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Restaurant in Birmingham focused on alternative luxury, lifestyle and music. Restaurant number 2 โAlbatrossโ now open!
Birmingham, England
Joined November 2014
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To everyone who has emailed us to confirm they are angry that we wonโt be relaxing all restrictions whilst we monitor the situation I am flabbergasted. This is clearly an emotive issue but honestly youโre all fucking nuts.
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Like, sorry for the thread but why are you fucking mental? I wonโt ever apologise for putting safety and welfare first. How can some cotton over ya gob when going for a piss offend you so much?
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Welcome to the German market. The biggest waste of space in the city, donโt support it, donโt visit and donโt allow the myth to stand that it adds value to Birmingham.
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8 years ago yesterday I opened this restaurant. To all the support weโve enjoyed over the years I am blessed and have nothing but gratitude. Iโve already achieved more than I ever thought possible with this little restaurant. Youโve made a happy man very old. X
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Thank you everyone for their support to my brother
@stuartdeeley
. Massive congrats to such a talented human being. ๐ฅ bringing it home for Birmingham!
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Absolutely speechless. As someone who has been in recovery for eating disorders my entire adult life, I cannot comprehend the level of spite here. For the record, we have never challenged those who are exempt. A fake review and an absolutely terrible example of humanity.
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@ConradB1981
@IndependentBham
@MeatOneVegBlog
@richardpope
@ichoosemag
@andylownslow
@barrysherwin61
@PintShopBrum
@DigbethDiner
@MarkStFood
@TomCullen
Lads, itโs okay I got this.
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Well fuck me. Bit nice that. Cheers
@GoodFoodGuideUK
- credit, as always, to our spectacular team. ๐ค๐ป
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Thank you for all the support. Means the world. ๐
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You lot who donโt like masks just discovered google reviews I see. Crack on ๐
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Letโs have it x
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I can only apologise. I reiterate Christmas will be over soon. ๐
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This is whatโs wrong with dining out in the UK. Jesus Christ Susan...
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#GreatBritishMenu
seeing a lot of love for
@PaulAinsw6rth
and I can confirm itโs totally justified. He was on and off camera an exceptionally kind and supportive human and made my appearance last year infinitely easier, and my exit bearable. A legit legend.
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Long time in the making but here we go. Thanks to everyone who has believed in us - introducing
@Nocturnalb2
xo
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โThis is the second time Iโve called and youโve been fully booked. Itโs not really good enough is it?โ People never cease to amaze me. ๐
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To the many who wished us well for
@MichelinGuideUK
- thank you. To our team, ya donโt need a plaque to know how good you are. To Grace & Savour, enjoy your moment. To the presenter who just fumbled through the most awkward hour Iโve ever watched, thoughts and prayers. ๐ฅด
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I want to drink a little beveragino outside
@1000TradesJQ
this summer and believe the council (cc
@LizClements
) is wrong to consider withdrawing outdoor seating and spaces for people in the JQ. If you do too, please sign
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This is about as much as Iโm allowed to share til our team let me, but this has absolutely been worth the sleepless nights, the screwfix visits, the descending madness an opening inflicts. Fucking beautiful
@atelierjq
-
@InRobWeTrust
is back. X
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The JQ is crying out for more pedestrianised streets - not less. Keep that one + whilst weโre at it Caroline St and Warstone Ln would benefit hugely. Imma talking proper outdoor cafe and bar culture and public spaces you WANT to stay in. Thereโs more to life than St Paulโs Sq
The owners of 1,000 Trades have approached Birmingham city council and asked them why they are making 'life even harder' for businesses.
The council are considering removing bollards, and with it, outdoor dining tables for their customers.
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Look, what a beautiful response from the vast majority. Shall we answer this for restaurants once and for all.. Please retweet so we have a singular screenshot reply for trolls. For diners visiting restaurants, would you rather weโฆ.
