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The elements of success
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
We asked Ágnes Horváth, the recently appointed managing director of McDonald’s about her plans and about stages of the chain’s strategic development. – What kind of changes do you intend...
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Ice cream of the year
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The 14th ’Ice cream of the year’ competition took place in June. Zsolt Csuta from Csákvár won in the freestyle category with his white chocolate based composition. Györgyné Trella from...
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Below par performance this time
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
The Hungarian team performed below expectations at the Bocuse d’Or Europe in Geneva on 7-8 June 2010. Gábor Kostyál, the head chef of Hotel Helikon in Keszthely gave a fair...
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Fuchsli Borgyógyászat
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Winemakers the Heimann family opened this place in May. It is basically a wine-centred bistro and it has been attracting guests like a magnet ever since opening. Wines with a...
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Viator restaurant
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
By opening the monastery’s restaurant the monks wish to turn Pannonhalma into a family-friendly place. They dreamed of a cultural milieu, a part of which is the restaurant with an...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 10
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I have started working in Greenwich L’escale –...
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I miss Roland!
Date: 2010-07-06 08:00:00
Andrea Sarrang, the owner of Café Erté says about Roland Oláh: – We got on really well from the first moment. I really liked his passion, ambition and conscious quest...
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Falling turnover at Lake Balaton
Date: 2010-06-28 00:01:32
The food retailers of the South-Balaton, reported a 15-20 percent traffic decrease, caterers reported about a 20-30, coastal buffets about a 30-50 percent decrease, compared to last year's pre-season datas...
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Fast food restaurants: what is popular abroad, not sure that is popular in Hungary
Date: 2010-06-22 00:01:02
The Hungarian market conditions are not surely favorable for the international fast food restaurant chains. Most of the major international companies have bankrupted, with a smaller or bigger loss. Those...
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Facing the challenge in New York – part 9
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
From July Roland Oláh, formerly the chef of Café Erté, tries his luck in the USA. He regularly reports to our magazine: ‘I have completely found my part in the...
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Knowledge management in catering and tourism
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
‘Knowledge management in the field of catering and tourism’ is the title of the book that offers useful for knowledge for anyone who works in these fields. The quality assurance...
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The necessary extra, part 4
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In this series we introduce original ideas that may help to make a restaurant more popular. Every Friday afternoon from 5 to 6 Allan Susser, the chef of Modern Seafood...
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There is no reason to argue about the third!
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
The 2010 Alexandra Restaurant Guide was presented to the press at the end of May. Testers visited restaurants incognito and used the GaultMillau systems for rating, with the performance of...
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The market does not expand, but it evolves
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
According to Norbert Káhn, Gyermely Zrt.’s commercial director the pasta market has been at a standstill in the past three years. Hungarian consumers still prefer egg pasta, which has a...
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Hot summer, long drinks
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Present alcohol consumption trends are favourable for summer cocktails – which are light, fresh and have lower alcohol content. Péter Morafcsik, president of Hungarian Bartender Union and the head of...
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Bacardi champions
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Bacardi Martini Open Cup, one of the most important stages on the road to winning the Bartender of the Year title, was held at the end of May. Gábor Onufer...
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Parallel development
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In Békéscsaba, gastronomy is developing along two lines. A couple of years ago a group of chefs in Békés County decided to pass the master’s exam and start competing internationally....
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The first Starbucks in Hungary
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
After so many rumours and a long waiting period, it is now official: Starbucks is about to open its first unit in Budapest’s WestEnd City Center. AmRest Coffee Sp.zo.o, the...
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The objective is protecting the environment
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
FiltaFry Plus is a UK company that deals with cooking oil management and they are looking for a Hungarian franchise partner. Since 1995 FiltraFry Plus has been using their unique,...
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Cocktail bar with red chequered tablecloths
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
When summer comes, parties move outside. Rózsakert restaurant in Budaörs separated part of its garden that works as a café during the day, but at nights its turns into a...
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Pálinka flights
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
In other parts of the world flights – tasting a selection of wines in small portions – have been used as a marketing tool for a long time. In Hungary,...
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Artificial vodka, artificial whisky, artificial joy
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
Evgeny Moscalev, a professor of Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University developed a method for turning vodka (or any other spirit) into powder, from which pills can be made. It might turn...
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Organic wines
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
British supermarket chain Waitrose sells Virtue wines, which come from Chile in 24,000-litre eco-tanks and is bottled in the UK. One tank of wine is enough for 32,000 bottles and...
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With the scents of our childhood
Date: 2010-06-17 08:00:00
If there is one beer women might get to like, it is definitely Liefmans from Belgium. This red fruit beer with a 4.2% alcohol content comes from the 120-year old...
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The transformation of tourism
Date: 2010-06-17 00:02:38
According to the study of the European Travel Commission and the World Tourism Organisation; the future of tourism is being transformed by the increasing of population, the increasing average age,...
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New participant on the café market
Date: 2010-06-16 00:04:21
The fast café markets, that are well-known for decades abroad, growing in Hungary also. Today, Starbucks is opening its gates in Hungary. This segment on the drinks market can be...
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Corvin Gastro: Giant catering-complex behind the cinema
Date: 2010-06-15 00:03:55
The development of the Corvin Promenade came to its next stage. The developer, the Futureal will establish a 4200 square meters of special hospitality place called Corvin Gastro in the...
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The first Marriott Courtyard Hotel opened in Budapest
Date: 2010-06-14 00:00:38
Marriott hotels’ first Courtyard brand officially opened in Hungary, at the Europeum, in the Blaha Lujza square. Even before the official opening in the first month, the hotel’s occupancy was...
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Hogatec 2010 in Düsseldorf
Date: 2010-06-11 00:06:12
The Hogatec catering and hospitality trade technology fair in Düsseldorf focuses on cost-saving solutions. The fair will be held between 12-15 September, where visitors can meet with many new features...
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