Catering the World Cup, for Channel 4 Food

"Find entertaining a challenge? Pity those feeding hundreds of thousands of hungry football fans at the World Cup in South Africa. Craig Butcher talks to Peter Csanadi of MATCH Hospitality.

Hosting this summer’s barbecue with family or friends will be a proverbial walk in the park compared with entertaining fans at the World Cup. Peter Csanadi works for the company catering every stadium at every game, dealing with a world’s-worth of religious considerations and dietary requirements."

To read the full article "Catering the World Cup" to accompany the football World Cup 2010, by freelance journalist Craig Butcher for the Channel 4 Food website, the UK's biggest food website, click here.

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Top 10 Money-No-Object Feasts" for Channel 4 Food

"Whether suspended 100ft up, overlooking the great vineyards of Rioja or showcasing the genius of Ferran Adria at the El Bulli Hotel, the ultimate money-no-object feasts are out there. Craig Butcher packs his suitcase for 4 Food"


To read the full article "Top 10 Money-No-Object Feasts" to accompany the new Heston Blumenthal Feasts television series currently airing for Channel 4, which includes the El Bulli Hotel in Spain, Moto in Chicago and La Pergola in Rome, by freelance journalist Craig Butcher for the Channel 4 Food website, the UK's biggest food website, click here.

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Top 10 Healthy Eating Restaurants for Channel 4 Food Website

"After any seasonal feast, comes famine. But, as Craig Butcher discovered for 4Food, you can still enjoy all your favourites without the calories. From no-cream Indian to Michelin-starred goodness, 4Food shows you can have your cake and eat it."

To read the full article "Top 10 healthy eating UK restaurants" all about the best healthy eating restaurants across the UK, from vegetarian restaurant Terre A Terre to Michelin-starred Nottingham Restaurant Sat Bains and Bristol's Bordeaux Quay, by freelance journalist Craig Butcher for the Channel 4 Food website, the UK's biggest food website, click here.

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Features coming out soon

The Sunday Times Travel magazine have commissioned a hotel review feature for their March 2010 issue. The monthly magazine from the UK's best-selling Sunday Times newspaper will be available in the first week of February 2010.

The Channel 4 Food website have commissioned several new features for January 2010. The number one food website from Channel 4 have commissioned a healthy eating feature for the new year, as well as a drinks feature also for January 2010.

The website for the UK's leading quality men's monthly magazine, GQ, have commissioned several features for January 2010, including a Burn's Night feature, a London restaurants feature including restaurant reviews, as well as a hotel lifestyle feature. The Burns Night feature will be available on the GQ website ahead of the 25th January. The restaurants and hotels features will be available in early February.

Links to all these news stories and features will be added to the Craig Butcher website and to this blog when they become available. Click here to read more about Craig Butcher, freelance food, drink and travel writer at the Craig Butcher website. Read More......

Christmas Food Miles for Channel 4 Food

"Friends and relatives travel a long way for Christmas lunch, but you don’t necessarily want the same to be true of your food. Craig Butcher gets the low down for 4Food on which supermarkets lead the way in minimising Christmas lunch food miles.

Whole turkey
Nothing says Christmas Day lunch better than the centrepiece of the occasion - the bird. Waitrose sources its free-range turkeys from Lincolnshire although some also come from Wicklow in Ireland. ASDA’s turkeys travel from Norwich and Sainsbury’s most popular turkey is also reared in Norfolk. Marks & Spencer’s Simply Food whole turkey travels from Pembrokeshire."

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Celebrities name their favourite local restaurant - feature for Channel 4 Food

"While Gordon's on the hunt for Britain's Best Local Restaurant, Channel 4’s TV favourites, designers and Gordon’s own celebrity chefs reveal their favourite local gems to Craig Butcher for 4Food."

Read the full 'Top 10' feature by freelance food and drink journalist Craig Butcher, which details Channel 4 celebrities' favourite local restaurant, to coincide with Gordon Ramsay's new F Word series. Click here to read the feature on the Channel 4 Food website. Read More......

Top 10 hottest chefs in the USA: Channel 4 Food

"Celebrity chefs aren’t a uniquely British phenomenon - the USA has some serious talent of its own. Craig Butcher pits award-winning American chefs, old and new, against home-grown favourites here in the UK for 4Food."

This is a commissioned feature for the Channel 4 Food website to accompany Jamie Oliver's new American Road Trip TV series. Click here to read the full article on the Channel 4 Food website and keep an eye out for another feature to accompany the new Jamie Oliver American Road trip series coming soon. Read More......