Bernice Hurst
Bernice Hurst is the author/editor of more than 60 food related publications aimed at both consumers and the food industry. As founder and Managing Director of the Fine Food Club, she pioneered online food retailing in the UK when the Fine Food Club became the first shop in AOL UK's shopping channel.
Bernice currently writes for off and online publications about food, the food industry, hotel and leisure sectors and eCommerce, as well as advising food producers on their marketing and eCommerce strategies.
Articles
Some like it hot, others even hotter
Today’s column, dear readers, is going to be HOT. I have just been speaking to Steve Waters of the South Devon Chilli Farm.
By Bernice Hurst on
Apr 17,2009
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Today’s column, dear readers, is going to be HOT. I have just been speaking to Steve Waters of the South Devon Chilli Farm.
The elusive small shop delivery model
Networking and serendipity have long been themes guiding both my business and personal life. Because you just never know what’s coming or when you might meet the most important opportunity of your ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Apr 15,2009
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Networking and serendipity have long been themes guiding both my business and personal life. Because you just never know what’s coming or when you might meet the most important opportunity of your ...
Comfort and care top of the menu
Like many people at the moment, I’m not eating out as much as usual. When I do, I check menus for special offers and tend to go for lunch more often than ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Mar 26,2009
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Like many people at the moment, I’m not eating out as much as usual. When I do, I check menus for special offers and tend to go for lunch more often than ...
Meg Rivers Cakes
Today's theme is comfort food. As one who rarely buys a cake someone else has baked, Meg Rivers treats are the exception that proves the rule. Knowing that it is a genuinely ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Mar 18,2009
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Today's theme is comfort food. As one who rarely buys a cake someone else has baked, Meg Rivers treats are the exception that proves the rule. Knowing that it is a genuinely ...
H Forman & Son, smokers of a different kind
Growing up in New York City, one of my favourite weekend outings was a visit to what my parents called, simply, The Smokehouse.
By Bernice Hurst on
Feb 11,2009
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Growing up in New York City, one of my favourite weekend outings was a visit to what my parents called, simply, The Smokehouse.
Valentine's (or any other) Day heaven
Although I’ve never been a fan of Valentine’s Day, preferring a spontaneous romantic gesture to one commercially dictated, I’m a sucker for chocolates and would welcome a gift from Demarquette any day.
By Bernice Hurst on
Feb 05,2009
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Although I’ve never been a fan of Valentine’s Day, preferring a spontaneous romantic gesture to one commercially dictated, I’m a sucker for chocolates and would welcome a gift from Demarquette any day.
Relax and smell the coffee
This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Jeremy Torz and Steven Macatonia. Before starting Union Coffee Roasters in 2001, they had another, very successful incarnation as Torz & Macatonia, gourmet coffee roasters. ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Jan 29,2009
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This isn’t the first time I’ve written about Jeremy Torz and Steven Macatonia. Before starting Union Coffee Roasters in 2001, they had another, very successful incarnation as Torz & Macatonia, gourmet coffee roasters. ...
Grazing in the City
Full disclosure first, as my American colleagues say. The brains, brawn, blood, sweat and tears behind Grazing belong to Sam Hurst, a passionate and determined young entrepreneur who happens to be my ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Jan 27,2009
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Full disclosure first, as my American colleagues say. The brains, brawn, blood, sweat and tears behind Grazing belong to Sam Hurst, a passionate and determined young entrepreneur who happens to be my ...
Sharing the love with olives (et al)
One of the things I love about small business owners is their passion. Generally this is indisputable. But often it goes with a peculiar, selfish, resistance to parting with whatever they’ve produced. Marketing ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Dec 19,2008
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One of the things I love about small business owners is their passion. Generally this is indisputable. But often it goes with a peculiar, selfish, resistance to parting with whatever they’ve produced. Marketing ...
Babyboomboom makes beautiful music
It’s that gifty time of year so please forgive me for choosing a small, extremely innovative business that has struck several chords with me but is also eminently suitable if you want ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Dec 11,2008
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It’s that gifty time of year so please forgive me for choosing a small, extremely innovative business that has struck several chords with me but is also eminently suitable if you want ...
