Niccola Boyd-Stevenson, managing director of Panache Consultancy, has been appointed as the chairman of the Foodservice Consultants Society UK and Ireland (FCSI), succeeding David Bentley, who has served the membership for his allocated two-year tenure.

The date of the 2014 Hotelympia 10k has been announced and people working in the UK’s hospitality industry – and its supporters – are being encouraged to sign up.

Nine students from Harper Adams University have won gold in the UK finals of a Dragons’ Den-style competition to find the best eco-innovative food product.

Rob Bean, executive head chef at the University of Leicester, has won a prestigious Craft Guild of Chefs Award.