chefs
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Stuart Deeley joins Opheem's senior team in Birmingham
The 2019 MasterChef: The Professionals champion leaves the Warwick at Mallory Court for Aktar Islam's two-Michelin-starred Indian kitchen.

Loch Ness chef wins Masters of the Menu 2026
Ammar Soeb Khumri, senior chef de partie at The Lovat Hotel, beat four finalists with a duck breast dish built around a Heinz Korean BBQ sauce.

James Martin's Manchester restaurant closes after 14 years
The chef's namesake dining room inside the Manchester235 casino has shut as his partnership with operator Metropolitan Gaming ends, with no replacement concept named yet.

Gault&Millau names 28 nominees for its 2027 trophies
David Toutain and Jérôme Banctel are among four in the running for Chef of the Year. A new category rewards sommeliers for non-alcoholic pairings, a nod to falling wine consumption.

Ian McAndrew, chef who starred Eastwell Manor, dies
Master Chefs of Great Britain announced his death on 12 October. McAndrew won a Michelin star at Eastwell Manor in 1982 and another at his own restaurant three years later.

Yiaga tops The Age Good Food Guide 2027 in Melbourne
Hugh Allen's 44-seat tasting-menu restaurant in Fitzroy Gardens takes restaurant of the year, as the guide also crowns Roma new restaurant of the year and keeps Vue de Monde and Brae on three hats.

Chef Ian McAndrew dies after four decades in British kitchens
Master Chefs of Great Britain announced the death of the chef behind Eastwell Manor's 1982 Michelin star and, decades later, Blackaddie House Hotel.

Nasser Kheir becomes head chef at Burnham Beeches
The Dorchester's former head banqueting chef takes over all food and drink at the Georgian hotel in Buckinghamshire, a year before its 300th anniversary.

Benoît Castel, world's best pastry chef, opens in Paris
Weeks after winning the UIBC's top pastry title in Singapore, the Breton chef opens his fourth Paris address, splitting the day between coffee, lunch and pastry.

Gianluca Gorini's first book, Cucina Radicale, is out
The one-star chef from San Piero in Bagno wrote it with Eugenio Signoroni: 256 pages on his mentors, his Apennine roots and his method, and not a recipe collection.

Michael Wignall cookbook collects 70 dishes from The Angel
The Yorkshire Dales chef's 420-page debut, priced at £65, separates plating photography from working methods in a format aimed at fellow cooks.
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