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tastebuds on October 10th, 2008
Welsh chef Bryan Webbs

Thanks to his Mum encouraging him to bake cakes, Bryan Webb side-stepped a job down the mines – as a school-leaving Valleys boy at that time was expected to do – opting to become a chef instead. “As a naive sixteen-year-old, I thought cooking would be an easier option,” he recalls ruefully.

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tastebuds on September 24th, 2008
Gary Rhodes, © Penguin

Gary Rhodes is one of Britain’s best-loved Michelin-starred chefs. He has restaurants in London, Dublin, Grenada and on board a cruise ship in the Mediterranean sea. He appears regularly on television, most recently in Hell’s Kitchen and Local Food Heroes

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tastebuds on September 11th, 2008
Martin Burge, Head Chef at Whatley Manor

Martin Burge was brought up in Bristol and originally trained at Brunel Technical College. Having emerged with distinctions his first job was under Michael Croft at the Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath. When Croft moved to London to run the kitchen at Mirabelle, 21 year old Burge went with him, before moving on to Pied [...]

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tastebuds on July 25th, 2008
Get a Taste of Star-Studded Copenhagen

Danish cuisine blends European influences with its traditionally excellent dairy produce, organic vegetables and fruits and high quality local ingredients from sustainable farms and the surrounding waters. This year the Danish capital has been awarded no less than 12 Michelin stars: more than Rome, Berlin, Vienna and every other Scandinavian capital.

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