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Jersey’s Michelin-starred restaurants join forces to offer special fine dining package

With an increasing reputation as a top destination for excellent food, Jersey can now offer visitors the opportunity to experience all four of the island’s Michelin-starred restaurants in one very special fine dining break. The Jersey Michelin Star Experience package combines a luxury stay at a choice of hotels with a chance to taste the cream of Jersey’s gourmet cuisine.

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MasterChef Food range to launch later this month

A MasterChef Food range will launch later this month on the back of the TV show’s success.  It will offer premium oils, stocks and gravies available from the end of this month, and cooking kits and recipe-based sauces will launch soon after. It follows the successful launch of a MasterChef Food range in France.

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Sam's, the London restaurant with a 5:2 diet menu

The 5:2 diet is now so popular that Sam’s Brasserie & Bar in Chiswick offers a 500-calorie menu especially for the fasting folk of west London.

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'Bin food theft' charges dropped

Charges have been dropped against three men accused of stealing waste food from bins behind a branch of Iceland.  Questions were raised over the criminal action against Paul May, 35, Jason Chan and William James, after the frozen food firm said staff had not alerted police and that it had contacted prosecutors to ask why action was being taken.

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