Halal Butchers London, Wholesale Meat Suppliers

Be Sure to Choose Healthy Cuts of Beef

Most of us care about what we eat, where it comes from, how it was produced and how healthy, or otherwise, it is to eat. Here, we take a look at how you can incorporate delicious healthy cuts of beef…

How To Choose The Perfect Roasting Joint

As the colder weather draws in and the temperature drops, families and diners look for comforting meals that will sustain them and bring them joy. At IMS of Smithfield, we firmly believe that every meal should make everyone happy, which…

A List Of Game Meats That Are Delicious In Summer Salads

In the heat of summer, there’s nothing better than a refreshing salad, made using fresh game meats. These dishes are the ideal light lunch before spending the rest of the day enjoying the sunshine and spending time with your loved…

Quality London Catering Butchers: a Better Breed of Butcher

At IMS of Smithfield, we’re very proud to be Quality London Catering Butchers and of the top quality meat and poultry products provided from our state of the art facility in Kings Cross, London. Established in 1970 by Roberto Raggio,…

Introducing Our Online Meat Shop

As one of London’s leading wholesale meat suppliers online, we are very happy to announce the extension of this service to the public. In these difficult times where people are unable or hesitant to venture into their local supermarket or…

IMS of Smithfields Launches Home Delivery Service

Delivery Direct to your Door with our home delivery service To ensure we continue to meet the demand for our products and to service our loyal customer base, we have launched a home delivery service from our store in Kings…

Popular Food Trends for Restaurant Owners in 2017

2017 is promising to be an interesting year for the hospitality industry. The impact of the EU referendum has been a weak pound, which may well encourage international visitors to our hotels and restaurants. The forecast for growth in the…

How To Calculate Food Costs And Get Menu Pricing Right For A Profit

Getting menu pricing right is a key factor in restaurant profit. Every good restaurant manager knows that some food items, for example, fish are more expensive than others but in order to calculate food costs correctly and set menu costs…

Quick and Easy Chicken Recipes

When it comes to chicken, we’re confident we know a thing or two about the world’s most popular type of poultry. As one of the leading and best wholesale poultry suppliers in London, we only source the best quality products…

Top Foodie Trends for 2020

January isn’t the greatest month, we all feel sluggish for overindulgence at Christmas, it’s cold and wet, and even worse, summer feels like a lifetime away. But don’t despair! If you’re a lover of all things food, then there’s a…

Top British Food & Drink Awareness Days

As London butchers and lovers of all things ‘food & drink’ we’re constantly on the look-out for the best of British when it comes to awareness days. Here’s our research on the upcoming awareness days for 2020 - get involved,…

Catering Tips for Weddings

One of the things your guests will remember after your wedding is the catering. No matter whether the food was good or bad, it’s something they will take with them to the next wedding, and the next, and the next.…

Top Catering Management Software for Servicing Schools, Factories and Local Authorities

Catering management is a complicated matter, particularly when you are working within strict parameters. Those who cater on a larger scale, for example in educational, industrial or local authority settings, understand the range of processes required for top quality provision.…

10 Popular National Food Holidays in the UK

These days it really can seem as though we have a day for everything but when it comes to food, we have much to celebrate. Across the UK, we have a fantastic food industry with our farmers, food retailers and…

Restaurant Marketing – 12 Ways To Get More People Through The Door

London is host to an astonishing variety of restaurants, all looking for exciting and innovative ways in which to attract new customers and keep loyal, existing ones visiting. When your menu is popular and your punters already like the ambience…

The Ultimate Guide to the Best Halal Restaurants in London

London has long been known as a city of multi-cultural dining and taste experiences and the best restaurants in London are known to be amongst the best in the world. Wander the streets for long and you will find one…

Staff Management On Steroids: Revealing The Top Twenty Staff Motivation Ideas For The Food Industry

There can be no doubt about it; the food service industry relies on customer satisfaction. Whether you manage a restaurant, a hotel or another type of catering service, customer satisfaction is crucial, and with the right staff management great results…

