Distance learning students on the Foundation Degree and BSc Food Manufacture spent their study week at Holbeach developing a new flavour of cheese. Working in two teams, the students – who all work full-time in the food industry and study part-time towards their degree – carried out kitchen and...
Thanks to funding through the SUSTAIN Lincolnshire Programme, the University of Lincoln is offering a range of free short courses for Lincolnshire-based small businesses involved directly with food or in related industries. The courses run during March 2012 and will equip participants with an understanding of the benefits of...
New Courses for 2012 Level 3 Principles of Auditing: 19th and 26th January Level 3 General Allergen Awareness: 1 February (3 hours) Level 7 How to Improve the Performance of your Food Manufacturing and Packing Operations – A Course for Senior Managers: 2nd and 9th February Level 3 Developing...
Jimmy Docherty popped in to Holbeach at the beginning of January to film an episode for a new series of Jimmy’s Farm. He is working alongside a large supermarket looking at products using a free range meat source, so they used the specialist laboratories and new product development kitchen...
Employees at Freshtime in Boston celebrated success at an awards ceremony on Tuesday 14th December, where Operations General Manager, Paul Faulkner, presented certificates to those who had been learning English and gained the City & Guilds 3792 Adult Literacy Entry level award. Gaye Woodward, English language tutor at the...
A well motivated, screened and maintained taste panel providing reliable and objective results from tasting sessions is an essential tool for any food and drink manufacturer. The University of Lincoln now offers routine screening to measure on-going performance of individual taste panel members ability to evaluate products whether as...