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Former House of Darrach multi-site development brought to market

Hotel Owner

The former House of Darrach in the village of Gartocharn, Alexandria has been placed up for sale off a freehold guide price of £795,000. The business was re-named House of Darrach in 2008. After 11 years the business closed with the property becoming the training centre and central office for the family business. Set upon c.1,629

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Du Fermier’s Annie Smithers in profile

Hospitality Magazine

She trained under Stephanie Alexander in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, where she was taught the ins and outs of classic French home-style cooking. “I In 2008, she opened her first restaurant Annie Smithers’ Bistro in Kyneton and grew produce on her acreage in Malmsbury. Annie Smithers has had a fruitful career spanning more than 30 years.

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Better Spices, Better Lives

EATER

We have to recruit new farmers, and some days we have training for farmers so they know what to do differently for the coming year. They are selling the product to distributors — to corporations like Whole Foods or in Afghanistan, to big local markets — with a very cheap price. Eater: What does a typical day look like for you?

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How this top Brooklyn restaurant is able to pay teams more than industry average

7 Shifts

But if you rewind to 2009, 2008 when I started cooking, it was heavily glorified and still is in a lot of places, and was seen as the only really meaningful metric to measure your career by, in gastronomy and this obsession with the chef-celebrity, and the chef is God, an artist, and genius. It [can be] abusive, it's toxic, it's exploitative.

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MRM Franchise Feed: Frictionless QDOBA and Crisp & Greens Goes National

Modern Restaurant Management

Together, they are launching the Pathways to Black Franchise Ownership program, an innovative personal development training initiative that equips potential business owners to operate high-performing businesses. Recent data shows that only eight percent of restaurants are owned by Black people.

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What We Miss When Vacation Rentals Become Contactless

EATER

The doting septuagenarian welcomed me and my partner after a long train ride from Madrid and a short ferry ride across the Strait of Gibraltar, plying us with sugary mint tea and stories until our weary eyes forced us off to bed. I learned to love them in a creaky, overflowing Tangier riad, the home of my Airbnb host.

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The Modern French Corner Store Is Like Shopping in a Rustic Fantasy

EATER

And while they carry some higher-ticket items, such as smoked fish, soy sauce made in Touraine, and cookbooks that may reach 30 to 40 euros, inclusive pricing was central to their vision. The 2008 global financial crisis hollowed out much of the rural economy and left many main streets deserted.

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