Hospitality and Catering

Bad Bug Book - http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/intro.html

Centre for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition – The site provides basic facts regarding food borne pathogenic micro organisms and natural toxins.

BBC Food - http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/

This section of the BBC web site provides information on healthy eating and diet and a searchable database of recipes. There are also quizzes and games, information about food programmes and celebrity chefs plus a chat room and message board.

British Hospitality Association - http://www.bha.org.uk/

The British Hospitality Association has been representing the hotel, restaurant and catering industry for 90 years. Their website provides lots of useful links to other relevant sites and organisations.

The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) – http://www.nutrition.org.uk

The BNF site includes information on aspects of food and nutrition. Areas include diet throughout life, diet and health, energy and nutrients, food commodities and hygiene.

Caterer.com - http://www.caterer.com/

This site provides current jobs, news and advice for the hospitality industry.

Cookstr - http://www.cookstr.com/

The site sports a clean and intuitive interface that makes searching is simple. It has a wide range of search filters that allow you to search for recipes based on chef, author, skill level, holiday, course, cost and much more.

DEFRA - http://www.defra.gov.uk/

The official UK government website for environment, food and rural affairs. Contains information on food and drink, in particular eggs and poultry, beef labelling, speciality foods, and food sponsorship.

Food Standards Agency - http://www.food.gov.uk/

A government website dedicated to providing the latest food-related news, food-labelling guidelines, current legislation and the latest on food science.

Food Safety Today - http://bookshop.leatherheadfood.com/foodscienceworld/

Food Safety Today is an alerting service from the Leatherhead Food Research Association (LFRA) in the UK. Latest news headlines, sample in-depth articles, fact sheets and a list of food safety Web links are available to all, on the site.

Foodfirst - http://www.foodfirst.co.uk/

Foodfirst offers a wealth of useful information on speciality foods including daily recipes, master classes and a directory of thousands of producers, wholesalers, retailers and services suppliers.

Foodlink - http://www.foodlink.org.uk/

Foodlink is organised by the Food and Drink Federation in association with a number of organisations such as the Food Standards Agency, the Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland, the Departments of Health, Food and Education, the National Farmers Union, and the British Hospitality Association.

First for Skills - http://www.people1st.co.uk/default.asp

Represents hospitality employers on all aspects of education, training, skills and qualifications.

The Higher Education Academy - http://www.hlst.ltsn.ac.uk/

The HE Academy Subject Centre for hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism - one of 24 Subject Centres providing subject-based support to both ICS individuals and departments.

Hotels (Star Ratings) - http://www.hotels.co.uk/starrating.do

A site that describes the star rating system and criteria.

RecipeZaar - http://www.recipezaar.com/

This community-based website is an excellent source of recipes. Most entries are simple text descriptions of ingredients and preparation methods, but some come with photographs.

The Institute of Hospitality - http://www.instituteofhospitality.org/

Formerly the HCIMA, this is the website of the Institute of Hospitality.

Think Vegetables - http://www.thinkvegetables.co.uk/

This website claims to be the definitive source of information about vegetables. As well as information on all the main vegetables including how to use and store them, you will find recipes, photography and nutritional information.

Welcome to Excellence - http://www.welcometoexcellence.co.uk/

Customer Service initiative, currently offering a series of eight training courses that includes Welcome Host + covering a range of topics related to customer service.

World Food Safety Organisation - http://www.worldfoodsafety.org/

The World Food Safety Organisation (WFSO) is an independent international forum for food safety managers, with members across all areas of the food industry. WFSO provides training in areas such as HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point), food handling and food hygiene.

World Health Organization - Food Safety Programme - http://www.who.int/foodsafety/en/

The Food Safety Department (FOS) strives to reduce the serious negative impact of food borne diseases worldwide. In particular, WHO works closely with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to address food safety issues along the entire food production chain, from production to consumption using new methods of risk analysis.