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Stage 75
Stage 75 is Hotelympia’s centrepiece for 2010 and celebrates its 75th Anniversary year with a heady mix of displays, insight and demonstrations from big names and big characters in the industry.| 28 Feb 2010 | ||
| 10:00 - 16:00 | UK Barista Championships - Semi-finals More than 20 contestants will battle it out on Sunday in a day of intense competition for six places in Monday's final. | |
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| 01 Mar 2010 | ||
| 10:00 - 13:00 | UK Barista Championships - The Finals Today's winner will be crowned UK Champion and go on to compete against 55 other nations at the World Championship held in June. | |
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| 13:00 - 13:45 | Interview with Gwilym Davies, World Barista Champion 2009 Gwilym Davies, World Barista Champion 2009 The current World Barista Champion, Gwilym Davies, will recreate his winning coffee recipes and demonstrate how to make the perfect coffee, every time. | |
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| 15:00 - 15:45 | Interview with Gary Rhodes Gary Rhodes One of Britain’s best loved and most highly respected chefs joins the Stage at Hotelympia. | |
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| 16:00 - 16:45 | Craft Guild's Skillery Steve Munkley , Executive Head Chef, Royal Garden Hotel, London Witness extraordinary talent and skills at this cookery demonstration from Alaska Seafood. | |
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| 02 Mar 2010 | ||
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Celebrating 75 Years of Hotelympia To kick start each morning, starting on Tuesday, students from Westminster Kingsway College and Tibard will be putting on a fashion show, wearing work wear from different decades. Expect catwalk models, music and glitz. | |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 | The Art of Wine Gerard Basset, Godfather of Wine Gerard Basset, hotelier and one of the world’s greatest wine experts, explains how to create the perfect wine list. | |
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| 13:00 - 13:45 | Craft Guild's Skillery Sizzling Science from the Cambridge Medical Research Unit, with a special guest presenter. | |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Meet the Buyer Chris Durant, Director, Beacon Purchasing Gordon Anderson, Director of Projects Procurement, Intercontinental Hotels Group Nigel Graham, Head of Procurement , Whitbread How do Buyers select Suppliers? The industry’s leading Group Purchasing Officers come together for the first time to answer your questions. | |
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| 15:00 - 15:45 | London 2012 - Be an Olympic Supplier Mike Mulvey, London 2012 It’s not too late to benefit from the business opportunities arising from the 2012 Games. Mike Mulvey, Head of the London Business Network tells you how. | |
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| 16:30 - 17:30 | Presentation of the Caterer and Hotelkeeper Equipment & Supplies Excellence Awards 2010 The awards recognise innovation and enterprise in the development of professional catering equipment and supplies which make such a vital contribution to successful food service operations. | |
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| 03 Mar 2010 | ||
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Celebrating 75 Years of Hotelympia To kick start each morning, starting on Tuesday, students from Westminster Kingsway College and Tibard will be putting on a fashion show, wearing work wear from different decades. Expect catwalk models, music and glitz. | |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 | Craft Guild's Skillery Tom Kerridge, Head Chef, Hand & Flowers, Marlow Michelin star, award-winning chef Tom Kerridge demonstrates his culinary skills. | |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | The Sustainability Question: Can operators help to save the planet and save money? David Clarke, Chairman, BHA Sustainability Committee Philippe Rossiter, Chief Executive , Institute of Hospitality Dr Rebecca Hawkins, Oxford Brookes University The industry’s 'green experts' come together to discuss one of the most important issues facing businesses today. | |
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| 13:00 - 13:45 | The Roux Brothers Albert Roux Michel Roux Snr A rare chance to see the legendary Roux brothers, Albert and Michel, together. They will be talking about the best and the worst of hospitality trends over the past fifty years. | |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | Raymond Blanc: Seafood Sustainability at Le Manoir Seafood sustainability is making waves across the culinary sector and Raymond Blanc is one of the UK chefs leading the way. Including practical tips and examples from Raymond’s own experience, this session will inspire you to advance seafood sustainability in your own business. | |
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| 15:00 - 15:45 | The Designer’s Dream Chris Galvin , Galvin La Chapelle Steve Labouchardiere, MD, Design LSM How a glorious listed building has embraced architectural modernity to become the most talked about restaurant of the year, Galvin La Chapelle. Design LSM join forces with renowned chef and co-owner Chris Galvin to show how this modern classic has evolved. | |
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| 04 Mar 2010 | ||
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Celebrating 75 Years of Hotelympia To kick start each morning, starting on Tuesday, students from Westminster Kingsway College and Tibard will be putting on a fashion show, wearing work wear from different decades. Expect catwalk models, music and glitz. | |
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| 11:00 - 11:45 | An interview with…Cabinet Minister, Margaret Hodge MBE MP Bob Cotton, Chairman, British Hospitality Association The Right Honourable Margaret Hodge MBE MP, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism What else can the Government do to help hospitality? Putting the questions to the UK Tourism Minister is Bob Cotton OBE, Chief Executive of the British Hospitality Association. | |
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| 12:00 - 12:45 | Sustainable Hotels Stephan Oberwegner , Max Bentheim Design A look at ‘the UK’s greenest new-build hotel’ - the beautiful and stylish Scarlet Hotel in Cornwall. | |
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| 13:00 - 13:45 | Craft Guild's Skillery Peter Gordon, The Providores and Tapa Room Today's session sees a cooking demonstration with our greatest New Zealand import, celebrity chef Peter Gordon. | |
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| 14:00 - 14:45 | The Savoy. A world exclusive! Conrad Smith, Reardon Smith Britain’s most iconic hotel will re-open its doors in 2010 having been closed for more than two years to undergo a massive renovation. Here, for the first time, we get a glimpse of its remarkable and sumptuous interiors. | |
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