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Sweet Success Of Lyle’s Golden Syrup
 The famous design that adorns tins of Lyle’s Golden Syrup has been named by the Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest branding. The distinctive packaging has hardly changed since 1885.
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Youngest Entrant Wins Cook-Off Competition At Lincoln Red Beef Week Launch
 Tastes of Lincolnshire and the Lincoln Red Cattle Society joined forces with The Lincoln Hotel to launch this year's Lincoln Red Beef Week. From 1st to 9th October Lincoln Red Beef Week celebrates the quality beef and one of Britain's oldest beef breeds, coinciding with British Food Fortnight.
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English Apple Season Has Started
 26th September marked the official start of the English Apple season and sees growers continuing to ensure English varieties remain superior to imports through innovative farming methods.
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The Biggest Chocolate Celebration In The UK
 The UK’s biggest chocolate celebration is back again this year with lots of fabulous chocolate events. Now in it’s fourth year, the country’s finest chocolatiers and chocolate shops are taking part in the week from 16th to 22nd October.
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Chefs Confirmed For Restaurants Against Hunger 'The Better Foodie' Charity Gastro-Quiz
 Tickets are now on sale for this entertaining evening, Wednesday 27 September, in Waterstone's Piccadilly new Lecture Room. Revealing foodie fantasies and gastro-secrets include Mark Hix, Chef Director of Caprice Holdings Ltd / The Ivy; Raymond Blanc, Chef Patron of Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons; Shaun Hill, well known for putting Ludlow on the gourmet map; Antony Worrall Thompson; BBC2 Masterchef winner, Thomasina Miers; and Sophie Conran, designer and pie mistress.
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Jamie Oliver’s Crusade For Decent School Dinners – Some Schools Already Beat The Targets
 As Jamie Oliver’s new TV series on school food hits our screen, more and more schools have already transformed their school meals, delivering tasty and nutritious school meals in line with the Soil Association’s Food for Life targets. These ensure that as well as meeting the Government’s new standards on nutrition the food is 75% unprocessed, 50% local and 30% organic.
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Autumnal Foods Of The Season
 Eating seasonal foods is healthier, say experts, tastier, say taste buds, and natural, says common sense. Taste buds subconsciously change from summer salads to more hearty autumnal dishes. However, though your body tells you to eat more fulfilling dishes, supermarket choice has resulted in a blurring of seasonal produce. Unfortunately, your body cannot naturally identify what’s in season, so you need to be in the know of what’s meant to be naturally enjoyed.
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Restaurants Against Hunger Launch 2006 – ‘Fight Hunger. Eat Out’
 Supporters of Restaurants Against Hunger gathered at The Chesterfield Mayfair Hotel on 6 September 2006 to celebrate the launch of this year’s ‘Fight Hunger. Eat Out’ campaign.
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Australia 'Pukka' For British Chefs, Just Ask Jamie Oliver
 The Australian Government is recruiting chefs, cooks, bakers and pastry cooks to fill dire skills shortages in the country’s booming restaurant, catering and hospitality industries. Under the country’s points based immigration system, chefs and bakers are being given bonus points and their applications are fast tracked in order to get them in the country as soon as possible.
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York Celebrates ‘Terroir’
 After years in the food wilderness, mutton is suddenly back in fashion, turning up on restaurant menus and in specialist butchers, and this year it’s starring in the York Festival of Food and Drink.
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Deli India - A Traditional Delicatessen With New Ideas
 Deli India, an Indian delicatessen and teashop situated in Brighton’s North Laine, is celebrating its first month in business. A new concept in Brighton, Deli India provides authentic, freshly prepared Indian meals and snacks, accompanied by teas and drinks to suit all tastes.
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Out Of The Field And On To The Plate
 Situated in the heart of rural Lancashire, the Fence Gate Inn takes sourcing fresh ingredients seriously – so much so that it now insists that some of its vegetables are delivered within a day of being picked and that its potatoes hit the pot within hours of being harvested.
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Farm Animal Week
 Farm Animal Week (25th September - 1st October) aims to get consumers thinking more about the food we buy, the animals it comes from and to shop with animal welfare in mind.
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Vivaldi Potatoes – First For Flavour
 Never tried a Vivaldi potato? Then you don’t know what you’re missing! Vivaldi potatoes, from the Naturally Best product range, have taken the potato market by storm. Why? Because they taste so good and are so versatile they are suitable for every kind of potato dish.
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Winners Of The Organic Producer Of The Year Gold Award
 Tim and Jo Budden of Higher Hacknell Farm in North Devon have won the 2006 Producer of the Year Gold Award at the prestigious Organic Food Awards for the second time.
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