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• Salmon Oscars and five gallons of hot fudge: catering for the Academy Awards - The Guardian

  25-02-2017 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
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  Salmon Oscars and five gallons of hot fudge: catering for the Academy Awards
  The Guardian
  And he said: 'Yeah, it was amazing.'” The 2017 menu was developed by Eric Klein, executive chef of Wolfgang Puck Catering – Puck mostly plays frontman these days, mingling with the guests. (He does have a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, you know.).
  Chefs with Las Vegas ties prepare decadent after-Oscars feastLas Vegas Review-Journal
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• The re-colonelization of KFC

  25-02-2017 04:00 via nrn.com
  
  Harland Sanders, known by most as Colonel Sanders, died in 1980. But that didn’t stop him from making a celebrated return two years ago to the fried chicken chain he founded. And the results have been astounding.
  The Louisville-based chain has reinserted Sanders into everything it does. While most of America sees this in the form of its buzz-generating advertisements featuring a series of actors and comedians playing the Sanders role, the re-colonelization of KFC goes much deeper.
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• Cheddar’s new prototype shows off the kitchen

  25-02-2017 03:28 via nrn.com
  
  Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen has culminated its “scratch cooking” positioning with the opening this week of a new prototype in Lake Worth, Texas.
  The Irving, Texas-based casual-dining operator opened its 166th unit on Monday, which highlights the kitchen and includes its first dedicated carry-out entrance.
  Ian Baines, Cheddar’s president and CEO since October 2014, told Nation’s Restaurant News that the prototype brings together the brand’s efforts to differenti
  
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• Report sheds light on restaurants’ hourly workers

  25-02-2017 02:12 via nrn.com
  
  A new study of America’s 78 million hourly workers sheds light on the foodservice industry’s strengths and weaknesses when it comes labor. 
  The “Hourly Worker Survey” by job listing and career sites Snagajob and LinkedIn reviewed more than 120 million job applications from more than 20 million applicants using Snagajob. It also analyzed Snagajob’s full database and examined millions of LinkedIn profile hourly job titles, company representatives said.Research c
  
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