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

Peruvian stars of World's 50 Best to open new restaurant in London

Peruvian chefs Gastón Acurio and Virgilio Martínez, whose Lima-based restaurants both featured on this year’s World’s 50 Best list, have joined forces to launch a new restaurant in London later this year.

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Blue Hill wins US Outstanding Restaurant at James Beard Food Awards

Blue Hill in New York won the Outstanding Resaurant award at the James Beard Food Awards while the Outstanding Chef award was shared by David Chang of Momofuku and Paul Kahan of Blackbird.

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Food overtakes rent as biggest cost for restaurants

The cost of food has overtaken rent and rates and sits second only to staff costs in a list of major overheads facing UK restaurants, according to a new survey.

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Restaurant owner is jailed for dealing drugs from kitchen

More than £15,000 worth of cannabis was found growing in a Nottingham restaurant by police. The restaurant owner was said to have turned to drug dealing to pay off his debts.

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