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New dishes coming soon to Food

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

proto creme brulee

The following new dishes will be launched in three weeks, so look out for the first sneak preview

Monkfish Gnocchi: Fresh gnocchi made from our own recipe mixed with exquisite medallions of monkfish, fleshed sealed with brandy and cream sauce.

Spatchcock Poussin: Succulent small chicken part-boned, marinated in fresh herbs and barbecued served with spinach and potato mousse.

Crème Brule: From a traditional French recipe, a thick creamy dessert with a smooth centre and a luxurious sugared topping.

New Chateaubriand Steak at Food Restaurant in Worthing, West Sussex

NEW! Chateaubriand steak

Also we are very excited to say that we have recently secured the best cuts of Chateaubriand steak with our butcher. Look out for our chateau brine steak with dauphinoise potatoes. This is an ideal dish for two people sharing!

For those of you who would like to know more about Chateaubriand steak, here you go …

The Chateaubriand steak is a recipe of a particular thick cut from tenderloin , which, according to Larousse Gastronomique, (encyclopedia of gastronomy), was created by personal chef, Montmireil, for Vicomte François-René de Chateaubriand, (1768–1848), the author and diplomat who served Napoleon as an ambassador and Louis XVIII as Secretary of State for two years.Chateaubriand is usually only offered as a serving for two, as there is only enough meat in the center of the average fillet for two portions.

You can find out more on the Wikipedia website.

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Proto Restaurant Group sponsors Worthing Ice Rink

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Jack Ford, Worthing's potential British Ice Dance Champion. Photo by The Brand Surgery

As you probably know, Proto Restaurant Group sponsored Worthing Ice Rink to the tune of £1000 and we are glad we did because it has been the best attraction that Worthing has had since Worthing Birdman – well apart from our Christmas and Greek parties at our Food restaurant, Worthing in West Sussex.

The launch of the ice rink happened to coincide with the launch of Talent Within You, a new organisation set up to help children with talent. The organisation finds these children, develops the talent with sponsorship from local businesses, and takes that talent to the next level.

The first child with talent was Jack Ford, a potential British Ice Dance Champion who has a high probability of making it to the 2014 Olympics. Talent Within You arranged for him to open the ice rink, and also invited Todd Carty along, as we all know he loves Dancing on Ice! Todd Carty is now Talent Within You’s first patron. The evening before the launch, the Talent Within You team and Todd Carty enjoyed Beef Wellington, Steak, and Roast Beef supper at Food Restaurant in Worthing, West Sussex.

Talent Within You is a charitable organisation, and needs another £4.5K to achieve full charity status. Talent Within You have already reached Gift Aid status. Gift Aid allows charities to reclaim the basic rate tax you have already paid on the money you donate. This means that donations can be worth an extra 28p for every £1 donated, at no extra cost to the donor. So if you know of a business or businesses who would like to partner up with Talent Within You they would be very happy to speak to you. Contact vicky@talentwithinyou.org or call 01903 824229.

Todd Carty, Jack Ford and Vicky Vaughan. Photo by Mike Pisko

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Exclusive Travel for Proto Members

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Exclusive travel for Proto members

Welcome to the first of many exclusive offers for our Proto Club members. We have teamed up with an exclusive holiday operator who is willing to offer these fantastic deals when you book with them including a Priority Pass giving you access to over 600 airport lounges around the world* or alternatively free airport car parking* when you make your first booking. Does this sound too good to be true?  Read on …

This is an exclusive deal only for Proto Members. We are working with Worthing based Travel Counsellor, Claire Horne. Claire is a Travel Counsellor with a difference. She is a new type of travel agent, one where the emphasis is on personal service, and one that offers appointments that suit the client, often evenings or weekends.

Claire uses the latest cutting edge technology that enables her to search through literally hundreds of suppliers in a matter of minutes to find the best options for her customers.  Claire adds; “I am able to tailor-make trips to meet each of my customer’s individual travel needs. This could be a weekend break to Paris, a round the world trip or a cruise around the Mediterranean.”

