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From the creations of self-proclaimed 'potato queen' Poppy O'Toole to those of Brit-abroad influencer Ebby Moyer, FEMAIL takes you on a journey through the constantly-evolving world of the premium potato. While Birmingham-born Poppy has pioneered the Full English jacket (top inset), Ebby has upped the ante with the 'baked potato flight' (left). Meanwhile, culinary scientist Jessica Gavin (right) is doing her bit to drive the baked potato renaissance.

Amanda Holden was overcome with emotion as she completed her epic 250 mile cycling challenge from Cornwall to London. She finished the trail outside Heart Studios HQ in London's Leicester Square at 8.30am on Thursday, where the street was lined with supporters cheering her on.  As a result of her challenge, Amanda has raised £370,000 - with donations still incoming - for Global's Make Some Noise charity. She then spotted husband Chris Hughes in the crowd and rushed to give him a kiss as confetti cannons exploded around her. As well as being treated to bubbly, Amanda was also able to tuck into a hearty breakfast as celebrity chef Tom Kerridge (inset) surprised her with his version of a fry up - an omelette with squashed potatoes, roasted red peppers and homemade baked beans.

Wetherspoons will serve pints for as little as £1.79 in over 700 of its pubs this month - but punters need to be quick to enjoy the boozy bargain. The popular pub chain announced that a 12-day beer festival will take place across all 809 Wetherspoons locations in the UK. From Wednesday October 9 to Sunday October 20, beer lovers can indulge in 30 different beers and real ales - with some travelling as far as from Japan , New Zealand , Canada and the USA. For those new to real ale or simply indecisive, Wetherspoons will also offer a taster deal, where customers can enjoy three third-of-a-pint samples for the price of a full pint - served for as little as £1.79. Wetherspoons encourages customers to check out the festival magazine, available online or via the app, to explore the full lineup of ales before heading to the bar.

A fancy £3.5m Wetherspoons has opened its doors opposite Tom Kerridge's gastro pub in a picturesque riverside town but some locals have hit out at the new boozer for a strange reason. The well-known pub chain welcomed its first customers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, at 8am with a line forming with excited punters queuing at the door. Named the Grand Assembly, in an apparent attempt to ingratiate itself with naysayers in the town, the pub has split opinion with residents since its was announced in was coming to the high street. MailOnline headed down for yesterday's grand opening to witness the pouring of the first pint while locals tucked into their morning fry ups.

The chef (left), 51, added the divisive item to the menu of his hugely popular pub The Coach in Marlow (inset) earlier this month. The towering 'Coach Burger' (right) - which costs £19.50 - consists of a thick beef patty topped with soy and sesame chicken, smoked cheese, dill pickle and a disc of coleslaw. When topped with a sesame bun, the burger is 20cm tall and is held together by a supersized cocktail stick. Earlier this week, The Coach's official Instagram account uploaded a video showing a member of the team assembling one of the burgers.

Flavour of Flight: The Food and Drink of British Airways has been written by BA captain Al Bridger, with the pilot revealing 50 authentic recipes from a century of onboard menus. The book also contains a smorgasbord of imagery, including original menu cards and flamboyant meals.

Food content creator James Dimitri (pictured left), from London, took to Kerridge's Fish and Chips, inside luxury department store Harrods in London, where a portion of Cornish brill with chips can set diners back a whopping £52, while lobster can cost up to £80. James shared his experience on TikTok as part of his 'tourist trap' review series and claimed that a trip to the restaurant was not worth the money, saying the fish was 'leaking water all over the plate'.

Wetherspoon will open a new £3.5million pub in a quaint Buckinghamshire town despite opposition from locals who believe the area is 'too posh' for the chain. Residents of picturesque Marlow fear 'The Grand Assembly' could attract unruly drinkers when it opens on September 24 on the site of a former M&Co clothing store. One complained its proposed signage is 'gross' and will 'disfigure' the area, while another said the external appearance 'looks more appropriate to Piccadilly Circus'. But Wetherspoon insisted the pub will boost the area and create 70 new jobs as it completes renovation works that began in April and hires staff on £12.22 per hour. The venue will also have a terraced courtyard beer garden at the rear, with the chain revealing it had worked with local charities to 'provide nesting sites for swifts - a recently red-listed species - and bats, while promoting pollinating insects and bees'. It comes after MailOnline spoke to local residents in February who feared the pub would 'spoil the demographic' of the town with some claiming it was not needed because Marlow already has Tom Kerridge 's Michelin-star pub The Coach nearby. But other locals welcomed the pub, with Beryl Simmonds saying: 'I think the problem is that those from the posh side of Marlow do not want us in their part of town.'

The famous Michelin star chef, from Salisbury, spoke to Ed Balls and Susanna Reid about the issues that restaurants, pubs and cafes are currently facing, adding that food energy prices are pushing the industry to 'ruin'. Ed asked him whether the VAT cut to 5 per cent during the Covid pandemic made a difference to those working in the food industry. Tom replied: 'That made a huge difference, that was the restaurant and hospitality industry's key to survival. As an industry, we are pushing for VAT to come in line with most of Europe where it sits between eight and 12  per cent for hospitality.' However, viewers of the morning talk show were quick to criticise Tom for trying to 'claw back' money by charging customers a whopping £37 for fish and chips at Harrods.

Rachel Reeves insisted the party had 'changed', arguing it was now the 'natural party of British business'. Giving a speech in Derby, she promised to give companies a 'bedrock of stability' in which to operate. She also tried to calm nerves about red tape from workers rights and extra power for unions, saying a Keir Starmer government would be 'pro worker and pro business'. Labour is trumpeting a letter of endorsement from business figures, including Iceland chief Richard Walker - who previously wanted to stand as a Tory candidate.

