Pictured: East Lodge Deputy Managing Director Iain Hardman
'toasts' the start of Farmhouse Breakfast Week
As Farmhouse Breakfast Week gets underway (January 22-28), multi
award-winning Peak District hotel and restaurant East Lodge is
joining calls to recognise breakfast as the most important meal of
the day. A healthy start, especially a traditional award-winning
English one, is not to be missed.
East Lodge is supporting the annual HGCA (Home Grown Cereals
Authority) Farmhouse Breakfast Week campaign, helping raise
awareness of the health benefits of a nutritious breakfast for
children and adults alike, urging people to make time for breakfast
in 2012.
Research says there is a clear link between increasing numbers
of us skipping breakfast and rising obesity levels in the UK, as
people who don't eat breakfast tend to eat more (often unhealthy
food) for lunch and dinner. And, if you skip breakfast, you are
statistically more likely to be overweight.
The importance of a good breakfast has long been recognised at
East Lodge, and the hotel has back to back Kellogg's breakfast
awards to prove it. The Breakfast awards recognise hotels offering
their guests a top quality breakfast, but consistently exceeding
what would be expected just from an establishments star rating
alone, with only the freshest ingredients used.
East Lodge has achieved this through its fish being supplied
from the on-site smokery, and fresh, free range eggs courtesy of
the hotel's own flock of hens - collected and served on the same
day they are laid; and pork is supplied courtesy of local Highfield
House Farm.
"Farmhouse Breakfast Week is a great time to remind everyone of
the importance of a nutritious breakfast to start the day, " said
Iain Hardman, Deputy Managing director of East Lodge. "This is
particularly true for children and when this year's Great Rowsley
Menu gets underway; we will be encouraging the children to see the
importance of enjoying fresh foods as a route to good health."
Children and adults who skip breakfast are more likely to have
difficulty concentrating and more likely to consume snacks high in
fat, salt and sugar at other times during the day to
compensate.
A traditional full English breakfast, cooked with fresh local
produce, is a treat to savour and contrary to popular belief can be
good for you. New research is showing there may be truth in the old
adage of breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a
pauper, as enjoying a full breakfast sets you up for the day and of
course gives you several hours to burn the calories off, as opposed
to having a large meal in the evening prior to sleeping.
This is not to say that a 'greasy spoon' fry-up is the route to
health - but if cooked correctly, a fresh English breakfast can be
a healthy option. The health benefits of fresh eggs, beans and
tomatoes speak for themselves and count towards your five a day -
but as long as the sausage and bacon is of good quality, this can
be fine too. Two good quality rashers of bacon can be enjoyed for
as little as 107 calories and even less if you trim off the
fat.
"We have always believed that a breakfast prepared with fresh
ingredients is vital for children and adults alike and research is
starting to back up these views," added Iain. "Not everyone can
enjoy a great East Lodge breakfast every day, but home or away,
breakfast should never be off the menu."
Nothing beaks a light breakfast of fruit or eggs in the summer
but Farmhouse Breakfast Week reminds everyone that nothing beats a
hot nutritious breakfast in the winter months. Children in need to
be set an example on good eating habits and sitting down as a
family for breakfast is a great place to start and New Year is the
perfect time to start a great family tradition.
East Lodge is owned by the Hardman family and the AA's red stars
place the hotel in a select bracket of the top 150 hotels in the
whole of the UK and this exclusive venue remains one of just 48
hotels in the country presented with a Visit England Gold
Award.