Claire can also offer her customer complete financial peace of mind as everything they book through Travel Counsellors is 100% financially protected through the company’s own Trust.

What is the offer?

Claire from Travel Counsellors is delighted to be able to offer our Proto Club members a free Priority Pass giving access to over 600 airport lounges around the world* or alternatively free airport car parking* when you make your first booking.   For more information or to discuss your forthcoming travel plans contact Claire on (Worthing) 0845 058 8062, e-mail claire.horne@travelcounsellors.com or log on to www.travelcounsellors.co.uk/claire.horne.

What’s in the small print?

*Proto group members will be eligible for either a Priority Pass or a week’s free airport parking upon their first booking only and subject to a minimum booking value of £1,000. At airport lounges, local payment will be required to gain access with the Priority Pass. Our offer of free parking is subject to availability which will be advised at the time of booking.

Proto Restaurant Group only recommends companies who we have used personally and who we feel give the best quality and customer service as we do.

So Proto is not simply just another restaurant in Worthing and Littlehampton. The Proto Restaurant Group really looks after its customers and we will continue to partner up with good quality businesses, just like Travel Counsellors, to bring Proto Club members exclusive offers just like this.

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New sponsors of Worthing Rugby Club

Friday, January 15th, 2010

Proto Restaurant Group sponsor Worthing Rugby Club

We are pleased to announce that Proto Restaurant Group is the corporate partner of Worthing Rugby Club. Worthing Rugby Club is based at Roundstone Lane. It was opened in 1979 by Dickie Jeeps, the former England international and then Chairman of the sports council. The club has moved around various locations in Worthing including: The Rotary Ground at Broadwater, The Rugby Road ground, Castle Road in Tarring and now in Angmering.

We will be supporting the rugby club by attending the game against Richmond on 30th January and the kick-off is at 2pm. We are looking forward to the exciting events coming up soon. Watch this space to keep up to date with our sponsorship news.

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Proto Restaurant Group sponsor the Splash Awards 2010

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Proto Restaurant Group sponsor the Splash Awards

We are sponsoring the Splash Awards 2010. The categories are:

• Mum of the Year 2010
• Dad of the year 2010
• Sporting Star 2010
• Sports Team 2010
• Restaurant of the Year 2010
• Courage Award 2010
• Splash Gold Award 2010
• Top Teacher 2010
• Best Friend 2010
• Best Business 2010
• Pub of the Year 2010
• Fundraiser of the Year 2010

The reason we are sponsoring these awards is because they are community and charity based awards. Proto are strong supporters of the Worthing community and we are always looking to help local heroes.

Everyone can take part in these awards because we believe that everyone must know someone who is worthy of one of the awards above – so get nominating now!

This is the second year of the awards. Last year was a great success with 1300 nominations in just over six weeks – there were many emotional tear jerking stories. The awards night will take place at The Dome on Thursday 18th March and it promises to be full of glitz and glamour. Don’t forget to wear your waterproof mascara (boys too)!

If you would like further information, please call Diane at Splash on 01903 233005.

Good luck everyone!

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Christmas at The Fish Factory

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Christmas at The Fish Factory, Worthing

Dare we mention the ‘C’ word? Christmas is less than two months away and we are pleased to announce the launch of the new Fish Factory Christmas Menu. This limited edition Christmas menu is now available with unique dishes that our masterchefs have created especially for you.

Choose from exciting dishes such as Game Paté and Homemade Hunter Suet Pies. We have also invented a unique Pepper Sauce for our Yellow Fin Tuna which is exclusive to The Fish Factory. This dish is available for a limited time only. Don’t miss it! Yum yum

The best news of all is that for 3 courses, you only pay £15 and for 2 courses the price is £12.50. As you can imagine, with quality food at silly prices, we are getting booked up already. To see the full Fish Factory Christmans menu, click here. so to avoid disappointment, call 01903 207123 to reserve your Christmas table at The Fish Factory, Worthing.

