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Coming up next week on The Staff Canteen We've got loads of great stuff coming up next week on The Staff Canteen including the first video in our four-part series on Mugaritz chef, Andoni Luis Aduriz; Bone Daddies and Flesh and Bones chef, Ross Shonhan, in Menu Watch; the video of Lime Wood's Luke Holder in Britain's Got Talent and the culmination of our competition to win signed copies of Tom Kerridge's new cook book, 'Proper Pub Food'. Enjoy!   Chef hits back at negative Tripadvisor comment with 1,000 word 'review' West Berkshire pub,the Bladebone Inn,  hit back at a negative review left on the Tripadvisor website by posting its own 1,000 word ‘review’. Kiren Puri, chef at the Bladebone Inn, felt compelled to respond to what he described as an unfair reflection. Read more from Newbury Today   Former MasterChef finalist set to open Newcastle restaurant  Former MasterChef: the Professionals finalist Dave Coulson has teamed up with a North East restaurant business to secure £250,000 for a new Newcastle venture. Read more from Caterer and Hotelkeeper   VQ to open second 24-hour restaurant in London VQ, the 24-hour café and diner on London’s Fulham Road, is opening a second venue in the capital after almost 18 years, having acquired the ground-floor unit of the St Giles Hotel in Bloomsbury. Read more from Big Hospitality
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Editor 6th September 2013

Daily news round up: our selection of food and chef news from the world's press