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Coming up next week on The Staff Canteen
We have lots of goodies coming up for you next week on The Staff Canteen starting with master chocolatier Damian Allsop in our Pastry Chef feature; Clare Smyth's chef de cuisine at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, Matt Abé, is our Hero of the Hotplate; and we have an editorial looking at the effect on business of gaining or losing a star in the run up to the Michelin Guide 2014.
Britain's most remote pub voted among best in world
An isolated pub which can only be reached by an 18-mile hike over mountains or by ferry has been voted one of the