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The Chinese rat meat scandal! And you thought donkey meat was a problem!

Chinese police have broken a crime ring that passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton as another meat scandal breaks. Authorities have arrested 904 suspects since the end of January for selling and producing fake or tainted meat products, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement…

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El Celler de Can Roca, World’s Best Restaurant 2013

El Celler de Can Roca has been placed at number one on the list of the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. The award ceremony which took place at the Guildhall in London was attended by the world’s best restaurateurs and chefs. The Spanish favourite entered the World’s 50 Best list eight years ago and has somewhat…

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Italy’s Nadia Santini wins the Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef Award 2013

Nadia Santini, matriarch and head chef at Dal Pescatore in Mantova, Italy, has been named the 2013 Veuve Clicquot World’s Best Female Chef, part of the prestigious World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. Marrying into a restaurant family, Nadia had never cooked professionally prior to walking into Dal Pescatore’s kitchen…

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The San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards LIVE STREAM

Live coverage of the 2013 San Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Tweets by @TheWorlds50Best The international restaurant worlds eyes will be firmly focused on the Guildhall in London tonight where the San Pellegrino Worlds 50 Best Restaurants Award ceremony will take place. These awards have been dominated by Nomu over the past three years and…

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How much food will R50 buy you around the world?

Buzzfeed were curious as to how far $5 would go when it came to buying food around the world so they went to find out. Most importantly they measured the value in beer, rice, coffee and potatoes amongst other less important commodities like McDonald’s and Beef (although we’re not quite sure if it’s horse meat…

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The End of the Cupcake is nigh!

The Wall St Journal reports on “Crumbs Bake Shop” stock market value dropping heavily and the announcement of a 22% drop in forecast sales for 2013. Consumers desire for the $4 cupcake has waned as store sales decline. This could be translated as the end of the cupcake, a trend that has lasted for the past decade and many believed…

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Nasty Pics! Tongue Eating Louse Found In Supermarket Fish

Tongue eating fish louse are not generally the kind of thing one likes to find crawling around in ones dinner. This is what happened to Belfast man Rick Beattie when it came to preparing his fish. He was cleaning the fish and shook it by the tail when the louse popped out of the fish’s…

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Horse painkiller drug found in tins of corned beef

The horse painkilling drug phenylbutazone also known as ‘bute’ has been discovered in tins of ASDA ‘Smart Price’ Corned Beef . The product had already been removed from shelves after they were discovered to contain up to 50% horse meat. The UK supermarket chain carried out over 700 tests on products when the horse meat…

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Tammy Henton of the Michelangelo wins the South African Global Pizza Challenge

The winner of the South African leg of the 2013 Global Pizza Challenge is Tammy Henton, ala Carte Chef at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. Tammy will be representing South Africa in the Global Pizza Challenge in Australia in June this year following her success at the national competition held at Hostex Gauteng last…

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Weirdest food this Easter – Chocolate Coated Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts have a bad wrap for a reason, they taste revolting. No amount of chocolate can hide that fact. This did not deter nutritionist and personal trainer Tara Hammett who is on a one-woman mission to make the little snot balls traditionally eaten at Christmas an Easter tradition too by covering them with chocolate.…

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The World’s Hottest Pizza – The Saltdean Sizzler

Paul Brayshaw has developed the world’s hottest pizza, coming in at 3.2 million on the Scoville Scale. Paul’s Pizza, in Brighton, England has sold over 1300 of these devilishly hot pizzas which no doubt left everyone who ate them in pain and in tears. The paste is made with “ghost chilli” and some added chilli…