Gordon Ramsay news and analysis – Page 6
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My Alternative CV - Julie Cook
What's your nickname? Jules Who was your first teenage crush? Shakin' Stevens because he could jive. When was the first time you got drunk? Pernod and lemonade at a firework party. I was sick in the rabbit cage.
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My Alternative CV - Claire Kong, General Mills
What's your nickname? Claire Bear. Because it rhymes. What was the first music single you bought? Borderline by Madonna. What did you want to be when you were a kid? I wanted to be Wonderwoman. I liked her costume and how she roped in all the bad...
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Opinion - "I thought farmer-courting Tesco wanted to be seen to be above reproach before this week's £1.99 chicken promo"
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's worst fears were realised this week as Tesco put chicken on a week-long £1.99 promo. The capon crusader had spent three nights, and roped in celebrity chef buddies Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay, to convince the nation...
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My Alternative CV - Shaun Bye, sales director, Natures Table
What's your nickname? Bobs. Some people think I look like Bobby Davro - you decide. Who was your first teenage crush and why? Sabrina from Charlie's Angels. She was hot to a 10-year-old lad.
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Ramsay in trouble over skate advice
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was under fire from environmentalists this week for urging viewers of a BBC talk show to eat skate, an endangered species of fish.The star of the Kitchen Nightmares show claimed there were plenty of skate in...
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Diageo opts for single Christmas promotions
Diageo will be dropping multi-buy promotions this Christmas, after last year's two-for-£25 deal resulted in a 31.2% drop in value during the period for its star Christmas brand, Baileys. Instead, as part of its £25m Christmas investment,...
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My Alternative CV - Michael Cohen, marketing director, Whole Earth Organic 10/10
What's your nickname? The Eyebrow When was the first time you got drunk and what did you drink? I remember downing a whole bottle of the sweetest dessert wine imaginable in one go during a school trip to France... not a pretty sight!
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Tesco cookware lacks that star chef ingredient
Tesco's plans to launch a range of celebrity chef-endorsed cookware have gone down the pan - because the retailer can't find anyone to endorse it.Bogof has it on good authority that the retailer has been frustrated in its attempts to...
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My Alternative CV - Matt Crane, director, Juice Doctor Pure Hydration
What's your nickname? At school the ladies called me Cuddles - but sadly it was often Cuddles and nothing else! Who was your first teenage crush and why? Don't know her name but she featured on a poster in the eighties, retrieving a tennis ball from...
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Big hitters vow support
Food writers, chefs, nutritionists, wholesalers and healthy food manufacturers have all voiced their support for The Grocer's Weigh it Up! campaign, which gathered momentum this week. The campaign, which calls on Ofcom to abandon its use of...
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Blame Brits' unkempt culture
SIR; Browsing the reams of commentary on the Ofcom ban, one could be forgiven for believing that advertisers were the sole perpetrators of blubbery Britain. That's because advertisers are easy to blame, and consequently advertising is...
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Ramsay does a Ratner on own boxed chocs
Outspoken celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has inadvertently belittled his premium boxed chocolate range while hitting back at critics. Responding to a question on the quality of the range while speaking at a Channel 4 food event last...
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Bogof's week
Tesco pulled out all the stops in Turkey last week by taking one of our hacks out to dinner in a posh restaurant. But when his hosts came to pay they tried four or five credit cards and all were rejected. The team from Tesco had to have the...
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Goats meat farmers respond to demand
Goat farmers are poised for a major increase in demand for the meat as restaurants and celebrity chefs extend the market beyond its traditional ethnic heartland. Global demand exceeds 500 million carcases a year with double-digit...
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Book reviews food guides
The Which? Good Food Guide celebrates its 55th anniversary this year with reviews of more than 1,200 restaurants across the UK, from the best gastro-pubs to the finest top-end dining. Providing up-to-the-minute information on chefs,...
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Company profile - Good4U
Product: Microgreens and seeds
Based: N Ireland
Turnover: E1m
Established: 2004
If you were asked to describe baby broccoli, would you know what it looked like? Probably not. That could be about to change however, as a small Irish… -
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Company Profile Good4U
If you were asked to describe baby broccoli, would you know what it looked like? Probably not. That could be about to change, however, as a small Irish outfit called Good4U starts to infiltrate the multiples with its products. Working...
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Jeremy Rockett marketing director, Gonzalez Byass UK
How did you get where you are today?By accident really! I had worked in the food industry in sales for a number of years. I joined a drinks company after a previous boss approached me. That company became First Drinks Brands a year later...