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August 2012

Jascots & Restaurant Associates Food and Wine Matching Workshop – Part Three

Possibly the best lamb I have ever had arrived with us next, as the third course of our Food & Wine Matching Workshop with the team from Roux at Parliament Square.  In total, the dish was: rack of Herdwick lamb, herb crumb, fondant potato, white onion purée and summer peas – cooked to perfection. Now [...]

Jascots & Restaurant Associates Food and Wine Matching Workshop – Part Two

Having opened the food & wine matching workshop with the team of Roux at Parliament Square on such a successful pairing (see part one!), maintaining that for a second dish was a challenge. Here we had smoked and cured Gressingham duck with preserved cherries and hawthorn blossom.  The words don’t quite do it justice, it [...]

Jascots Wine Merchants enhances hospitality wine training offer with new courses

Jascots Wine Merchants has further enhanced its industry leading training offer for its on-trade and hospitality clients by adding WSET (Wines and Spirits Education Trust) foundation and intermediate programs to its portfolio of specialist wine and hospitality courses. Jascots’ Training Manager and Head Sommelier Raul Diaz has been developing and running bespoke courses for Jascots’ [...]

Domaine des Terregelesses – Françoise André

The latest addition to our growing Burgundy list is this small domain, whose cellars lie below the mediaeval ramparts of Beaune itself. Domaine des Terregelesses is an historic 7 hectare estate that, starting with the 2009 vintage, has opened an exciting new chapter as the André family has resumed day-to-day running of the whole winemaking [...]

Jascots gains OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) certification

In June 2012 Jascots gained OHSAS 18001 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) certification. BS OHSAS 18001 is the internationally recognised standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It gives a framework to identify, control and reduce the risks associated with health and safety in our workplace.

Jascots & Restaurant Associates Food and Wine Matching Workshop – Part One

This was such a treat for us!  We were perched in Roux at Parliament Square (needless to say it’s an amazing venue) with a team of seriously top class chefs with their bang on-trend, wow-packed creations alongside a range of truly delicious wines.  So, we were fully primed to welcome the first dish of the [...]