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Louie Miller, pictured with Andy Preston, has returned home to Teesside to take up the role of head chef at charity-led restaurant The Fork in the Road.
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LOUIE COMES HOME
The new head chef of The Fork in the Road says he’ s determined to help make the charity-led Middlesbrough eaterie“ the best restaurant on Teesside”.
Award-winning chef Louie Miller will also be responsible for transforming Teessiders who’ ve been long-term unemployed into a new generation of talented chefs.
Backed by local charity CEO Sleepout, the not-for-profit project on Linthorpe Road is run by experienced catering professionals who mentor trainees including ex-offenders, those in recovery from addiction and the long-term unemployed.
Louie, who is originally from Yarm, has returned to Teesside after building a big reputation at the award-winning Nags Head at Pickhill, near Thirsk, the Star at Harome, near Helmsley, Aysgarth Falls Hotel near Leyburn and most recently Lockwoods in Ripon, the Good Food Guide’ s 2016 Restaurant of the Year.
Former Conyers School pupil Louie said:
Film boost for Saltburn production company
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Saltburn film production company has celebrated a decade in business by completing a number of high profile projects.
Fridge Productions has secured work with the North York Moors National Park, Scarborough Borough Council, the new Alpamare waterpark in Scarborough and Ryedale District Council.
The business, owned by film producer and director David Jinks, counts organisations such as the BBC, Welcome to Yorkshire, National Geographic, The North Face and Lloyds Bank as clients.
Fridge Productions has seen a 20 % increase in new work, boosted by the company’ s success producing a promotional
“ I want The Fork in the Road to be the best restaurant on Teesside. To be the head chef of the best restaurant in the area in which I grew up would be the best possible recognition.” The Fork has also recently taken on its first apprentice, having also set up a training academy in partnership with Stockton Riverside College.
As part of a not-for-profit social enterprise, profits from The Fork in the Road restaurant will be invested in Bar Zero, a dry bar upstairs from the eaterie. The bar, which is open Friday and Saturday evenings, serves food, soft drinks, tea and coffee but no alcohol.
Along with CEO Sleepout, The Fork in the Road and Bar Zero project is funded by Public Health England, with input from charity Recovery Connections and Middlesbrough Council’ s Public Health Department.
Tees Business and our readers helped bring the project to reality when organising last year’ s CEO Sleepout event at Preston Park Museum, which raised £ 45,000.
film about the Yorkshire leg of 2014’ s Tour de France.
And it has recently been working with Castle Howard to promote their stately home as a film location in the US.
Jinks established Fridge Productions in 2006 following a career in corporate communications in the financial sector. Since then, his business has worked all over the world in locations such as Lebanon, China and Austria.
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1. Utilise your ISA allowances
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2. Make a pension contribution
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4. Review your investments and utilise your annual capital gains tax allowance
An investment review will also allow you to ensure that your portfolio is on track to meet your goals and objectives.
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