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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:13:27 GMT

'Turbulent' year for Gordon Ramsay as profits dive 90%

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:24:32 GMT

Profits at Gordon Ramsay's UK restaurants plunged nearly 90% in a "turbulent" year in which the celebrity chef was forced to pump his own money into the business.

'Turbulent' year for Ramsay as profits dive 90%

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:24:32 GMT

Profits at Gordon Ramsay's UK restaurants plunged nearly 90% in a "turbulent" year in which the celebrity chef was forced to pump his own money into the business.

Johnson accused of breaching ruling over ID cards

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:15:40 GMT

Tories today accused the Home Secretary Alan Johnson of a "flagrant breach" of the Speaker's ruling that ministerial announcements must be made first to the Commons.

Knobbles and curves are back for fruit and veg

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:01:50 GMT

Curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots return to supermarket shelves tomorrow thanks to the abolition of EU rules on the size and shape of 36 types of fruit and veg.

The marchioness, the pig farmers and the null140,000 film about muck

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Tracy Worcester is a rebel. Aged 14, she was expelled from the £16,000-a-year Hatherop Castle School in Cirencester for slapping a teacher. Thirty-six years later – but showing few of those years thanks to daily runs and a careful diet – she is rebelling again by taking on the world's biggest pig farmer, the £6bn-a-year Smithfield Foods.

The marchioness, the pig farmers and the £140,000 film about muck

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Shop salads have more fat than a Big Mac

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:01:25 GMT

Some supermarket salads contain more fat than a Big Mac and fries, it was revealed today.

Healthy? Shop salads have more fat than a Big Mac

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:01:25 GMT

Some supermarket salads contain more fat than a Big Mac and fries, it was revealed today.

Fatter duck: Heston to open new restaurant in London

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Bad news for snails. Heston Blumenthal is to open a new restaurant in London next year with treble the space for diners as at his three-Michelin star restaurant, Fat Duck.

Summer sizzler: win a Weber barbeque

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:50:30 GMT

No summer is complete without some alfresco cooking on the barbie surrounded by your nearest and dearest but forget burnt sausages and frazzled burgers - it's time to make your coal cooking fancy.

Your chance to race at Cowes Week with Mount Gay Rum

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:40:16 GMT

Mount Gay Rum is the "rum that invented rum" with a rich history dating back to 1703, when it was first distilled in Barbados - the birthplace of rum. It is recognised as the finest and oldest rum in the world where the key to success lies in its exceptional craftsmanship in its passion for the art of blending and selection of the finest ingredients.

TV chef Antony Worrall Thompson joins campaign for limited pub smoking

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:23:25 GMT

Celebrity chef Antony Worrall Thompson today joined a campaign to amend the current smoking ban to bolster the pub and club industry.

Carrots cooked whole 'better at fighting cancer'

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Carrots boiled whole before being cut up are better at fighting cancer and are tastier than when they are sliced before being cooked, a study has shown.

Makeover for Australia's iconic Vegemite

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:58:40 GMT

The iconic Australian vegetable spread Vegemite is getting a makeover.

Britain's losing its bottle: health fears drive consumers away from wine

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

After years of piling more chardonnay, sauvignon blanc and merlot bottles into shopping baskets, British consumers have suddenly lost their previously unshakeable thirst for wine.

McCartney urges 'meat-free days' to tackle climate change

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Chargrilled asparagus and lemon tart – that's the vegetarian menu for a glamorous cast of musicians, actors, writers and artists starting a mass movement today to limit meat eating and combat climate change.

Britons drank 17m fewer bottles of wine last year

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:00:47 GMT

Wine consumption fell in Britain last year for the first time in more than a decade, a new report shows today.

Premium vodkas become cult hit

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:25:49 GMT

Premium and super-premium vodkas marketed on their heritage, provenance and style have become a cult hit with brand-conscious drinkers, at up £140 a litre.

Marks & Spencer to change tuna policy

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:33:34 GMT

Marks & Spencer is to change the way it sources tuna amid rising concern about over-fishing.

EU abandons plan to allow blended rose wine

Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:18:13 GMT

The war of the rosés is over. The European Commission announced today that it had abandoned its plans to allow European winemakers to make cheap rosé wine by mixing red and white wines together.

Battle of the chefs as Ramsay opens new Pétrus

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

It sounds as if the knives are out: Gordon Ramsay is opening his first London restaurant for a year 500 yards away from his protegé-turned-rival Marcus Wareing.

Martin Hickman: Mitshubishi - Selling bluefin will save it

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:22:28 GMT

Debate is swirling over the endangered bluefin. Nobu, the Japanese restaurant chain, has angered its celebrity customers by keeping it on the menu.

Celebrity diners say no to Nobu

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Protesting actors, pop stars, models and socialites have started a celebrity backlash against the A-list's favourite restaurant Nobu for selling an endangered fish.

Chicken injected with beef waste sold in UK

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:00:01 GMT

Cafes and restaurants across Britain have been selling chicken secretly injected with beef and pork waste, The Independent can reveal today.