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VIDEO: Cruelty of chef Gordon Ramsay's foie gras supplier exposed in shocking footage

Crammed into tiny cages, caked in filth, riddled with sores and in agony from broken beaks and wings, these are the ducks used to make foie gras at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurants.  Campaigners last night branded the horrific conditions the “worst ever seen” after being shown the pictures of shocking cruelty at plants that supply the celebrity chef with the posh dish. Read more from The Mirror   Pub's fishy idea all set to batter the opposition THERE are few more intrinsically English gastronomic institutions than the chippy and the pub. And yet for the most part, those twin pillars of English Saturday night remain separate.  Oh sure, you can order fish and chips in a pub that does food. But an actual takeaway from a pub – less normal. Read more from Nottingham Post  

Stomach-churning foods from around the world

Fancy snacking on fertilised duck eggs, roasted grasshoppers and coffee made from defecated beans? We look at some global 'treats' that may make you feel queasy... Read more from The Guardian  

Would you wear deodorant that smells like BACON? Food company releases meaty musk for people who 'sweat like pigs'

For many food lovers, there is nothing like the smell of bacon - although perhaps not when the scent is coming from a human being.  But specialty foods company J&D Foods has made that possible with Power Bacon, a gel deodorant with a 'strong meat-scented musk' which went on sale today. Read more from Mail Online
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Editor 8th November 2013

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