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Diner jailed over pubic hair fraud

A man who sprinkled his pubic hair over a half-eaten curry in an attempt to not pay for it has been jailed.

Lee Tyers was caught on camera adding the extra ingredient to his meal before complaining to staff.

Christmas Day diner dies after food poisoning bug found

A woman has died and 30 people have fallen ill following a Christmas Day lunch at an east London pub.

Della Callagher died two days after eating at the Railway Hotel in Hornchurch.

The Health Protection Agency (HPA) began an inquiry after the Clostridium perfringens bacterium was found in samples from the affected diners.

Mrs Callagher's husband John said he took her to hospital on Boxing Day but is angry doctors told her to go home.

Toddler served whisky at Frankie and Benny's restaurant

A restaurant has apologised after a toddler was served whisky instead of fruit juice at his birthday party.

Sonny Rees drank the 40% proof whisky at his second birthday in a Frankie and Benny's restaurant in Swansea.

His mother Nina Rees only realised the mistake after he had finished the drink.

Sonny, from Pontarddulais in Swansea, was taken to accident and emergency where he was kept under observation by doctors.

Preedee Thai closes in Tunbridge Wells

Preedee Thai, the acclaimed Thai restaurant in Tunbridge Wells' Camden Road, is closing after six years to start a new non-food venture.

Brighton all-you-can eat restaurant bans two 'greedy' diners

Two men barred from an all-you-can-eat Mongolian restaurant in Brighton say it was because they ate too much food.

George Dalmon and Andy Miles, both 26, have visited Gobi, in Middle Street, twice a month for two years to take advantage of the £12 deal.

But when they each ate five bowls from the buffet at their last visit, Mr Dalmon said they were called "filthy pigs" and barred by the "rude" manager.

The restaurant's owners said they were fed up with their lack of manners.

Batchelors Local Foods introduces home delivery to Kent and East Sussex

Batchelors Local Foods, which has been supplying high quality, locally produced foods to restaurateurs, publicans, hoteliers, deli and café owners in Kent and East Sussex since 2010, is now offering a home delivery service.

Rochester-based entrepreneur Jason Batchelor supplies local produce from companies that do not offer delivery themselves and whose products are often only available in local farm shops and at farmers’markets.

Richard Phillips delighted with Thackeray’s return to Michelin Star status

Celebrity chef Richard Phillips has told staff to “go celebrate” after his Thackeray’s Restaurant in Tunbridge Wells bagged a coveted Michelin Star.

Gaining a Michelin star is internationally seen as one of the highest commendations in the restaurant industry and Phillips, who is also known for his TV work on BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, is rightly delighted.

After the 2013 Michelin Guide was leaked online yesterday, Phillips took to social networking site Twitter to express his feelings.

Simon Rogan equals Blumenthal’s perfect 10 in 2013 restaurant guide

Now for the first time since 2006, a top score has been awarded to a restaurant other than Heston Blumenthal’s Fat Duck, with the honour going to Simon Rogan’s L’Enclume in Cumbria.

Blumenthal’s Fat Duck, in Berkshire, tops the Good Food Guide’s list for the fifth year running. L’Enclume is number two for the second year in a row but last year was given nine out of 10.

Whisky and Rye at The Ambrette

Inspired by recent trip to Scotland, Michelin-rated chef patron Dev Biswal is to serve a special menu 7-course sampling menu with matched whiskies. The menu costing £60 per head, will be available on Sunday 29th April at his Ambrette Restaurant @ Rye, which is located in the historic Cinque Port town’s White Vine House, holder of 5 AA stars.

The evening begins with Soup of wild mushroom and Kentish blue cheese laced with 12 year old Glenlivet, then a Spice crusted Rye Bay scallops on a bed of aromatic Anglo Indian kedgeree with Tullibardine single malt.

Jonny Dunhill, owner of Eddie Gilbert's in Ramsgate dies

Jonny Dunhill, owner of Eddie Gilbert's in Ramsgate, one of the nicest guys in the
business, died this morning.

He'd been diagnosed with cancer in the summer.

He leaves 3 young children.

