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Chef at Birmingham restaurant Lasan named UK curry chef of the year

A Birmingham chef has been named Chef of the Year at the British Curry Awards.Read

Richard McComb: A shame for Birmingham to lose the Great British Eatery

It was mid-week, the cupboard was bare and the troops on the domestic front needed a morale boost. I did the honourable dad thing: I said I would pick up fish and chips on the way home.Read

A Chinese adventure

Go on - treat yourself to chicken feet and fried tripe, says Food Critic Richard McCombRead

Indian restaurant plan approved for former Moseley pub The Jug Of Ale

A move to turn a former Birmingham pub into a king-size Indian restaurant has been approved.Read

Share fraud helped destroy Birmingham chip shop the Great British Eatery

The owners of an award-winning Birmingham fish and chip shop have revealed how their company crashed with debts of more than £200,000 after they became unwittingly entangled in an international share fraud.Read

Birmingham's food relationship with Norway

We have been brought to a very deep, very cold fjord to take a look into the present – and future – of fish production.Read

Restaurant Review: Zizzi and Rossopomodoro

Pizza is one of the top two best ever meals, along with roast rib of beef and bacon and egg sandwiches.Read

Virtual wine cellar is a marketing triumph

Selling wine on the internet is a tough business. The market is horrendously crowded to the point of saturation and there may be little to distinguish one website from the next.Read

Birmingham diners urged to support homeless with £1 donation

Diners in Birmingham are being encouraged to support the homeless this Christmas by donating £1 on their bills to the annual StreetSmart campaign.Read

Lasan restaurant chef wins UK title

A top Birmingham chef is preparing for an all-expenses paid dream holiday to India after scooping a major UK culinary title.Read

Birmingham chef prepares for the Olympics of haute cuisine

Birmingham chef Adam Bennett talks to food critic Richard McComb about taking on the toughest challenge in global gastronomy.Read

Restaurant Review: Kinnaree in Birmingham

We are in the midst of a South East Asian food revolution in Birmingham and Thailand is leading the way.Read

Why Marco Pierre White is mad about Birmingham

Marco Pierre White is the guy who, legend says, reduced a trainee chef called Gordon Ramsay to tears in the corner of the kitchen.Read

Harmony reigns with Birmingham's Magnificent Seven at Food Fest banquet

A lavish seven-course dinner served by Birmingham Chefs Alliance heralds a turning point for the city’s culinary credibility, writes Food Critic Richard McCombRead

Opening date of Bullring restaurant development Spiceal Street revealed

Spiceal Street, the new dining destination at the Bullring Shopping Centre in Birmingham, will open on Thursday, November 24. Read

Restaurant Review: Lasan in Birmingham

It is painful, not to say embarrassing, when food writers take themselves too seriously, and for this reason the following declaration isn’t one I make lightly.Read

Meet the man leading six of Birmingham top chefs at exclusive dinner

Food Critic Richard McComb talks to ICC head chef Simon Hellier, the man tasked with delivering Birmingham’s most lavish dinner at the FoodFestRead

Rick Stein's Spanish recipes are no paella imitation

Wandering chef Rick Stein talks to Richard McComb about Spain, tapas and tilting at windmills.Read

Ludlow restaurant La Becasse loses its Michelin star

One of the most popular fine dining restaurants in the West Midlands has lost its coveted Michelin star in the latest edition of the UK’s Michelin Guide.Read

Hands-on journey to proper taste of India

Richard McComb takes a walk on the spice side to enjoy a taste of Hyderabad in rural Herefordshire.Read