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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 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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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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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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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 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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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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Pick n Pay posted a statement on their Facebook page which covers their position on the meat scandal that has rocked South African consumers over the past couple of months. In the statement Pick n Pay retains full confidence in the labelling practices it employs after having commissioned 700 independent scientific tests on its products…
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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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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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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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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…
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