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Print your own food: 3D technology brings a personal touch to pizzas, pasta and cakes

It's the whizzy invention scientists say can conjure up anything from chess pieces and toy cars to bones, guns and guitars. Now researchers working on the 3D printer have set their sights on revolutionising home cooking – with the launch of the first food printer. Read more from Mail Online  

More female chefs should be in top kitchens, says Michel Roux Jr

As four men battle it out in this year's 'MasterChef: the Professionals' final this week, Michelin starred chef Michel Roux Jr explains how there are not enough female chefs in top kitchens and how the 2013 show is the highest standard yet Read more from The Telegraph   Marco Pierre White unveils plans for Manchester 'Italian-American' restaurant TV chef Marco Pierre White has unveiled plans to open an 'Italian-American' restaurant in Manchester. The eatery would be set in a the proposed four-star Indigo Hotel of the site of the old City Buildings on Corporation Street near to Victoria Station. Read more from Manchester Evening News  
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Editor 11th December 2013

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