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Success for Simpsons restaurant chefs at Bocuse D'Or world cooking event

Birmingham can boast of having the world’s best young chef after achieving stunning success in the culinary equivalent of the Olympics. Read

Birmingham Simpsons chef causes a stir with Coventry City flag at Bocuse D'Or

A footy-loving Birmingham chef caused a stir at the world's biggest cookery competition when his football club's flag was banned by the French. Read

Frost & Snow bakery in Birmingham gives hope to homeless

CRAIG Finch was a successful utilities worker with a nice home and three adoring children.Read

Dynamic Birmingham duo aim to cook up a storm at the culinary World Cup

The pressure is on for two local chefs as they prepare for the Bocus d'Or. Richard McComb joined them in the kitchen.Read

Taste of Shakespeare is true labour of love

A Shakespearean scholar and an award-winning chef have teamed up to write an idiot-proof cook book recreating Elizabethan recipes for the modern palate. Catherine Vonledebur reports.Read

David Everitt-Matthias has done it his way for 25 years - right to the top

David Everitt-Matthias, kitchen maestro at Le Champignon Sauvage, cooks stunning food but has no time for anaemic desserts, snooty sommeliers or the cult of cheffiness, writes Food Critic Richard McComb.Read

Birmingham-born chef April Bloomfield carves her American dream

From Druids Heath to Manhattan... Food Critic Richard McComb talks to New York hot-plate star April Bloomfield.Read

Restaurant review: Chung Ying, Wrottesley Street, Birmingham

I kick-started a fledgling Christmas tradition a couple of years ago by dining out on my own for the final review of the year.Read

Wine varieties are the spice of life

I love fish and chips, but I wouldn’t want to eat them every day. Similarly, I am partial to a curry, but I don’t order the same dish every time I visit my local balti restaurant.Read

Maria Camacho brings flavours of Latin America to the Birmingham Marriott hotel

Diners at a Birmingham hotel can enjoy a taste of Costa Rica this year as its new Latin American general manager enjoys her first festive season in the city.Read

The McComb Awards for Dining are back

It's time for the MADs - the McComb Awards for Dining. Richard McComb reports on the culinary heroes and villains of 2012.Read

Chef Stevie Parle has all the right ingredients

Christmas is a perfect time to get creative in the kitchen, says globetrotting chef Stevie Parle. Richard McComb gets a flavour for his ideas.Read

Michelin star chef to open new restaurant in Birmingham

One of the UK’s most exciting young chefs is to open a new restaurant in Birmingham in a move that will cement the city’s reputation for high-end dining.Read

Restaurant review: The Stagg Inn, Titley, Kington, Herefordshire, H5 3RL

The Stagg does what many places could do if only they had the skill and commitment. There is no boundary pushing here just superb ingredients, coaxed into dishes of deceptive simplicity. Read

Itihaas named best spice restaurant in Midlands

A Birmingham restaurant has been crowned the best in the Midlands at the ‘curry oscars’.Read

Birmingham's Metro Bar to offer new place to do business

One of the favoured restaurants of the Birmingham business community has revealed plans for a second venue in the city.Read

Chef Rob Hartwell gives a taste of the great outdoors

Warwickshire wizard Rob Hartwell has been crowned Pub Chef of the Year. He reveals his passion for barbecuing to Richard McComb.Read

Ming Moon in Hurst Street serves up bite-sized tales with a Chinese flavour

One of the more enduring food fashions of the last couple of years has been the movement towards serving small plates of food.Read

Top chef Glynn Purnell offers apprenticeship places to Birmingham students

Budding Birmingham masterchefs are hoping to serve up a winner for Michelin-starred chef Glynn Purnell. Read

Restaurant Review: Oscar's French Bistro in Leamington Spa

Listen very carefully, I will say zis only once...Read