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If you snooze you lose - EMBARGOED 0:01am Monday 24th January

Four in ten of us miss breakfast in the working week because we oversleep, according to new research*! It’s maybe not surprising, when three in ten people claim they hate getting up and 54% of us set our alarms to snooze. While men often get accused of being lazy and sluggish, the findings show that women are in fact the worse offenders.The findings, issued for Farmhouse Breakfast Week (Jan 23-29 2011), show that a third of women find it extremely difficult to get up in the morning, and only 13% find it easy. Meanwhile one in three men say they get up immediately after the alarm goes off

Shake Up Your Wake Up With Farmhouse Breakfast Week 23 - 29 January 2011

It’s time we all started the day the right way, with a quick and easy healthy balanced breakfast. The twelfth annual Farmhouse Breakfast Week is being rejuvenated for 2011 with a new theme “Shake Up Your Wake Up”. Organisers HGCA are challenging the one in four breakfast skippers(1) to rethink their morning routine and start the day the right way, with breakfast. As the most important meal of the day it need only take minutes to make, but will deliver hours of benefits.For heaps of quick and easy breakfast ideas visit www.shakeupyourwakeup.com. Banana and Peanut muffins are ideal for a

How to impress at the check out: Women admit to sizing up men by their shopping

Women have come clean and confessed to a guilty shopping secret. A new survey reveals that nearly nine out of ten women in the UK judge their fellow shoppers on the contents of their shopping basket. When it comes to sizing up men, it seems that nothing impresses women more than a man who buys red wine and potatoes.These findings lift the lid on just how far women go when eyeing up men at the checkout, revealing that they decide what their income is, what kind of lifestyle they lead and whether they’d make a good partner or even father, all based upon the contents of their shopping. A

Guild of Food Writers Awards Winners

Last at the Design Museum, London, the Guild of Food Writers announced the winners of their much- coveted annual Awards. Colin Spencer presented the beautiful engraved trophies to some of the industry’s finest writers and broadcasters. Amongst the 12 winners there were some familiar names and some new ones to add to the roll of honour. Nigel Slater, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tom Parker Bowles were all recognised as leaders in their field. Hugh’s triple nominations (for the Michael Smith Award for Work on British Food for River Cottage: Winter’s On The Way, the New Media of the Year

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Thousands of pupils harvesting next week

Around the country excitement is mounting, as thousands of primary school children prepare to harvest the potatoes they planted back in the spring. During the week of June 21st a record number of nearly half a million pupils will be harvesting potatoes as part of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Schools that submit the weight of their crop will be in with a chance of winning an allotment makeover* as part of the national competition.After planting the potato seeds in March, the children have been caring for the plants as they grow, and now can’t wait to see and taste

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Join your local school for harvesting

Around the country excitement is mounting, as thousands of primary school children prepare to harvest the potatoes they planted back in the spring. During the week of June 21st a record number of nearly half a million pupils will be harvesting potatoes as part of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Schools that submit the weight of their crop will be in with a chance of winning an allotment makeover* as part of the national competition.After planting the potato seeds in March, the children have been caring for the plants as they grow, and now can’t wait to see and taste

With Just 4 Days To Go Until Open Farm Sunday - Interview Local Farmers Taking Part

With less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? Playing at Farming Confuses the Country Playing online farming games may be fun, but new

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country Playing online farming games may be fun, but new research suggests that they are in fact disconnecting us from what happens on a real farm. One in ten of those adults who said they regularly play online farming games believe strawberry milkshake comes from either pink cows or cows eating strawberries*, and over 11% expected to find rice growing on a British farm**. Forty one per cent of the adults surveyed said they regularly play online farming games, with nearly two thirds of those playing for up to five hours a week. The research commissioned by

Playing at Farming Confuses the Country

Playing online farming games may be fun, but new research suggests that they are in fact disconnecting us from what happens on a real farm. One in twenty of Scottish adults surveyed believe strawberry milkshake comes from either pink cows or cows eating strawberries, and nearly one in ten expected to find rice growing on a British farm. Forty per cent of Scottish adults surveyed said they regularly play online farming games, with over three quarters of those playing for up to five hours a week. The research commissioned by LEAF , organisers of Open Farm Sunday (13 June), also revealed that

Less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a week to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June) Interview local farmers who are taking part!

