News update 3/4/13 - our selection of food and chefs news from the world's press

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Italian Nadia Santini named world's Best Female Chef in World's 50 Best Restaurant awards Nadia Santini, the matriarch at Dal Pescatore in Mantua, Italy, was today named as Best Female Chef in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards. Read more from Bloomberg   'Weird food' tops Olive magazine's 2013 trend list Vegetables masquerading as dessert and an obsession with mould have both made the top ten trends for 2013 as identified by Olive magazine. Read more from Huffington Post   Jason Atherton plans two more London restaurants Jason Atherton is planning to launch two further London restaurants by the end of this year, adding to the spring openings of Little Social and Social Eating House. Read more from Big Hospitality   Trishna Sommelier to open first solo restaurant The Pearson Room Sunaina Sethi, sommelier at one Michelin-star restaurant Trishna, is set to open The Pearson Room, her first solo restaurant, in Canary Wharf later this month. Read more from Big Hospitality      
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Editor 3rd April 2013

News update 3/4/13 - our selection of food and chefs news from the world's press