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Top chef and longstanding UCB supporter Brian Turner CBE steps down as Bocuse d'Or president
Top chef and visiting UCB professor Brian Turner CBE has stepped down as president of the prestigious Bocuse d’Or but will stay on the Bocuse d’Or UK Academy as honorary life vice-president.
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Team UK shows the rest of the world that they are a force to be reckoned with!
Bocuse d'Or, the most prestigious cooking competition in the world, held in Lyon France on the 29th and 30th January, is described by celebrity chef Brian Turner CBE "as the Olympics of high cuisine, there is no cookery competition like…
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Great British Menu star to judge student chef contest in tribute to former principal
A BBC Great British Menu champion is to judge a new competition at University College Birmingham – in tribute to former principal Eddie McIntyre CBE and designed to inspire young chefs as the industry recovers from the pandemic.
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UCB hosts celebrity chef 'Taste it Don't Waste it' competition
The University hosted a celebrity cook-off event in order to help raise awareness of how households can save money by using leftover food to create delicious meals.
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Renowned chef awarded Honorary Fellowship by UCB
Renowned chef Brian Turner was among six outstanding candidates to be awarded an Honorary Fellowship at this years' graduation at UCB.
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The Countess of Wessex officially opens McIntyre House at University College Birmingham
Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex today officially opened McIntyre House, a spectacular new centre for higher education and postgraduate study at University College Birmingham.
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Lecturers savour success after winning inter-university cooking challenge
A determined duo of lecturers from UCB are savouring success after winning one of the UK's top cooking challenges for university chefs – over half a decade since they last cooked competitively.
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UCB hosts first Commonwealth Day dinner
UCB opened its doors to welcome local diplomats and representatives to the Birmingham Commonwealth Association’s first Commonwealth Day dinner.
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UCB Mat Shropshall is finalist for Chef of the Year 2014
UCB's Mat Shropshall will be having his skills put to the test as a finalist in the British Culinary Federation's (BCF) Chef of the Year Award 2014 – which is being held in the university kitchens today.
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No place like home – universities join forces to open up local career opportunities
University College Birmingham’s hired@UCB team has joined forces with careers services from University of Birmingham and Newman University to improve higher level employment opportunities across the region and support West Midlands graduates into employment locally.
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Chef lecturer takes podium in top culinary competition
Richard Dutton, Chef Lecturer at UCB’s College of Food, has come third in the hotly-contested British Culinary Federation’s coveted Chef of the Year.
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Former Mayor visits Bluebell Wood to see the vision made real
Sir Andy Street enjoyed a behind-the-scenes tour of the project.
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Bocuse d'Or UK Academy officially launched with support from UCB
It's been on the table for a few years, but organisers of the UK team for the prestigious Bocuse d'Or global gastronomy competition have finally realised their dream of becoming an academy.
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Business School students attend virtual conference packed with digital experts
Hundreds of students logged onto a virtual conference to receive pearls of wisdom from the brightest business minds and digital experts as part of the University's commitment to enhancing online teaching during lockdown.
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University partners share united vision for regional growth at Westminster reception
MPs, dignitaries, professionals and academics rallied to discuss the importance of harnessing education and new technology in the regeneration of the West Midlands at an event at the House of Commons sponsored by University College Birmingham and the University of…
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Budding technician flies flag for female engineers at opening of new facilities
A college student whose goal is to become an air technician with the Royal Navy flew the flag for female engineers at the official opening of University College Birmingham’s new engineering and digital training facilities.
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University kitchens to host Roux Scholarship after getting green light for autumn
The prestigious Roux Scholarship is to finally go ahead at University College Birmingham this autumn having been delayed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Trainee chef can't wait for Ritz stage after winning Student Recipe Challenge
A young student chef from Solihull has won the chance to work under executive chef John Williams MBE and his team at The Ritz in London in a competition judged by a BBC Great British Menu champ at University College…
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College of Food assistant dean set for new adventures after becoming Honorary Fellow
One of the biggest influences on the modern-day success of Birmingham College of Food at University College Birmingham has been made an Honorary Fellow of the University – and is now cooking up plans for new adventures.
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University alumnus and champion for young people made Honorary Fellow
Serial entrepreneur Professor Paul Cadman has been made an Honorary Fellow of University College Birmingham, where he himself studied professional cookery three decades ago.