Lifestyle: Angelica, Wensleydale Creamery, Sheffield City Trust

CHEF Lee Murdoch has joined the team at Angelica and sister venue Crafthouse.

He joins from St Regis Saadiyat Island Resort in Abu Dhabi where he was Chef de Cuisine at the award-winning 55&5th The Grill restaurant.

He established his career at the five star Turnberry Resort Hotel, before moving to Malta’s Grand Excelsior Hotel.

He takes on the role of executive head chef, at the D&D-owned Crafthouse and Angelia restaurants in the Trinity Leeds shopping centre.

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WENSLEYDALE CREAMERY has launched a new range as the famous firm takes aim at the £2.1bn yoghurt market.

The firm has already secured listings with Asda and independent retailers.

David Hartley, managing director of The Wensleydale Creamery, said: “It’s an exciting time for the brand with the addition of our new yogurts to the Wensleydale Creamery product portfolio. We spotted a clear gap in the market for a luxury Yorkshire Yogurt range with a focus on premium quality and a naturally creamy taste.

“The Wensleydale Creamery is a trusted dairy brand which is renowned for quality and great taste.

“We are following on from the success of our award winning Yorkshire Wensleydale cheese, and more recently butter, which has been well received by consumers in the wider dairy category.

“Our research clearly illustrated that consumers desire a luxury yogurt delivering great taste and flavour, without the need to add cream.”

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LEISURE operator Sheffield City Trust (SCT) has won a contract to run a Derby golf course, and will invest an undisclosed six-figure sum in its development.

SCT will manage and operate the Derby Golf Club as well as other golf courses in Chesterfield and Sheffield, will upgrade the course and its facilities.

SCT will also introduce cheaper rounds as well as its popular Golfit membership package and goGOLF scheme.

Steve Brailey, chief executive of SCT, said: “Winning this contract reinforces our position as one of the UK’s leading leisure providers and we look forward to working on this exciting new project at Sinfin.

“In recent years, there have been upgrades to the course facilities and we’ll be working to build on this to grow participation.

“As well as further investment in facilities, we’ll be introducing a range of membership and learn to play packages at Sinfin designed to attract even more people of all ages and abilities to get into golf and also strengthen the talent development pathway.”

Sinfin Golf Course, which was constructed in 1923, is a par 70 parkland course with narrow tree-lined fairways.

The Sinfin course was played by Sir Henry Cotton, doyen of British golf, as part of fund raising for the war effort in 1940.