News update 12/04/13 - our selection of the food and chef news from the world's press

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New Forest hotel named best afternoon tea The 17th century Montagu Arms Country Hotel, in the New Forest, scooped the Tea Guild’s Top City and Country Hotel Tea Award 2013, winning praise for the "extensive knowledge" staff displayed about the beverage. Read more from Mail Online   Marmite and biscuits: food that expats yearn for from home Marmite, biscuits and even ordinary crisps – just a few of the things Britons living abroad yearn for. What products would you miss if you were living in a foreign country? Read more from The Guardian   Premiership footballer dons chef's hat to celebrate Thai new year Everton midfielder, Marouane Fellaini, cooked a Thai green curry at exclusive Liverpool One restaurant Chaophraya for Songkran or Thai new year. Read more from Mail Online   Young chef who's putting on The Ritz An interview with pot washer turned chef, Adam Smith, who wound up as executive sous chef at The Ritz. Read more from the Birmingham Post  
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Editor 12th April 2013

News update 12/04/13 - our selection of the food and chef news from the world's press