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Fat Duck Hatches A Perfect 10

Fat Duck Hatches A Perfect 10Heston Blumenthal’s restaurant The Fat Duck has achieved the rare feat of scoring a perfect ten out of ten in The Good Food Guide 2009, published on 4th September.

It’s the first time in four years that the maximum score has been awarded. Gordon Ramsay’s Chelsea restaurant last achieved the top mark in the 2005 edition of the Guide, and it’s nine years since Nico Ladenis scored a ten at Chez Nico.   The Fat Duck scored nine in last year’s Guide, but praise from delighted diners and restaurant inspectors alike shows it’s stepped up a gear.
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The York Festival Of Food And Drink 2008

The York Festival Of Food And Drink 2008The York Food and Drink Festival will run for 10 days in September, celebrating the best of regional and world food in the heart of historic York.

The Festival makes a great day out with food markets, cookery workshops, tastings and dinners. Events begin early-morning and continue through the day with daily wine tastings, Slow Food workshops, drinks at the new Evening Fountain Café leading on to Festival dinners in the Guildhall and Mansion House.
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Divine Strawberries & Cream

Divine Strawberries & CreamWe’ve just discovered Divine’s White Chocolate with Strawberries – a sublime new 100g bar from the UK’s leading Fairtrade chocolate company – and we can’t get enough of it!

Prolong that summery feeling by indulging in Divine’s smooth new bar which has been inspired by that quintessential taste of high summer - strawberries & cream.
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Brilliant Kids Café

Brilliant Kids Café Brilliant Kids Café & Arts Centre is one of London’s most child friendly places. It provides drop in childcare, seven days a week for children of all ages, somewhere all the family can enjoy delicious food and a wide choice of activities for children of all ages and they put on fantastic birthday parties too.

This is a unique place where parents and children can go to hang out, eat, meet friends, make friends or join in with fun activities while parents can sit quietly and read the paper in an environment that is as equally adult friendly as it is child friendly.
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Bolton's Third Food And Drink Festival

Bolton's Third Food And Drink FestivalFood lovers can expect a smorgasbord of delights as Bolton gears up to host its biggest and best annual Food and Drink Festival.

Previously held in October as part of the Manchester Food and Drink Festival, the organisers have brought this year's culinary treat forward to the end of August.
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Foodies Galore!

Foodies Galore!Following a highly successful debut in 2007, has announced an impressive line-up of producers taking a stall at this year’s outdoor market on Festival Square on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 August - the busiest weekend in the Festival calendar.

The Foodies office confirmed this morning that leading Spanish Tapas Restaurant, La Tasca, who have over 70 restaurants nationwide, fine organic producer of food and spirits, Godminster Vintage, locally produced fine Rapeseed Oil, Oleifera and the Scottish independent Macleod Distillery will be among hundreds of the specially selected exhibitors.
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Children Lead The Way On 5 A Day

Children Lead The Way On 5 A Day One in three parents admit that their children know more than they do about 5 A DAY and nutrition

A new report released for the Department of Health's 5 A DAY campaign shows that although parents understand the importance of getting their 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day, many are still confused about what counts towards that target, with one in three admitting that their children know more than they do about 5 A DAY and nutrition.
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The Sweet Life

The Sweet Life Antony Worrall Thompson is one of the UK’s best loved chefs. Appearing regularly on popular TV shows such as ITV’s Daily Cooks Challenge, BBC2’s Food and Drink and Ready, Steady, Cook.

AWT as he is fondly known also has several leading restaurants including the celebrated neighbourhood restaurants Notting Grill and Kew Grill, as well as being a winner of the Meilleur Ouvrier de Grande Bretagne (MOGB) - the chef's Oscar.
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