The business of perfect cooking
As I said in part I of this article, my life’s work has been pretty much about encouraging people to eat well and to cook with readily available and not very expensive ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Nov 18,2008
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As I said in part I of this article, my life’s work has been pretty much about encouraging people to eat well and to cook with readily available and not very expensive ...
Stirring Stuff cookery school business
Thirty years ago last month (October), I published my first cookbook. A tiny little, 32 page, effort called The Perfect Cheesecake. It launched a veritable empire, not to say a ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Nov 13,2008
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Thirty years ago last month (October), I published my first cookbook. A tiny little, 32 page, effort called The Perfect Cheesecake. It launched a veritable empire, not to say a ...
Novel way of seeing the sites
Have I mentioned that Alaska has some quirky small businesses? This is one that I saw in action but, admittedly, did not experience firsthand.
By Bernice Hurst on
Nov 03,2008
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Have I mentioned that Alaska has some quirky small businesses? This is one that I saw in action but, admittedly, did not experience firsthand.
Some good food does come in a box
It would be fairly safe to describe myself as a farmers’ market fiend. I visit them whenever and wherever I can, taking great pleasure in finding new ones and talking to the ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Oct 29,2008
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It would be fairly safe to describe myself as a farmers’ market fiend. I visit them whenever and wherever I can, taking great pleasure in finding new ones and talking to the ...
Alaskan hospitality explored
My son-in-law, born and raised in Fairbanks, has driven the highway to Anchorage countless times.
By Bernice Hurst on
Oct 22,2008
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My son-in-law, born and raised in Fairbanks, has driven the highway to Anchorage countless times.
Alaskan small businesses - Celestial Meads
Bear with me (no pun intended) while I tell you about some of the small businesses I visited this summer in Alaska.
By Bernice Hurst on
Oct 14,2008
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Bear with me (no pun intended) while I tell you about some of the small businesses I visited this summer in Alaska.
A fruity tale
If you are equating fruity with raunchy, look away now. This is not a tale of people behaving badly. Rather, it is about business people taking note of their market ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Jul 31,2008
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If you are equating fruity with raunchy, look away now. This is not a tale of people behaving badly. Rather, it is about business people taking note of their market ...
Gabriel Machin, celeb hang-out and bangers par excellence
One of the many things I like about Gabriel Machin is that it (not he, Gabriel Machin is a shop) is still where it was when its doors first opened in 1910. ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Jul 26,2008
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One of the many things I like about Gabriel Machin is that it (not he, Gabriel Machin is a shop) is still where it was when its doors first opened in 1910. ...
The Pilgrim, An internet epiphany
Early in May, when a large group of my friends decided to take a long weekend break together, one of us volunteered to be internet surfer-in-chief.
By Bernice Hurst on
Jul 10,2008
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Early in May, when a large group of my friends decided to take a long weekend break together, one of us volunteered to be internet surfer-in-chief.
The Old Farmhouse Bakery: farm, bakery, gallery
There are two reasons I avoid going to The Old Farmhouse Bakery. First off, it’s just too far away and too isolated from human life.
By Bernice Hurst on
Jul 07,2008
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There are two reasons I avoid going to The Old Farmhouse Bakery. First off, it’s just too far away and too isolated from human life.
Old Stables Tea Rooms
A few months ago I spent two afternoons doing one of those really tough jobs that someone has to do. Food tasting.
By Bernice Hurst on
Jul 03,2008
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A few months ago I spent two afternoons doing one of those really tough jobs that someone has to do. Food tasting.
Waterfield Nursery, a growing business
Just because I’ve lived in the same small village for (gulp) 37 years, poking my nose into most of the nearby food businesses, cross-examining owners, doesn’t mean that new guys on the ...
By Bernice Hurst on
Jul 01,2008
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Just because I’ve lived in the same small village for (gulp) 37 years, poking my nose into most of the nearby food businesses, cross-examining owners, doesn’t mean that new guys on the ...