How to Reduce Restaurant Food Waste ? 20 Proven Restaurant Management Tips

Restaurant food waste is a problem that nobody in the industry can afford to ignore. According to WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme) 199,100 tonnes of food waste is produced each year by UK restaurants, with very little of…

10 popular cuts of lamb in the UK

To this day, Lamb still remains a menu favourite with UK diners. With its excellent flavour and tender meat, it?s no surprise that (according to the AHDB) we ate around 70,000 tonnes of this delicious meat in the last year.…

10 Tips to Find the Best Catering Services for your Event

From corporate entertainment to family weddings, one of the most important elements of your event will be your choice of catering services. As well as checking that you have access to a menu that will suit you and your guests,…

The Top 10 Ways to Make Your Restaurant More Profitable

For all restaurant, hotel and catering managers one of the most important jobs is the creation of a restaurant menu that is both appealing and profitable. The dining consumer can be fickle and it?s vital that, as well as including…

Important Tips For Cooking Chicken

Chicken is one of the most versatile meats that can be cooked in a multitude of ways. It has a mild delicate flavour and cooked right can have a soft succulent texture, which just melts in the mouth. It is…

Halal Food Guide

You may have heard of the term halal many times, but not have much idea of what it means unless you?re a Muslim. The word halal comes from an Arabic word which means ?lawful?. The opposite of halal, and therefore…

21 Amazing Ideas To Get More Restaurant Customers Through The Door

For any restaurant owner the aim has to be a full house as many times a week as possible. Competition in the hospitality industry is fierce and finding innovative ways to attract customers in your direction is a key element…

Top 5 Cured Meats And Their Origins

In this month?s post, we?re going to be looking at cured meats and their origins. There are some great favourites here, ones we enjoy week in week out if we?re a meat lover. Cured meat not only tastes great but…

Ultimate list of the biggest restaurant menu complaints given by customers

Today we?re looking at the biggest gripes made by customers regarding restaurant menus. If you see anything you recognise, then you?ll know you?re getting something wrong and you need to change it. There?s nothing wrong with making mistakes, but by…

Top 5 Game Meats Eaten in the UK

In our post this month, we?re going to be looking at the different types of game meat, and focusing on the top 5 eaten in the UK. It?s true that game meats have become increasingly popular, and are so delicious…

The Secret Benefits Of Beef

For years, many people have been thinking about beef in all the wrong ways. The benefits and attributes of fish and chicken have been lauded for years on end, while red meat, such as beef, is seen as being entirely…

5 Essential Tips For Delicious Chicken Dishes

Our love affair with chicken meat started some 10,000 years ago. Today, in modern Britain you would be hard-pushed to find a menu without at least one chicken dish, but many people are wary about preparing chicken, as it is…

5 Practical Ideas for In Office Catering

With limited equipment, enclosed spaces and business to attend to, in office catering can be a challenge. For caterers working to serve up something special in a corporate environment, there are dozens of hurdles and hitches to navigate ? all…

5 Halal BBQ Tips for Summer

Summer's coming, which can mean just one thing for meat lovers: It's barbecue time. Whether you're catering a relaxed wedding, or a big outdoors event, putting on a sizzling spread which impresses every guest is a great way to keep…

Conventional Meat: Why Are Chicken, Pork, Lamb & Beef Our Staples?

Why do British meat-eaters today consider chicken, pork, lamb and beef to be the ?normal? meats? Across the channel in France, our carnivorous cousins have a much more diverse repertoire when it comes to meat, regularly eating horse, rabbit and…

5 Lesser Known Cuts of Meat Which Cost Less & Taste Better

Little inspires culinary creativity like a brand new ingredient to work with. Whether you're keen to offer cheaper alternatives in your eatery, or are looking for something new to serve your diners, these 5 unusual cuts are very economical and…

5 Big, Meaty Mistakes to Avoid When Cooking Steak

Sometimes the simplest recipes are the trickiest to perfect. When you're serving up something that's ?simply? delicious, you need to get it spot on. Steak is the ultimate challenge for lovers of pared back, perfect food. Get it right and…

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