A posh Park Lane pop-up is selling hot dogs for a whopping £48. While the popular street food typically costs less than £2 and is topped with mustard or ketchup, Bubbledogs is serving their offering  with very extravagant toppings, including lobster and Beluga caviar. The restaurant suggests pairing the street meat with champagne - which they sell for £22 a glass. The pop-up is currently at 45 Park Lane,  part of the Dorchester Group and is a collaboration between the hotel's Elliot Grover, who cooked at this year's Oscars and is working with Sandia Chang and James Knappett who founded the restaurant.

Tom Kerridge looks set to rile customers up yet again by increasing the price of his Harrods fish finger sandwich from £18 to £27. The Michelin-star chef (left) set the price of his fish finger sandwich (right) at £18 in the Knightsbridge department store restaurant Kerridge's Fish and Chips in September last year. The new price includes a choice of side, but some customers may be unhappy because they can no longer buy the sandwich on its own for £18.

Once beloved by Britons, the chunky chip has been overtaken as the fried potato of choice, with French fries now favourite, according to new research. A poll of 2,000 Brits conducted by French restaurant chain Côte Brasserie, saw French fries preferred by a resounding 62 per cent of the nation. Crispier texture (58 percent), not as greasy (32 per cent), not going soggy like a traditional chip (24 per cent) and being able to get more on a plate (18 per cent) were among the main reasons for the change in chip choice by Brits.

Tom Kerridge has been slammed by a food critic for serving a £32 plate of fish and chips - with a very small fillet. The Michelin-starred chef, 50, took to Instagram to share a video of the dish, served with posh mushy peas and curry sauce, claiming it's always a 'crowd pleaser. However, one food critic said the portion was so small it made the fork look big. Others claim Kerridge's food was 'far too expensive' and was 'just battered fish.

ALEX BYWATER AT KINGSHOLM: Celebrity chef Tom Kerridge was in the Kingsholm stands as Henry Slade and Exeter served up a feast of attacking rugby to keep their slim chances of a Premiership play-off place just about alive. Rob Baxter's Chiefs took maximum points from their Gloucester trip but they are still seventh and four points off the top four. They were far too good for a poor home side. And in England centre Slade, they had a classy performer operating at a higher level than almost any other player on the field. Slade sliced through the Cherry and White defence like a hot knife through butter. He was a constant attacking threat in midfield and kicked superbly from the tee.

The debate is settled. Britain has spoken. Some 16,000 people have responded to our clarion call to determine once and for all what is the most appropriate topping on a chip. And it's not ketchup. Samuel L Jackson will be pleased. Apart from Salt and Vinegar, Jules, the hitman in Quentin Tarantino 's classic Pulp Fiction made a most passionate argument in favour of a Belgian affectation. Mayonnaise is most popular. Far ahead of mushy peas, gravy and even brown sauce. Of the people who responded to our survey, some 3,909 said salt and a further 3,792 said vinegar was their favourite topping.

Revolution Bars has announced that 12 further closures of the popular chain could be on the cards, as hundred of staff members face losing their jobs. The chain's future, popular for after-work drinks and Saturday night revellers, is at risk after the firm revealed it was buckling under the pressure of the soaring cost-of-living crisis having a knock-on effect on sales. It has also blamed younger customers for being more tight with their cash and no longer spending as much time at their bars.

Tom Kerridge has warned that nearly every British food chain was on the verge of going bust, even his own Michelin-starred store. During a cost of living crisis, the TV chef warned that unprecedented inflation had harmed every single household, as well as customers' financial challenges. As a result, he cautioned that many companies would see dissolving even as a success.

Before the fear of dying by his 50th birthday made him go teetotal, Tom Kerridge has revealed that he would'd drink beer in the shower. By the age of 40, the chef, 50, had tipped the scales at 30 and has now shed 12st by diet and exercise after quitting the booze. Tom, who has appeared on MasterChef and The Great British Menu, received his second Michelin star in 2012 for his gastropub, and he told how alcohol eased his work's pressures.

After JD Wetherspoon opened their first pub in a holiday park, pubgoers will now get Spoons on vacation. Today, the Five Stones in Primrose Valley Holiday Park, Filey, Yorkshire, welcomed its first clients. The park's owner, Haven Holidays, has told pundits that they should expect 'all the value and variety you've come to of the iconic British pub company, as well as Haven's focus on family fun.' Several Roman 'finds' have been unearthed in and around Filey, and the pub's name refers to several. Fragments of Roman pottery were uncovered near what is now the main entrance of the holiday park in 1924.

This week, the television chef, 50, wrote a glowing article on a recent trip to Ikoyi on London's Strand, but Kerridge's followers weren't positive that the accolade-drenched Ikoyi needed no one's help. (left a dish at Ikoyi in central London, right a dish from left) Inset: The restaurant's exterior)

EXCLUSIVE: The opening of a new pub in town is met with elation and awe. However, outrage in quaint Marlow, Buckinghamshire, is spreading when it is feared that an unwelcome visitor will wander their riverside streets - a Wetherspoon. On Market Square, where a M&Co store once stood, there is a call for a change of use from retail to 'public house/restaurant.' Some locals believe that it will'spoil the community's demographic profile' and attract unruly drinkers. 'There is no need for cheap food and cheap beer,' according to one local, lowering the tone and ruining the town.' However, residents in Henley-on-Thames, pictured above, claim that a Wetherspoon is a reward for their families.

For the second time in three months, the company, which is best known for JK Rowling's Harry Potter series, boosted its revenue estimates as it welcomed a new celebrity. Thanks in part to the introduction of the new best-selling book from Maas (pictured) - House of Flame and Shadow at the end of January, it has seen 'exceptional growth.'