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All About Aubrey Ngcungama.

November 25, 2011

Aubrey was born in 1984, in KwaZulu Natal’s lower south coast. He is a proud Zulu man with a love for all things British. At the age of 2 he was ‘adopted’ by an English family – whose hospitality businesses in the UK have earned many accolades. It is through this that a love for…

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Jamie Oliver’s “Pink Slime” given the okay for school lunches despite being kicked out by McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Burger King

March 13, 2012

It’s not good enough for McDonald’s but its good enough for school lunches. This is the opinion of the US Dept of Agriculture according to a report in the Medical News Today. Jamie Oliver, currently under the spotlight for calling an Australian journalist a “b&tch” for questioning him about his weight gain brought “pink slime”…

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Curtis Stone tucks in to Jamie Oliver and his flabbiness

March 11, 2012

Reports are coming in that Curtis Stone has tucked in on the “Jamie Oliver is fat” crusade by saying that the UK celebrity chef needs to practice what he preaches. Curtis was co-hosting a CBS TV show called “The Talk” when he urged Jamie Oliver to show more responsibility because of his stardom. Jamie recently…

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Jamie Oliver calls an Australian journalist a “b&tch” for pointing out that he is a fatty.

March 10, 2012

It has been reported in the Herald Sun that Jamie Oliver called an ABC News journalist a bitch after she drew attention to his bulging belly and general overall weight. Jamie responded in a way that we’d only ever expect from his culinary nemesis Gordon Ramsay by thanking her for noticing and then calling her…

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Gordon Ramsay fan pulls out a knife and narrowly misses his foot.

March 7, 2012

Gordon Ramsay had a close call with a “butterfingered” fan who pulled out a knife and summarily dropped the thing while showing Ramsay how sharp it was by cutting through his shopping bag. The knife dropped to the floor, narrowly missing the foul mouthed Ramsay’s foot. The Kitchen Nightmares star calmly picked it up and…

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R14 million (£1.1m) treasure trove discovered in the basement of Jamie Oliver’s new restaurant in Manchester

February 15, 2012

It is being reported that architects were down in the basement of Jamie Oliver’s new restaurant, opening in Manchester soon, when they came across some old safety deposit boxes. The building used to be a bank so they were not exactly out of place. They called in The Bank of England who used drills to…

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Do you think that being a chef is a feminine job?

February 14, 2012

The Guardian reports that only 20% of British chefs are woman and when I think of the restaurants I’ve visited in South Africa I can’t really see us doing much better. The life is tough, not just mentally but physically too with long hours taking care of everyone else’s family time except theirs. While woman…

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Jamie Oliver takes on Rio Ferdinand in Manchester’s King St.

February 10, 2012

Jamie Oliver is opening another “Jamie’s Italian” restaurant, this time in Manchester right opposite Rio Ferdinand’s “Rosso Restaurant & Bar” on King St. This two eatery’s are worlds apart, Ferdinand’s has all the bling you’d expect from a multi million pound footballer while Jamie’s is all about good, earthy food and family dining. We wonder…

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German pensioner discovers 64 year old tin of lard, has it tested and it’s passed fit for human consumption.

February 9, 2012

Are you a stickler for chucking food out once it has passed it’s use by date. Well this tin of lard proves that it is not always necessary to do so. Hans Felmeier, a retired chemist, received this tin of lard, along with some other provisions in 1948, post war Germany as part of the…

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Another celebrity chef marriage turns sour as MasterChef judge moves out of family home.

February 9, 2012

The MailOnline reports that MasterChef UK judge John Torode has moved out of his five bedroom £1.2m family home in London, leaving his second wife Jessica and their two young children after only four years of marriage. The couple split over Christmas and have kept everything under wraps until now. A spokesman for the MasterChef judge…

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The Top 10 Food Tends for 2012

February 8, 2012

So what can we look forward too in 2012 when it come to food trends. The Food Channel in the US has done some extensive research and has come up with a few trends we can expect to see. I doubt we will see all of these happening in South Africa and in some cases…

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