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Table talk

Chefs and foodies answer our tongue-in-cheek questions
  • More children are playing with apps, but who protects them?

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  • Paul A Young, chocolatier

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    Paul A Young, one of Britain's best chocolatiers, on risking the wrath of Marco Pierre White, being let down by Gordon Ramsay, and his fear of furry fruit

  • Chef, Stuart Gillies

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    Chef Stuart Gillies on eating whole force-fed birds, cooking for Bill Clinton, and not playing by the rules

  • Chef, Jason Atherton

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    Jason Atherton, the executive chef at Maze, on arctic roll, poisonous toads, and credit-crunch cooking

  • Andrea Leeman

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    Food writer Andrea Leeman on cooking for John Sergeant, forgiving Gordon Ramsay's bad language, and unwittingly eating 'fricassee of trachea'

  • Dave Myers and Si King were The Hairy Bikers, now the Hairy Bakers

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    Si King and Dave Myers, also known as The Hairy Bakers, on eating scrumptious scorpions and the evils of tripe

  • Marco Pierre White. Photograph: Diageo/Reserve

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    Gastronomy's original wildchild Marco Pierre White describes his perfect lunch of oysters and Guinness, growing up with corned beef and salad cream and serving spinal chord of veal

  • Sam Bompas and Harry Parr in their 2D banquet

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    'Architectural foodsmiths' Sam Bompas and Harry Parr on foot-long fishfingers, meat snowmen and zebra jellies

  • Tessa Kiros cooking writer

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    Cookery writer Tessa Kiros on breakfasting in -24C cold at the Arctic Circle, being serenaded by African tribespeople, and finding inspiration in Famous Five novels

  • John Torode

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    John Torode on the worst dish ever cooked on Masterchef, his disdain for Nigella, and why cauliflowers are the next big thing

  • Theo Randall for Pizza Express

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    Theo Randall on choux buns that turn out like golf balls, amazing Italian cooking and Findus Crispy Pancakes

  • Jean-Christophe Novelli

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    Chef Jean-Christophe Novelli on ruining a wedding, trying to live on raw beef, and why food shouldn't be used as a weapon

  • Chad Sarno from Saf restaurant

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    Chad Sarno, a chef specialising in raw vegan food, on the trouble with home cooks, his pig's feet nightmare, and why he wants to cook for George Bush

  • Mark Hix

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    Mark Hix, the chef and restaurateur, on scoffing scallops at school, sampling duck embryos in Vietnam, and sipping snake wine in Vietnam

  • Bob Farrand

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    Bob Farrand, the director of the Guild of Fine Food, on his passion for seasonality, his distaste for celebrity chefs, and his surprising aversion to classic British dishes

  • Fergus Henderson holding a pig's head

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    Fergus Henderson, the founder of St John, on sea urchins, roast beetles and the trouble with Britain: no one talks about cabbages

  • Manpreet Singh Ahuja

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    Manpreet Singh Ahuja, the head chef at Chor Bizarre, loses his cool over duchess potatoes, rhapsodises about vegetables, and praises the amazing transformation of British cuisine

  • Rob Aiken at Taste Festival 2008

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    Chef Rob Aikens on a disaster with lemon mousse, being force-fed kidneys, and narrow-minded tourists

  • Michel Roux, chef de cuisine at Le Gavroche

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    Michel Roux Jr, the chef de cuisine at Le Gavroche, reveals his footballing heroes, his hatred of Somerset brie, and his surprising tip for the next big thing

  • janinawolkow

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    Janina Wolkow, owner of Mayfair's hot Japanese restaurant Sumosan, talks chocaholism, Ronald McDonald, and a forgotten French favourite

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