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

First lab-grown burger cooked in London

The burger, which cost £220,000 to make before being cooked and eaten for the first time at an event in London yesterday, was created from 20,000 tiny strips of muscle that were grown from a handful of cells taken from the shoulder of a cow.

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British Street Food Awards return for 2013 alongside app launch

The British Street Food Awards are returning for a fifth time this year with an invitation to vendors from Europe to enter as well as the launch of a new street food app.

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Waitrose insists The Good Food Guide will remain impartial despite Heston Blumenthal link

Waitrose has insisted the independence of The Good Food Guide will not be compromised - despite its connections to Heston Blumenthal - after the upmarket supermarket retailer bought the biggest guide to restaurants in Britain.

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Tesco creates new family carvery restaurant

Tesco has created a new restaurant concept in a move designed to tap into the popularity of carvery meals among British families and attract shoppers to its largest supermarkets.

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