With less than a month to go until Open Farm Sunday 2010 (13 June), farmers across the country are busy preparing to open their farms to the public. This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. If you would like to visit a farm prior to Open Farm Sunday then let us know. You could follow a local farmer as they make their final preparations for the day or perhaps you would like to try your hand at being a farmer? A typical day might include silage-making, getting ready for harvest, milking a herd of

Interview your local farmers as they prepare for Open Farm Sunday 2010 – 13 June

Care about your food? We do! That’s the message from farmers across the country, as they prepare to open their farm gates on Open Farm Sunday (13 June 2010). This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. A visit to a local farm on Open Farm Sunday is a great way to meet the farmers who grow your food and see how they care for the countryside. It could include a tractor and trailer ride, an opportunity to see sheep being sheared, cows being milked or even chicks hatching! There will be plenty of farm

Interview your local farmers as they prepare for Open Farm Sunday 2010 – 13 June

Care about your food? We do! That’s the message from farmers across the country, as they prepare to open their farm gates on Open Farm Sunday (13 June 2010). This annual event organised by LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) is a must for anyone interested in food, farming or the countryside. A visit to a local farm on Open Farm Sunday is a great way to meet the farmers who grow your food and see how they care for the countryside. It could include a tractor and trailer ride, an opportunity to see sheep being sheared, cows being milked or even chicks hatching! There will be plenty of farm

Grow Your Own Potatoes - Support Your Local School

During the week of March 15th, 450,000 pupils, from over 11,000 primary schools, will be planting potatoes as part of the national Grow Your Own Potatoes project (GYOP). Organised by Potato Council, this unique project offers children an exciting and hands-on opportunity to see at first hand what it takes to be a potato grower!To celebrate the start of the biggest GYOP project ever, Potato Council is inviting media to visit a local participating school as the children plant their seed potatoes. Supporting your local school will provide fantastic photos, soundbites and interview

Chip shops are preserving regional dialects

With more than three quarters* of us believing it is important to preserve regional dialects and accents, research has shown that chip shops across the country are the surprising heroes of local language. A study into chip eating habits, commissioned for National Chip Week, shows that the chip shop provides more than just a great portion of chips. In fact, the research showed that one in six people claim the chip shop is actually the place they are most likely to see or hear regional words and phrases.We know the perfect portion of chips start with perfect potatoes, but did you know it also

Chip shops are preserving regional dialects

With more than three quarters* of us believing it is important to preserve regional dialects and accents, research has shown that chip shops across the country are the surprising heroes of local language. A study into chip eating habits, commissioned for National Chip Week, shows that the chip shop provides more than just a great portion of chips. In fact, the research showed that one in six people claim the chip shop is actually the place they are most likely to see or hear regional words and phrases.We know the perfect portion of chips start with perfect potatoes, but did you know it also

Scientists unwrap the secret of chips’ appeal

As a nation we’ve been enjoying chips for more than 150 years. To celebrate National Chip Week, Potato Council set out to discover what it is that keeps the British love affair with chips alive. According to chip fans across the country it’s down to their taste, tempting aroma and even their texture, but scientists believe there’s more to the popularity of chips than that.Experts at Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences have delved deeper to uncover the science behind just why we all love chips so much. The study revealed that after eating chips people experienced a 10 and

Interview Opportunities - Celebrate National Chip Week with Your Local Chippies

National Chip Week (15 – 21 February 2010) is an annual celebration our nation’s favourite – chips. See below for ways you can get involved… • Interview one of your local chip shops. Whether it’s a chippy with an interesting story to tell or a third generation family run business, find out what they are doing to celebrate National Chip Week… • Cook up some of the mouth-watering chip recipes from www.lovechips.co.uk • How about celebrating National Chip Week by explaining the colourful history of chips and how they still hold a special place in our hearts 150 years on? Throughout National

Help Your Favourite Bag The South East Perfect Portion Award!

Cheggers wants you to chip in at www.lovechips.co.uk The competition is really hotting up for this year’s South East Perfect Portion Award. With just over a week before nominations close, three chippies – Eddie Gilberts of Ramsgate, Skippers in Mitcham and Mini Berta’s in Bexhill-on-Sea – are topping the local league table, all hoping to wrap-up the prestigious award. But they haven’t got it in the bag just yet! Voting is very close with 60 shops, restaurants and pubs across the region* just a few fries away from the top honour. So cheeky Cheggers, National Chip Week’s saucy ambassador,

Help Your Favourite Bag The London Perfect Portion Award!

Cheggers wants you to chip in at www.lovechips.co.uk The competition is really hotting up for this year’s London Perfect Portion Award. With just over a week before nominations close, three chippies – George’s Fish & Souvlaki Bar, South Woodford, Olley’s Fish Experience, Lambeth and Romas of Bedford – are topping the local league table, all hoping to wrap-up the prestigious award. But they haven’t got it in the bag just yet! Voting is very close with 35 shops, restaurants and pubs across the region* just a few fries away from the top honour. So cheeky Cheggers, National Chip Week’s saucy

Help Your Favourite Bag The Yorkshire Perfect Portion Award!

Cheggers wants you to chip in at www.lovechips.co.uk The competition is really hotting up for this year’s Yorkshire Perfect Portion Award. With just two weeks before nominations close, three chippies – Scarborough Fisheries Dewsbury, Ingrow Fishery Keighley and Woody’s Fish & Chips Barnsley – are topping the local league table, all hoping to wrap-up the prestigious award. But they haven’t got it in the bag just yet! Voting is very close with nearly 80 shops, restaurants and pubs across the region* just a few fries away from the top honour. So cheeky Cheggers, National Chip Week’s saucy

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