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

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Celebrity chefs exacerbating UK obesity crisis says survey Nutrition experts tested more than 900 recipes from 26 famous cooks and found 87% fell "substantially short" of the Government's healthy eating recommendations. Read more from Huffington Post   Mark Sargeant to launch restaurant at London's Great Northern Hotel Sargeant, who owns and operates Rocksalt in Folkestone and consults to foodservice powerhouse Sodexo, will be overseeing
the dining at Plum + Spilt Milk, the 90-seat restaurant and 15-cover bar at the recently renovated hotel, which is due to open next month. Read more from Caterer and Hotelkeeper   Former Michelin-starred Crown at Whitebrook on sale for £850,000 The restaurant, in the Wye Valley, near Monmouth, held a prestigious Michelin star under head chef James Sommerin, but closed in March citing financial problems. Read more from Wales Online  
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Editor 24th April 2013

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