Keep some restrictions
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@Cliffor52088230
Nope. Afraid the restaurant is a front for a niche centric party with Marxist flair. In interacting with this tweet youโre now a member, comrade
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Tonight we reopen. Thank you so Iโm in to everyone who believed and supported us to here. Please come see us - limited space in September, but a charity EOTHO for both sept and Oct. peace โ๏ธ
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I will be asking for a meeting for hospo with
@andy4wm
and
@BrumLeader
in early Jan as a priority. As a region, we cannot afford to lose the single sector that has, arguably, moved the city forward as a tourist destination. With no support, I struggle to see a successful CG22...
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What an absolute honour, surprise and joy. Thank you for the recognition. We will carry on doing what we can to support our city x
The final award of the evening is the CEO Award. This
#COBBA21
award is going to an incredible businessman who's contribution to the city's development and growth through can not be ignored. Congratulations to Alex Claridge,
@the__wilderness
on your win!
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Itโs about damn time. New menu. 20/7. High octane flavour built around what I love about this city. Share the living shit out of this if you would darlings x
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Between now and Christmas Iโd like to apologise for the blatant selling that will be taking place. As we battle cancellations like everyone else and the prospect of an unknown January I will be regrettably selling everything I can. Including my body.
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If you abuse me or my staff, act like a dick or otherwise embarrass yourself in my restaurant I will always have their back. See you on Tripadvisor pal, assure you whatever you got Iโll meet it ๐
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I donโt think at any point during this Covid disaster Iโve felt worse or more stressed than now, on the precipice with no control. Not saying it to be negative just need to be honest. Anyone else terrified?
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Look, Iโm bored of doing food boxes. If we did a live cook along for like two courses where you can buy the ingredients or collect them. Would anyone do it, like 20 quid or something? Alternatively, itโs Onlyfans...
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A gentle reminder that if youโre thinking about being rude to anyone working in a restaurant right now, I strongly suggest you get in the bin or self-isolate on account of your personality. Thank you to the 99% who are lovely and respectful. As you were x
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Playing catch up with news and another sad week for BHX hospitality. Lot of fear in the sector and, I suspect, very few are immune from some of this stress. A thread ๐งต
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Just a few thoughts. Unfiltered and probably with basic typos ๐ to all who are already doing this, thank you x
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Look, your support on our cautiou Covid policy is epic. If you wanted to come see us with extra glorified virtue signalling, we have cancellations tomorrow. If you prefer your virtue signalling elsewhere support any of the many, many hospitality venues doing the right thing. โ๐ป
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RIGHTY. So my morning started with reading a gem of a Tripadvisor. 1 star. Now, gentle reader, that in of itself doesnโt bother me. I want 1 or 5 stars - those that get it get it those that donโt donโt. Fine! Butโฆ where I do have big issue is when this is ya title.
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I donโt think Iโm alone. Itโs just really wierd as an operator, really hard on energy that after the last year of never working and never off (wierd to do that simultaneously) is totally drained. Sorry for cluttering your timelines. Hereโs a photo of my home.
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Please everyone and please nobody. X also, love me some blunters
This may just be the greatest thing to ever happen to ShitAdvisor. Take a bow,
@thewildernessb5
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I am so embarrassed ๐คทโโ๏ธ
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To the many other restaurants in Brum who may be disappointed, youโre building the most wonderful food scene here and the city knows how good you are. All in good time x
@foliumrest
@toffsbyRPalmer
@670grams
@HarborneKitchen
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6 years on 13/11/21. Reflecting on how badly Iโve aged, how grateful I am to still be here and how very much we have learnt and grown. Gratitude to all who have played a part in that journey from guests, team and my beloved anonymous trolls on Twitter. X
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No show of 3. Actually on my knees. It is so fucking hard right now, and they are back. No respect no manners. Anyone in JQ who wants a 2 or 4 top anytime between here and 9. Let me know.
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petition to the government to support hospitality. Enough is enough. Please share far and wide and share. Love you all xoxo
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Service update: I'm going to open a second restaurant. My mind is telling me no but my body, my body's telling me yes. Also twitter.
