Tim Smallwood FFCSI

Watch: FCSI members at HostMilano discuss what the Society means to them

The FCSI EAME booth at HostMilano 2025 was a hive of activity, with four days of in-person presentations and moderated…

Design Masterclass: MAS – an essential service

FCSI management advisory services (MAS) consultants are an essential part of the FCSI story. Their role is resolving the business…

Design Masterclass: AI in professional kitchen design

In recent years, the drumbeat of artificial intelligence (AI) has grown ever louder across virtually every industry – its promise,…

Design masterclass: AI in professional kitchen design

In recent years, the drumbeat of artificial intelligence (AI) has grown ever louder across virtually every industry, its promise, its…

Design Masterclass: Another way of thinking about foodservice consulting

To start this final year of the first quarter of this century, it seemed to be a good idea to…

Design Masterclass: reflecting on 2024, looking ahead to 2025

2024 was a strange year. Lots of optimism that AI, and large language models, Dall-e and Chat GPT and so…

Design Masterclass: Environmental sustainability in foodservice design

What does environmentally sensitive professional foodservice design look like? The fact is each of us will be thinking of it…

Design masterclass: robotics and automation, dare to dream

The subject of robots in the kitchen has become the (forgive the pun) “flavor” of the moment. Automation, in one…

Design Masterclass: getting it right first time

How is it that projects frequently fail to completely meet the designer's intention in all respects and that there will…

Event review: 11th FHV international Food & Hotel Vietnam

The 11th FHV international Food & Hotel Vietnam was held in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon to the older uninitiated)…