French Show the Way?

 

 Cojean has some interesting salads - cod & quinoa - good value mini rolls and specials

Cojean also gives 10% of its profits to a charity that fights poverty in some of the poorest communities in the world.

Hot Pots

 Pret's Hot Pots

Hot Boxes

Lack of kitchens doesn't stop the majors expand their range of hot food - Starbucks' Hot Boxes

Hot Food Offer

Fast expanding Soho Coffee Co knows that food offer has to be as interesting and reassuring as the coffee

 Hot Spuds, Super Tacos and Grain Pots

All Day Hot Food

 Exki hot food quiche/tart self-service selection at Paris airport - it worked and presented well.

Farmstand

 Taking its inspiration from US "small roadside stalls selling surplus crops and produce from local farms", Farmstand in Drury Lane offers hot food meals - main and two sides - at £7.50.

 @WeAreFarmstand

 Pulled beef plus Puy Lentils with wild mushrooms and chervil and roasted artichokes with capers and parsley was excellent.

Coffee House Kitchen

 Tempting food at Black Penny Coffee House and Kitchen in Holborn - check out the full menu at http://www.theblackpenny.co.uk/Black-Penny-Menu.pdf

 @blackpennyWC2

 Simple and effective design in a listed building

Winter Warmers

Winter Warmers - pasta, risotto, panini, flatbreads and soup - at Caffe Nero

Risotto and pasta 'heat at the bar'

 

Veggie Rolls

Vegetarian 'sausage' rolls at Pandora's Kitchen, Norwich.

Breakfast Brioche

 Pret's new Bacon & Egg Brioche and Sausage & Egg Brioche

Weekly Line Up

 Benugo offers a different hot special every day of the week in a museum

Happiness Maker

Costa's food concept store - Fresco - on Tottenham Court Road

Good display, fresh bakery items and fun staff uniform.

Travellers Taste

 
 A Taste of Morocco (lemon chicken tagine with "jewelled" cous cous) and Greek Mac n' cheese - lamb pasta and feta Bake - at M&S Cafe.

Wine and Chilli at Starbucks

 Menus at Starbucks Reserve in St Martin's Lane, London with wine, beer and hot food.

Simple yet Effective

Mushrooms on toast with great bread and sauce at Field Kitchen, Nettlebed.  Worth it even at £8.25.

Warm on the Beach

Simple, satisfying and self-serve hot food at the Beach Cafe, Wells-next-the-Sea with snow (and sand) outside.

Getting it Right

Hot food on display for instant service is the Achilles heel for so many cafe operations.  Left out for lunch service (above 63 degrees C or max two hours if under) items can often look unappealing.  Benugo get it right with these individual pies plus the cooling quiche at their British Museum Gallery Cafe.

Hot Multidecks

Pret are rolling out more and more self-service hot units where soup, wraps, porridge, bacon rolls are immediately available, don't slow the service and rival the eye appeal of the sandwiches.

Simple, Self Serve, Hot Food

Heinz Soup

Baked off pies and sausage rolls

Toast & preserves (and Nutella)

Simple, high quality, self-serve hot food at the Beach Cafe, Wells-next-the-Sea and what a volume it can deal with.