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As the local press begin to promote the German markets let me re-establish my position. I am against them emphatically, they devalue the city and punish some of the cityโs most vulnerable homeless. Boycott them. X ๐
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Thanks for the insane support for the petition. Iโm going to be launching more support later today, more packages to help the industry and shouting loud and proud for this amazing industry.
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To all guests booked over coming weeks and affected by the stupidity of this latest change to regulations, we will be in touch today. Please keep coming to restaurants (not just mine) - work with us. Thank you x
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Bit of a wierd one, even for me. Iโm looking for cocktails lovers who would be willing Guinea pigs for a new retail project Iโm helping. Would need to try some drinks over the next few weeks and answer some basic questions. If youโre interested make yourself knownโฆ.
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This is peak JQ and should be absolutely celebrated
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Forgive me for not having faith in
@Conservatives
ability to make the right decisions. Given their impeccable track record. Iโm tweeting to get opinions which are, as always, welcome, but I canโt read about the risks and concern and not feel measured concern back.
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Look, a few folks have made me aware I seem borderline not ok or negative here. Let me be clear - Iโm fucking delighted to have our guests back. Iโm grateful to have survived. But this week is hard, harder than I thought. Itโs a rehabilitation from 12 months plus of damage.
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Would you look at these scallops with early season peas, nori and wagyu fat and tell me you donโt think impure thoughts. ๐น
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Thank you for all your lovely messages here is my face and some thoughts
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Albatross, our second restaurant, is open. Sleepless nights are worth it baby! Thanks to all who have already indulged their curiosity and visited in opening week. ๐
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And just like that. Saturday service on fire. Full house and some gloriously bad dancing from guests. Iโm here for this, still. Hospo you complicated beautiful nightmare
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This is as much as I should share and probably still too much
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never wanted to do this but with no sign from Boris pls help me in return for meals and experiences. I just want to look after my work family. My heart is breaking x thank you so much
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Our second restaurant is coming very soon. Alarmingly soon. Early access will be live today for Albatross - if you want in, a heck of an opening offer and a ticket to the smallest and wierdest restaurant in Brum then DM me baby.
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Okay, so this is for you lot here on Twitter first k? Instagram can wait. Because I donโt really know how to do reels. Itโs only
@andylownslow
coming to see us 27/9. 6 courses - half us, half him. 60 quid. You know what to do, ta x
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Still have a cancellation tonight. Please fill it or will have to take one of the chefs out back and shoot them as we wonโt be able to afford their staff food nor stable.
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Delighted to confirm that desperate times require a return to being a gobshite. Here we go ๐
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Thereโs a lot of backlash to my criticism of the Christmas markets. I get it, and I know historically Iโve been the first to stir controversy. This isnโt it. Iโm filming a few bits and bobs about the market and what it does to the city next week, I promise to try explain well x
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Every restaurant in Brum thatโs closing pls contact us to distribute food left over to
@Sifafireside
imagine the diff we can make. Pls rt as much as possible
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Have never had more vegan enquiries than this Jan / veganuary. Itโs very important to me we remain a contemporary & modern restaurant - even if itโs not โobviousโ to me. Vegans, if we do a night to trial a vegan menu, would you come? Is there interest? And what does ๐ mean? Ta
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The nonsense will stop when we get our back in lockdown x thanks for your support โ๐ป
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No show klaxon alert from last night too. More to come on that shitshow later. Stay tuned for a grown man already heavily in debt from the last year, cry, not gently but the silent and, letโs face it, ugly kind.
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Each and every person who visited this week, thank you so much. I also want to sing the praises of my team. They have worked harder than I could expect, with resilience and commitment. I am immensely proud of them all and grateful in the extreme. โ๐ป๐๐๐ป
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Fuck no shows. That is all.
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Look, itโs about time we told you a little about our new venue. Itโs called False Idols. Created to occupy the grey area between restaurant and bar. Opening in the not so distant future. Will probably talk more as we go about it. Labour of love alongside
@InRobWeTrust
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โNo fine dining trimmingsโ ๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ canโt fucking win sometimes. Thanks to everyone who supports us and believes in keeping it real and keeping it fun dining x
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Soz or youโre welcome for the silence. Iโve pissed off to Barca for a few days to celebrate my birthday. 34 was heavy, at times heavier than I knew how to carry, so Iโd like to extend my love and thanks to all the real ones who helped, cajoled and are still there. Big love. X
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Delighted to feature in this entirely serious list, that also features Bella Italia.
