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  Mother of Jamie Oliver chef calls for ban on websites she blames for son's death A mother has called on the Prime Minister to ban websites which promote ways of committing suicide which she blames for her son's death. Read more Mail Online   Alex Atala, one of the world's top ten chefs, shares eight rules for success Alex Atala is a renowned chef and the owner of Sao Paulo based restaurants “Dalva e Dito” and D.O.M. – the sixth best restaurant in the world, which has been in the list of the world’s best restaurants for the past eight years. During his speech, Atala revealed he became a chef almost by accident. Read more from Forbes   ETM group hires ex-Ivy chef to head up One Canada Square Jamie Dobbin joins as head chef from the Club at the Ivy, where he was head chef for five years, since its opening in 2008. Prior to that he was chef de partie and then sous chef at the Ivy under chef director Tim Hughes. Read more from Caterer and Hotelkeeper
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Editor 14th June 2013

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