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Virtual College’s online food safety and hygiene course

Virtual College’s online food safety and hygiene course

I’ve learnt a thing or two about food safety and hygiene this week, courtesy of an online course from Virtual College. Virtual College are a supplier of e-learning courses to business and industry, and have content covering a huge range of vocational subjects.  I completed their Food Safety and Hygiene for Catering course, and I’ve [...]

Food politics

A little corner of France in a basement in Leeds, La Grillade

La Grillade restaurant, Leeds

La Grillade is a typical French restaurant, just like the places you’d find in any sizable French town. Except it’s in Leeds. That makes it special. The restaurant is housed in the basement of a Victorian terrace, and looks uninspiring from the outside. Down the stairs, it’s a different world, a series of small dining [...]

Eating out