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Coming up next week on The Staff Canteen The second of our Mugaritz videos; Tom Kitchin on video showing how he cooks the first grouse of the season; and our reports on the movers and shakers of the new AA and Michelin guides - all coming up next week on The Staff Canteen, so don't miss out!   David Moore takes former Roganic site to trial new concept David Moore, the man behind Michelin-starred London restaurants L’Autre Pied and Pied à Terre, is to open a pop-up restaurant on the former site of Simon Rogan’s Roganic in Marylebone. Read more from Big Hospitality   Bar apologises after customers described as 'gay guys' on receipt A bar has been forced to apologise to two customers who were given a receipt describing them as "gay guys". Read more from Caterer and Hotelkeeper   Chef With Bionic Hand Is Amazing At Chopping Veg This video shows professionally trained Eduardo Garcia using his Touch Bionics hand, made of silicone and carbon fibre to grip food in 25 different ways and perform tasks as dextrous as removing seeds from a vanilla pod. See more at Huffington Post
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Editor 20th September 2013

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