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Food and drink winners take centre stage at awards dinner
The county’s leading food professionals celebrated the best in food and drink at the Carlsberg UK Northamptonshire Food and Drink Awards in Northampton. The competition, now in its tenth year, celebrates everything great about local produce and drink, recognising excellence within the county’s dining venues and rewarding those who work so hard within the culinary sector.…
Read MoreCoffee morning tops up Macmillan charity pot
The Whitco team played their part again this year in the world’s biggest coffee morning in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. Over the last 28 years, the Coffee morning has grown from a great idea to a fabulous fundraiser. Getting people together to raise awareness and share coffee and cake has now raised more than…
Read MoreIsabella returns from maternity leave
We are delighted to welcome sales manager Isabella Anello Jewry back to work after taking maternity leave. Young Henry Joseph Jewry will be celebrating his first birthday next month and Isabella says that she can’t believe that she was away from work for ten months. “He is becoming a cheeky chappie, but so beautiful with…
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Whitco online shop is open for business
Our Whitco online store is now open, with all you need for your business. You can choose from more than 2,500 products – everything from bleach and floor cleaners to crystal and fine china. Take advantage of a huge range of products, keen pricing, delivery, easy ordering, and secure online payments Visit our shop here.
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Congratulations to the Folly
The Folly at Towcester was named Restaurant of the Year at the annual Carlsberg Food and Drink Awards. In a closely fought competition, the Folly beat off competition from a line-up of top county restaurants, including the Tap & Kitchen at Oundle which was named runner-up. The award was once again sponsored by Whitco. Our…
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Folly Towcester takes Restaurant of the Year award
The Folly Inn at Towcester took the Restaurant of the Year Award at the ninth annual Carlsberg Food and Drink Awards dinner in Northampton on Wednesday. The Folly took the award, sponsored by Whitco, ahead of runners-up and previous winners The Tap & Kitchen in Oundle. Whitco’s Vita Whitaker said; “The standard of food and drink…
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Restaurant of the Year finalists
As sponsors of the prestigious Restaurant of the Year section in this year’s Carlsberg Food & Drink Awards, we are delighted to be helping the continued drive in standards in the county’s restaurants. This year’s awards will be presented at a gala dinner at the Royal & Derngate, Northampton, on Wednesday November 15. Our sincere…
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Coffee morning raises Macmillan funds
Our gratitude to everyone who made our Macmillan coffee morning last week such a great success. Wonderful coffee and some delicious home made cakes made sure the event went with a swing and thanks to terrific support from the Whitco team we raised more than £92 for the cancer charity’s annual fundraising drive, which collectively…
Read MoreWhitco Sponsors young chef….
Whitco is proud to sponsor Nicholas Vent, HE catering student at Westminster Kingsway College, sales manager Howard Bedford will shortly be presenting him with his personalised chef’s whites and knives. Good luck Nicholas and we will be pleased to hear how you are doing in due course.
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