a new AI travel assistant that can recommend and book hotels, restaurants, events, activities and trips through a natural-language conversation. It searches live availability and prices, compares options and can ask follow-up questions to tailor suggestions, reflecting efforts to make AI assistants handle bookings directly. Lola is free to use, while its…
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Soho House is accused of selling out-of-date food to customers as chef claims he was sacked for complaining about being told to switch ‘use by’ labels
A former chef at Soho House’s Shoreditch club alleged that staff relabelled prepared food after its “use by” date and sold it to customers. Hackney Council began an investigation after Kamran Khan reported the claims, and Soho House said it was investigating the incident, which it described as isolated and contrary to company policy. Khan…
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Apple TV Announces Second Season Of ‘Carême’ About Napoleon Era Celebrity Chef-Turned-Spy
Apple TV has confirmed a second season of the Emmy-nominated drama series “Carême”, continuing the story of Antonin Carème, the world’s first celebrity chef, who rose to prominence during the Napoleonic era. The announcement follows hot on the heels of the first season receiving a prestigious international Emmy nomination for drama, which launched to critical…
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‘What next, put food on plates?!’: Meghan Markle mocked over latest hosting tips advising hosts to ‘have as much prepped as possible before guests arrive’
Meghan Markle was criticised online after sharing hosting advice on her As Ever Instagram account. She recommended preparing as much as possible before guests arrive and leaving one simple task to finish as they settle in; some viewers called the suggestion obvious and responded with sarcastic jokes. The post was presented as part of her…