Cookies
24.05.12

Great cookies you can dunk in your tea

With all this talk about cookies we’re getting a little peckish, so I’m on the hunt for the best cookie recipes around. If you have a great cookie recipe, then please get in touch. We’ve been round the office on … Read More

BEST WESTERN Dean Court Hotel
24.08.11

Wining and dining in York

The 16th to the 25th September may well be my most favourite week of the year here in York! I absolutely love food and I like a fine (or not so fine) wine or two, so surely the York Food … Read More

BEST WESTERN Walworth Catle Hotel
30.06.11

A Big Thank you!!!

I recently visited BEST WESTERN Walworth Castle Hotel with a group of twelve students. The reason for our visit was, to celebrate the end of year and have a meal. We arrived to be greeted by friendly welcoming staff, who showed … Read More

Afternoon Tea
12.05.11

Afternoon tea

Could there be anything more British than afternoon tea? Now I know that there are all those reports that say our nation’s most popular dish is now curry and all that but seriously I still believe that afternoon tea could … Read More

Best Western Ambleside Salutation Hotel
05.05.11

A lovely little Amble

Sunday morning, I found myself feeling very delicate after a Best Western employee 21st birthday celebration and was looking forward to my eagerly awaited visit to Best Western Ambleside Salutation Hotel, yet dreading the two and a half hour drive … Read More

Ravioli
04.05.11

What is for tea

A few years ago, I read an article reporting on the findings of a study showing that we rotate the same nine meals at tea time over and over, night after night. According to the article, we rely on dishes … Read More

Breakfast
27.04.11

It is a jungle out there by the Rice Krispies

It’s breakfast time at the hotel. There are a lot of businessmen getting their calories before heading off to meetings. It’s a ferocious display of male territorial behaviour. Here is our field guide to the Beasts of the Breakfast Buffet: … Read More

Easter Eggs
08.04.11

Win £50 worth of yummy Easter Eggs

THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED The last clue has now been added in our competition to win £50 worth of Easter Eggs.  All you have to do is take down the first letter of the hotel name (after the Best … Read More

Pancakes
07.03.11

To flip or not To flip, that is the question

You don’t really know someone until you know their Pancake Day preferences. Everyone has a favourite topping, a preferred thickness and a mastered technique when it comes to the dreaded flipping stages of proceedings. However, it is once it’s on … Read More