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Rebecca Mascarenhas partners with Theo Randall for new Italian restaurant Restaurateur Rebecca Mascarenhas and chef Theo Randall have announced a new business partnership to launch Bibo – a modern Italian tratorria based on the site of Mascarenhas’s Cantinetta restaurant in Putney later this year. Read more from Big Hospitality   Michelin starred Belfast restaurant now doing lunch from £6.50 When Deanes Restaurant in Belfast won a Michelin Star in 1997, it signaled a new era for a city better known for bombs than bon viveurs. With rising unemployment and bankruptcies, lunch now costs as little as £6.50 as it tries to lure customers. Read more from Bloomberg   Michelin star chef bakes his mum cake to say sorry for not thanking her at wedding Michelin-starred chef, Richard Bainbridge from Morston Hall hotel in Norfolk, was so horrified at forgetting to thank his mum on his wedding day, he baked her a humble pie. Read more from SWNS        
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Editor 18th June 2013

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