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		<title>Carry on Heckfield</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who read chefhermes.com and follow the blog on Twitter, you will have noticed that I did one of my legendary ‘Latest Rumour’ tweets. So for those of you that missed it here it is: *LATEST RUMOUR &#124; ChefHermes: After the departure earlier this year of @ChrisStaines1 to Bath,Heckfeild to announce Peter&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/carry-on-heckfield/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Depression by Johnnie Mountain.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 22:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the two year history of ChefHermes.com nobody else has ever written or edited a post, that is until now. For those of you that have been watching the North West series of Great British Menu, you will have witnessed the roller-coaster of emotions that the chefs are put through. Today, Johnnie Mountain approached me:&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/depression-by-johnnie-mountain/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Preview of May</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 11:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking one of the cardinal rules of blogging, I&#8217;m going to apologise for the delay in this post. It was down to the release of the The Worlds 50 Best on Monday, which was so farcical it just begged to be commented on. So for that I apologise. The food &#38; drink festival season has&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/a-preview-of-may/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Worlds 50 Best, The culinary version of Eurovision.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 18:03:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; So it’s that time of year again &#38; the Worlds 50 Best Restaurant list has been release. After starting the day watching tweets of the many being over hyped because they were having breakfast with Ferran Adria amongst others. The former 3Michelin starred chef &#38; record winner of the 50 Best Restaurant was in&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/worlds-50-best-the-culinary-version-of-eurovision/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Out &amp; About ~ Slow Food @ The Crown at Whitebrook</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The slow food movement has been on the blog’s radar for a little while now, so when I was given a chance to attend a launch for the Wales &#38; West Chef Alliance Lunch at the Michelin starred Crown at Whitebrook, it was almost an opportunity too good to miss. The Slow Food movement originated&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/out-about-slow-food-the-crown-at-whitebrook/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Out &amp; About ~ Gidleigh Park, Devon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many questions I get asked about Michelin rated &#38; higher end food; but one that crops up on a regular basis is people enquiring about Gidleigh Park. My reply is always the same. Gidleigh Park is one of the very few places where you can go and be made to feel special, irrelevant&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/out-about-gidleigh-park-devon/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carnage at Coworth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[News has landed at chefhermes.com that there are about to be several large departures from the troubled countryside outpost of the Dorchester Collection. Opened in late September 2010 Coworth Park has seen relatively little stability. The departure of former 2Michelin star chef John Campbell in April 2011, along with many of his loyal ex-Vineyard staff&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/carnage-at-coworth/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Market Produce Supplement &#8211; Now deleted</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For on the second time in the history of chefhermes.com I have had to remove a post. Unfortunately the company that was going to be supplying the blog with the market produce supplements have had to make a commercial decision &#38; withdraw from being affiliated with chefhermes.com. Whilst this saddens me that the company has&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/market-produce-supplement-10/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review ~ Eleven Madison Park, The Cookbook</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I may have mentioned once or twice on ChefHermes.com I have regular chats on Twitter with a chef called Jon Jones. Besides the regular ass whooping I hand him on the ‘who can do the first #FF (Friday follow)’ we generally chat about all things catering &#38; food related. In more recent times he&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/book-review-eleven-madison-park-the-cookbook/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Turner placed on gardening leave&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received an email completely out of the blue concerning Mr Andrew Turner, now formerly of Wiltons. The email was probably one of the last messages he sent from his work email address, it was quite loose on details &#38; when I tried to reply, the Wiltons IT team had shut his account down.&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/andrew-turner-placed-on-gardening-leave/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Words of Advice ~ Mark Dodson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This edition of ‘5Questions’comes from a long time employee of Michel Roux snr. Mark Dodson was 18 years at the Waterside at Bray, during his tenure at the stoves The Waterside received the ultimate accolade from Michelin. In 1985 after 8years on two Michelin stars, three duly arrived and have promptly stayed ever since. Mr&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/words-of-advice-mark-dodson/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Preview of April</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 07:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the round up of April&#8217;s food festivals. Compared to March, there is a significant increase in the number of gatherings &#38; celebrations of food. Various profile chefs are out on the festival circuit: Michael Caines; Nathan Outlaw; Simon Rimmer; Aiden Byrne and Antony Worrall Thompson all make appearances. Festival From Until Details &#38;&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/a-preview-of-april/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Out &amp; about: Launch of Newport Food Festival 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Often I’m working away on site when there are launch parties &#38; get togethers that I’d like to attend, not out of some grandiose level of self importance, but because it’s always good to promote a product or event based on the information I have rather than something that a PR firm is trying to&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/out-about-launch-of-newport-food-festival-2012/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>I would rather have a cup of tea than sex. – Boy George</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not so long ago MSN food did post on tea, called How to make the perfect cup of tea. Although a nice piece, it just seemed to be a thinly veiled effort promoting that Twinnings would be served in First class on British Airways. Yes there were some lovely tips about how to brew the&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/i-would-rather-have-a-cup-of-tea-than-sex-boy-george/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are reality shows the future for discovering new talent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quite recently, the BBC launched the applications for Masterchef: The Professionals and  this week saw the final of Masterchef for amateurs.  It got me thinking, is the catering industry attempting to go down the same road as pop music, or Simon Cowell’s version of it? Is it trying to discover the next big talent via&#160;&#8230; <a href="http://chefhermes.com/are-reality-shows-the-future-for-discovering-new-talent/">Read&#160;more</a>]]></description>
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