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News & Opinion 5 Compass Group to acquire CH&Co 8 News in brief The week’s top stories 12 Openings The latest hotels and restaurants
Business
16 Cover story How Maginhawa Group is building a Filipino restaurant empire in London
24 The Caterer interview Dawn Wynne shares how she takes care of talent at Dalata Hotel Group
28 Spotlight on: workforce management Untangle shift patterns with the latest technology
Chef
32 Star gazing Who will catch a Michelin star this year in Manchester?
36 Recipe of the week Curried goat pie from The Pack Horse by Luke Payne
Products
38 Product news What’s happening in the world of suppliers
40 Sweet fantasy Bread Ahead’s crème brûlée doughnut sets the world of baked goods on fire
People
46 Minute on the clock Charlotte Horler, hotel manager, Grand hotel, Birmingham
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here are two big stories in the contract catering sector this week. The first, of course, is the acquisition of CH&Co
by Compass, but we also can’t ignore the courage and determination shown by Genuine Dining Co’s Chris Mitchell and Robbie Laidlaw, who completed their row across the Atlantic this week. Rumours of the CH&Co Group deal had
been circulating for some time, but they were only whispers until this weekend, when it was confirmed that the UK’s largest contract caterer was swallowing up a busi- ness that had been steadily growing since the merger of Host and CH&Co in 2015. Since then, CH&Co Group has brought
the likes of Brookwood Partnership, Har- bour & Jones, Gather & Gather, Vach- erin, Blue Apple and Pabulum under its umbrella, so its safe to say that Compass has secured some significant talent to bolster its business. Talent that must also be celebrated this
week is the Spirit of Hospitality team of Mitchell and Laidlaw. The pair have just completed a 3,000-mile row from the Canary Islands to Antigua in aid of Hospi- tality Action. Not only did the pair finish the challenge,
raising significant funds for the charity, they came in fifth overall in what has been dubbed the world’s toughest row, and were the first of the pairs to finish. It’s an immense achievement and one worthy of all of our support. So, if you haven’t already, head to the Spirit of Hospi- tality Instagram page (@spirit_of_hospitality) to donate.
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