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MasterChef finalists pitch pop-up restaurant at swanky Celtic Manor resort

Welsh MasterChef finalists Larkin Cen and Dale Williams will today launch their first joint restaurant.  Their venture will combine the pair’s distinctive Asian-Welsh cooking style.  Cen grew up above his family’s Chinese takeaway in Cardiff, while Williams is a successful businessman whose recruitment firm turns over more than £1m annually.  They fought tooth and nail for the title of MasterChef. Read  more from Wales Online  

Chef Paul Heathcote MBE pays out £10,000 for flouting tax laws

A top chef and restaurateur has been ordered to pay more than £10,000 for "flouting" a trading ban.  Paul Heathcote, 53, of Preston, Lancashire, continued to trade at his two restaurants despite being warned he must pay VAT security or cease trading. Read more from BBC News  

11 Extravagant Kitchen Gadgets For The Chef Who Has Everything

Chefs are hard to shop for — if a knife breaks, they buy a new one.  If they want a food processor, they go ahead and get the best one on the market for themselves.  We've thought outside the box to choose 11 kitchen essentials that not every die-hard cook has in their kitchen. Read more from Business Insider    
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Editor 21st November 2013

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