What's Hot on the Chef+ app in October 2018?

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Can you believe that it's October already? It's been a pretty exciting month of awards including the Michelin Guide UK and Ireland 2019 - you can find out more about the chefs at the newly starred restaurants here.

There's also lots of new members joining our website and downloading the Chef Plus app so we'd like to welcome them! Remember, if you upload your images, recipes, videos and news, we'll give you a shout out on our social media channels.

If you've just joined The Staff Canteen, here's some chefs that you should be following this month:

Fabio Barbato

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Paul McLoughlin

See more of Paul McLoughlin's work and follow him here

Top recipe pick of the month

The most popular recipe this month was "Poor Man's Goose" - Tom Brown's main course from this year's Great British Menu Banquet. Inspired by a recipe from the NHS archives, Tom's winning dish was a whole roasted duck with potato croquette and a duck sausage.

See more Great British Menu chefs' recipes here

Most read article this month

The most read article on The Staff Canteen this month (no surprise!) was the Michelin Guide UK and Ireland 2019 full list (including deletions). There were 21 new one Michelin starred restaurants and three new two stars: Core by Clare Smyth, Kitchen Table at Bubbledogs and Moor Hall. Many in the industry were shocked to discover that there were no new three star restaurants in this year's guide.

Read the winner's reactions from this year's Michelin Guide UK and Ireland here

What foods are in season in October?

There's some delicious produce at it's peak

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in October, including mussels, celeriac, duck and pumpkin. Make sure you upload your seasonal recipes and images to the Chef+ app, and we'll share the best ones on our social media channels.

- See more October seasonal foods here

Member of the Month September 2018

Our Chef Plus Member of the Month for September is Ramon Tomasini. Ramon is the executive chef at the F&D Kitchen and Bar in Lake Mary, Florida. He cooks American food using the freshest produce and taking inspiration from his Puerto Rican heritage.

Who is Ramon Tomasini, executive chef at F&D Kitchen and Bar?

For his prizes, Ramon won a copy of Rogan: The Cookbook by Simon Rogan and The Staff Canteen 10th Anniversary mug.

The Staff Canteen Instagram Takeovers in October/November

We know that you guys love our Instagram Takeovers, so check this list and make sure you're following us to go behind the scenes with some of your favourite chefs from around the world!

Thursday, October 18 - National Chef of the Year 2019 winner Kuba Winkowski, The Feathered Nest Inn

Friday, October 19 - Scott Judson, Tom Brown's Brasserie

Sunday, October 21 - Filip Poon, August's TSC Member of the Month

Saturday, October 27 - Raymond Blanc, Robin Gill and Ollie Dabbous - Brain Tumour Research Campaign charity dinner

Wednesday, November 7 - Loic Carbonnet, Corinthia London

Thursday, November 8 - Loughborough College and Louisa Ellis

Tuesday, November 13 - James Cochran, 1251 Restaurant

If you want to be featured in next month's What's Hot, download our mobile app Chef+ where you can upload your images, recipes, videos and news stories for chefs worldwide to see!