Born to be Queen - Daisy Solomons new book released

Frequent contributor to Restaurant Spy, Daisy Solomons (Daisy Middleton), has written a terrific memoir of life in the 50's and 60's - a book which tells the often darker stories behind the Bohemian 50's and Swinging Sixties. It's a fabulous, "can't put it down" read and heartily recommended by Restaurant Spy.

McDonald's makes 2012 Olympics pledge to create the biggest and busiest Big Mac diner

Fast-food firm plans to break its record and build the world's largest McDonald's at the Games site in Stratford, east London

Back to school with The Milestone

Sheffield gastro pub The Milestone has re-launched its popular cookery school due to a high level of demand, which will be held at their latest Sheffield city centre venture the Wig & Pen.

The team has worked to develop a new, more diverse range of courses that reflect their ethos for fresh, locally sourced food, with all classes being lead by their professional chefs. Classes include ‘Knife Skills’, ‘Meat’, ‘Fish’, ‘Bread’ and ‘Bakes & Cakes’, and ‘Now You’ve Caught Your Pig’, focusing on utilising every part of the animal.

iPhone app to pay the restaurant bill

A few tap of a buttons on a smart phone application – or app – will mean that diners can leave the restaurant when they please.

Instead of a receipt, they will be sent an electronic confirmation that they have paid, and the restaurant's till will also be sent a message, so the management knows that the customer is not "doing a runner" without settling.

The idea has been pioneered by PayPal, the online payment company and Pizza Express, one of Britain's biggest chain restaurants, which is rolling it out across all of its 370 outlets this week.

The Minnis and Walpole Bay Hotel announce art competition to capture “the loveliest skies in Europe”

The Minnis Bar and Restaurant in Birchington and the Walpole Bay Hotel in Cliftonville, Kent have joined forces to hold an art competition that will run throughout the summer.

Eddie Gilbert’s announces “silver surfer” prix fix to celebrate host of runners’-up awards

Ramsgate’s Eddie Gilbert's, which has grown accustomed to collecting winner’s awards, has introduced a special two-course prix fixe “silver surfer” menu for £22.22, to celebrate collecting no fewer than four runner’s-up awards in recent weeks.

In the 2011 Coast Magazine awards (featured in the June edition), Eddie Gilbert’s was narrowly beaten into second place by Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen Cornwall as the Best Seaside Restaurant.

"You Catch It - We Cook It!" Offer From Deal's Waterside Restaurant

The Waterfront Restaurant in Deal's Beachbrow Hotel, which has long been a favourite with anglers, will cook whatever guests catch - and is offering a third night free on midweek breaks.

The hotel dates back to 1700s, when Lord Nelson's Flag officers stayed here when berthed in Deal. The shingle beach offers excellent shore fishing and immediately opposite the Beachbrow, the newly restored Deal Pier is also popular with anglers.

Jamie Oliver’s Wedding Band to Play The Harrow’s Garden Party

The Harrow gastro pub is to host a garden party with live music from Hullabaloo, the Kent-based jazz band, whose impressive gig list includes the wedding of Naked Chef, Jamie Oliver to Jules, complete with roast on Sunday 28th August. The band will be playing form 2pm with the roasted hog being served for dinner.

Minnis Bar & Restaurant adopts food techniques introduced by the Romans 2,000 years ago

Nestling between the fishing ports of Whitstable and Ramsgate, The Minnis Bar and Restaurant overlooks the golden sands of Minnis Bay in Birchington, with coastal views towards the ruins of the Roman fort at Reculver.

Fittingly, chef-patron Jason Freedman is reintroducing food preservation methods brought to Britain in the first millennium by the Roman invaders.

The Mulberry Tree announces Programme of Summer Events

The award-winning Mulberry Tree restaurant in Boughton Monchelsea in Kent has announced a “Celebration of Kent” dinner with the winemaker Julian Barnes, the owner and winemaker of Biddenden Vineyards. Julian is ‘selling himself’ for the evening in aid of Demelza House Hospice!

TV chef Richard Phillips to serve Kentish produce menu for golf VIPs at British Open

TV chef Richard Phillips is producing a Kentish menu, featuring some his exquisite signature dishes, for VIPs and clubhouse members at Royal St George’s Golf Club’s fine dinning restaurant in Sandwich at the British Open Golf Championship being held this July.

Richard will be cooking a special lunch menu will be served on all 4 days of the Open from 14th to 17th July.

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