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Proto Restaurant Group judge the Rotary Young Chef Competition

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Andrew Sparsis gives some top advice to aspiring chef

It seems that Masterchef is gripping the nation and that cooking is the latest craze – which is a good thing!

If you didn’t know about the Rotary Young Chef Competition, where have you been? This national competition (sponsored by Filippo Berio Olive Oil) is aimed at schools although any student under 18 may enter, and is designed to encourage kids to demonstrate their culinary skills in menu and budget planning, sourcing and purchasing ingredients, hygienically cooking and serving a healthy two or three course meal for two.

The Worthing heat is being judged by our very own Andy Sparsis and Stuart who is the head chef at The Fish Factory. This competition is in it’s second year and the next round is on Wednesday 4th November. After this, the winners and some runners up from the District event will go forward to a Regional event and from there to a prestigious National final.

All we can say is: Watch out Masterchef!

Cooking is great fun!

Good to see that young ladies are still cooking too!

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Proto Restaurant wins the Healthy Workplace Award 2009

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Proto Restaurant Group

We’ve been celebrating since winning the prestigious Healthy Workplace Award on Saturday evening at The Worthing Business Awards 2009.

What a brilliant night! The evening was hosted by Fred Dinenage – you may know him from How 2 or ITV Meridian.

The whole evening was sponsored by Carpenter Box Accountants, and organised by the Worthing Herald. Louise James and Vaidas Butkus picked up their award from councillor Paul Yallop who represented the sponsors Worthing Borough Council. You can see Louise and Vaidas’ giving their winner’s speech by clicking here.

We would like to thank everyone that nominated us this year – it means a great deal. We look forward to seeing you all soon.

If you would like to read more about our training programme, click here.

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Worthing Business Awards – Good luck everyone!

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Worthing Business Award

We are crossing our fingers for tomorrow’s Worthing Business Awards. We have been shortlisted for the Healthy Workplace Award 2009. We have some tough competition though, as we are up against Worthing High School.

As you know, the Proto Restaurant Group takes health and safety very seriously. Back in July we announced that we had been featured in Gordon Brown’s Government Magazine, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health’s Magazine called “Trainer’s Exchange”. Trainer’s Exchange is a government magazine that is distributed to all the Councils in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Proto have been selected for being committed to managing one of the best trained and committed teams in the country due to our own in-house training school for all our restaurant staff. You can read the rest that blog entry by clicking here.

We wish all of Worthing’s shortlisted businesses the best of British at tomorrow’s award evening.

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English Bowling Championships in Worthing – It must be Summer!

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

English Bowling Association - EBA Bowling

You know that summer is here when the EMA Bowling Championships come to Worthing.

The Men’s National Championships have been taking place underneath our noses since Saturday 8th August and run until Saturday 22nd August. In the middle of all this action is the National Mixed Fours Finals which takes place on 15th and 16th August.

We love it when the championships take place in Worthing! We serve over 3000 people a week in our fish restaurant – The Fish Factory. In fact, we have looked after all the bowlers for the last seven years. Here’s a few interesting facts …

Did you know that Bowls England is the capital of lawn bowling and is based in Worthing, near Steyne Gardens (virtually opposite The Fish Factory)?
Bowling is becoming trendy for youngsters! More and more kids are getting into this sport. So if you want to be a leader, and not a follower, you know what to do …
Fish served from The Fish Factory is the best food for bowlers – all those amino acids help the brain to function and help you to win – however old you are!
So if you fancy taking up a new hobby, or need some gentle exercise – log onto: www.bowlsengland.com and your life could take a turn for the better! Don’t forget to spoil yourselves afterwards with our brand new spoil menu which has a Japanese twist this time!

Tags: amino acids, bowlers, bowling, bowls england, brain function, championships, EBA, japanese, national mixed fours finals, restaurant, spoil yourself, steyne gardens, the fish factory
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