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Thackeray’s in Tunbridge Wells, which will be serving pheasant, partridge, mallard, venison, hare and pigeon throughout National Taste of Game Fortnight (6th to 20th November), will be hosting a special Game Night on Friday 19th November with a special 6-course tasting game menu for £48 - £65 with matched wines. Chicken and fish options will be offered to the culinary-challenged.

Members of the Richard Phillips Restaurants in Kent Facebook group will be entitled to 2 for 1 dining at the TV chef's Chapel Down restaurant which is serving a 2- or 3-course lunch menu of local produce for only £12.95 and £14.95 respectively, created for Britsh Food Fortnight - extending the offer, Monday to Thurday, for the whole of October.

The News of the World recently picked up on a comment made by Phillips on GMTV to guest presenter Kisty Gallahgher. "Now let's talk plumbs," said Richard. "Like every other job interview she's ever had," quipped NotW TV critic, Ian Hyland.

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In response to reports that a natural chemical found in hot chilli peppers may lower blood pressure, Luigi’s Mail Order has introduced a Chilli Lover’s Hamper to celebrate Calabria’s "famous" chilli peppers. The hamper includes their best selling Chilli Oil; Morelli’s Linguine Pasta with Red Chilli; a ‘Karmasutra’ condiment of crushed chillies infused in olive oil; a hot dip made with tomatoes, aubergine and porcini mushrooms; a hot and sweet chilli jam – and half a bottle of Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio.

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Cheeseburger Eating Surrender Monkeys

A report in French newspaper Le Monde says that 150,000 bistros have disappeared from street corners over the past two decades, having been replaced by fastfood chains. Those that have survived have done so by “selling their souls”, according to journalist Pascal Gayrard, and now offer burgers and pizza as daily specials instead of traditional peasant dishes like veal stew, cassoulet or lentils and bacon.

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Raja Famine Relief

The Raja of Kent near Tenterden is supporting the Restaurants Against Hunger appeal with the creation of a special £15 set menu of a starter, main course rice or naan bread, and will donate £1 for each one sold in September and October.

The award-winning restaurant will also be hosting a special gourment evening on 23rd September with a 5-course tasting menu with scallops, pheasant, duck and venison with matched wines for £55.

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Ramsay Eye Opener For London Restaurant Fest

The 2010 London Restaurant Festival (4th -18th October) is holding an online auction for 10 places in Gordon Ramsay’s pop-up restaurant in a capsule aboard the London Eye, completing one rotation for each course.

The festival was founded by London Evening Standard restaurant critic Fay Maschler.

Last year a mystery bidder paid £23,000 for the capital’s most exclusive temporary chef’s table, benefiting StreetSmart, a charity providing food, clothes and shelter for London’s homeless.

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