Kitchen Wimbledon has 50 kitchens & 364 chefs to feed 39,000 fans daily. Plus competitors, match officials, staff, club members & >3,000 always-hungry media reps. And serve lunch, afternoon tea & end-of-the-day drinks to 74 guests in the Royal Box overlooking Centre Court. 26 on-site restaurants and 33 grab-&-go kiosks. Faultless service expected & delivered Guessed…
Eggwash Double eggwash gives Wimbledon scones their rich, golden-brown tops. Over 8,000 baked each day of the tournament by 3rd-generation London family bakery. Secret recipe of high-quality wheat flour, sugar, milk, baking powder & golden sultanas mixed for 6 mins. Dough left to ‘relax’, then hand-cut & put on baking trays. Baking time & temperature…
Catering Wimbledon is Europe’s largest annual sport catering event. 2017 sales: 33,211 kg strawberries; 9,848 litres cream; 110,225 scones; 2,198 afternoon tea hampers; 77,142 sandwiches; 76,603 ice creams; 307,277 teas & coffees. £2.50 ($3) for punnet of 10 strawberries – unchanged from 2010 so an iconic part of Wimbledon is affordable to all Guessed the…
Iceberg Severe droughts invite radical solutions: Tow iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town. Not a new idea – in mid-1800s, Chile breweries towed small icebergs, some fitted with sails, for refrigeration. Made of compacted snow, iceberg water is 99% pure. By 2030, global water demand will exceed supply by 40%. Red tape alert! Need risk…
Nanny The great British nanny is a trusted blue-chip export. The best 3-year training ensures competent care for baby to age 7 – swimming, games, drama, well-being, sign language, bereavement, hairstyling, safeguarding, cybersecurity, self-defence, skidpan driving. Packed nanny bag for emergencies. The template for a perfect Mary Poppins since 1892. Requests to open colleges abroad are…
Guess the Word and Contact Us for prizes! Series 44 starts soon….. 1st letter of each Post Title (in a Series) spells a business word – spelt correctly or jumbled up. Previous answers: Series 43 spelt W-O-R-T-H-G (GROWTH) Series 42 spelt P-L-A-U-D-I-T-S (PLAUDITS) Series 41 spelt N-U-T-M-E-G-J-E-D (JUDGEMENT) Series 40 spelt L-E-A-D (DEAL) Series 39 spelt N-O-C-U-T-D-O-W-N (COUNTDOWN)…
Garden 32% of tourists who visit Britain go to parks & gardens. More than the 28% who visit castles, historic houses, museums & art galleries. 35% make sightseeing trips to famous monuments/ buildings. Lucem demonstrat unbra = the shadow shows the light. Peripheries between the tamed & the wild, gardens lure everyone Guessed the Word? …
Heatwave Heatwaves make us realize that adapting to global warming is key to survival. Cost to transform the world economy for climate change is blistering, but the price of inaction will be even greater. A growing number of firms are making decisions using hypothetical costs & reducing their carbon footprint voluntarily Guessed the Word? …
Tent Great business success can come even from shows in a tent! Glastonbury 1971 – 1st pyramid stage on Stonehenge leyline, made of scaffolding covered in plastic sheets, as a retort to over-commercialized festivals. Follows medieval Summer Solstice tradition of music, dance, poetry, theatre, lights & spontaneous entertainment. Tickets sell out in >1 hour each…
Rainbow A rainbow represents inclusiveness & a hope humans will mingle peacefully. The new rainbow watches for both men & women show how to borrow a sentiment for marketing while paying homage to the original: almost all the watches showcase the same clockwise colour gradient – red at 12 o’clock, & the colours run around…