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

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Dishes from Simon Rogan’s new Manchester restaurant, Mr Cooper’s, revealed Simon Rogan’s highly-anticipated new restaurant has today revealed a list of typical dishes ahead of its opening later this week. Read more from Caterer & Hotelkeeper   Bog-standard restaurant! New toilet-themed restaurant where diners eat out of  bidets opens in China
  • Toilet themed restaurant opens in  Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
  • Cities including Beijing, Shanghai and  Hangzhou already have own versions of the loo cafe
  • Diners served food in bidets and walls  decorated with toilet rolls and shower heads
Read more from The Mail Online   French chefs wait nervously for fresh food labelling debate Restaurateurs in France are nervously awaiting the result of a debate by French lawmakers over a bill that would force them to label dishes made in-house with fresh ingredients, which, by extension, would mean signalling to customers when they are not. Read more from Caterer & Hotelkeeper   Philip McCrea swaps his stethoscope for chef's whites Philip McCrea, a consultant in occupational medicine, only traded his stethoscope for chef's whites in April but his County Down restaurant already boasts a waiting list of up to 12 weeks. Read more from BBC News
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Editor 10th September 2013

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