Chef

Antony Worrall Thompson says sorry for shoplifting

TV Gossip

9 Jan 2012

Antony Worrall Thompson has apologised following his arrest for shoplifting. The 'Ready Steady Cook' star - who was given a formal caution by police for stealing cheese and wine on five separate occasions in 16 days from a Tesco store in Henley…

Cliff Richard offered chef's job

Music Gossip

28 Jun 2011

Sir Cliff Richard has been offered a job as a chef. The Congratulations' hitmaker agreed to step into the kitchen at Gus's Fried Chicken in Memphis, Tennessee during a visit with friends and collaborators David Gest, Freda Payne and Candi Staton and…

Jamie Oliver is nation's most-trusted TV chef

TV Gossip

5 May 2011

Jamie Oliver has been named as the TV chef most British people trust. The celebrity cook - famed for his drive to encourage people to eat healthier - beat his contemporaries including Delia Smith, The Hairy Bikers, James Martin and Nigella Lawson to…

Chef!

Crazy dance, sight-gag comedy and lots of laughs

23 Aug 2010

Billed as a beat-box action comedy, Chef! is all it claims to be and more. A mystical chef, outrunning two bumbling, black-clad fighters, finds his way to a modern kitchen, where crazy dance, sight-gag comedy and lots of laughs ensue. Choreographed to…

Edinburgh Fringe 2010 comedy highlights for a fiver

The best comedy shows doing cheap previews

27 Jul 2010

A Betrayal of Penguins The two young Irish jokers return with more sketchy nonsense in a show entitled Don’t Run with Scissors? Gilded Balloon Teviot, 4-6 Aug, 2.45pm. Adam Riches The man behind Rogues Males is back in the saddle as he…

Chefs' choices: Key chefs pay tribute to the food of Fife

Praise for Anster cheese, Falkland beef and locally-grown fruit and veg

10 May 2010

Geoffrey Smeddle on Anster Cheese Fife is hugely fortunate to have its own landmark cheese production farm, the St Andrews Farmhouse Cheese Company, home of Anster cheese. Ever since first tasting this traditional, unpasteurised cheese, we have always…

Food For Thought - Patrick Bardoulet

9 Jul 2009

I am from Paris, the focus of many of the celebrations associated with Bastille Day, 14 July. It’s a national holiday, so there’s the chance to enjoy breakfast – in Paris this will be a baguette and coffee or chocolate. It sounds disgusting to the…