A serious food culture for this city desperately needs serious journalism ๐ฅฑ
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To be clear, if as facts emerge this is indeed the driver behind the closure then I will be opposing. Iโll also be urging all at the combined authority and Mayor to do the same. If we donโt resist the homogenisation of the city itโll ACTUALLY be a no go zone.
The Our Future City Plan is about to do more irreparable damage to Birmingham.
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Went to Digbeth to visit an awesome supplier we are working with and, well, it looks like I canโt ever leave. Iโm not smart enough for this level of road closureโฆ.I guess I live here now?
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Unexpected but very grateful to see my second venue getting a bit of love. Cheers
@MichelinGuideUK
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Always great to have one of our chefs come in to eat when they are off. Only problem is er heโs with his long term girlfriend. He has no idea how funny we think this might be. Watch for updates
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Next week we will announce to the general public the new restaurant details. If you want an early stop, ahead of opening in 2024 we have some soft dinners and previews in December. 16 courses ish at 75 quid - if you want to come to that ahead of public / press announcement shout!
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This is for a filming but an aching insight into what our gorgeous arcades should and could be. If anyone wants it, Iโll put on a chez Josephine night to fix the city centre bistro problem. ๐
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Meanwhile with my other hat onโฆ
Weโve asked
@south_staffs
to ensure the Crooked House Pub is rebuilt brick by brick, & any attempt to change its use blocked ๐ซ
@alex__claridge
& I have also asked to be kept informed of the Fire & Policeโs investigation
We will not let the Crooked House be consigned to history
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For everyone who wondered what would happen if Elma the elephant shagged a bull, wonder no longer. ๐๐ป
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200k signatures still demanding the right support. Thank each and every one of you xxx
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Update to follow soon for reopening. Expecting it to be in approx 2028 and not sure we will have electricity or anything of civilisation left but we will be back. ๐๐ป
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@louisaellis13
I think I can speak for us and all of Birmingham so say you legend. Proud to work with you, youโre diamond mate x
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Look, the support on here when we have cancellations is incredible. Youโre all incredible. The cityโs indies have never needed the support more and youโre all over it. โ๐ป
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Come into work, didnโt know what rlse to do. My heart. Hope everyone in kitchens staying strong. Iโm aware in coming weeks I may not even be able to come visit my restaurant but fuck I miss it already x
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Lot of rumours of new measures to come. I want to reassure guests we are working to the highest standards, we arenโt going anywhere, we will kee fists up. Whatever it takes. Thanks for your support. Stay safe big love
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Guess who made the Hardenโs Top 100 list?
@RestaurantAdams
@opheemtweets
(congrats both!) andโฆ.only bloody us weirdos. Cheers
@HardensBites
โ let me know what cash prize we receive xoxo
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Thanks for visiting. Top left is cod / xo / iberico not scallop but because itโs you weโll let that slide ๐ see you soon x
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Looking in adulation at our master chef
@louisaellis13
@MasterChefUK
appaz sheโs on tv tonight. Iโve only done youโve been framed
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Did anyone guess
@joelycett
? 4/10 - joining us as artist in residence. Newsletter subscribers get first dibs. Sign up link in bio x canโt wait to welcome Mummy to our restaurantโฆ.
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@RetailBID
@birmingham_live
@_grahamyoung
@IndependentBham
@WhatsOnBrum
@staceybarnfield
@LoveBrumUK
@ColmoreBID
@SouthsideDist
@JQBID
@westsidebid
Drop the rent to a sensible level for any biz of value to work with. Corner unit with new street on at 270k, Morrisonโs ex unit similar. Property needs a revolution in the city
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Doing a final drop of what produce we have thatโs useful then have to say goodbye to my restaurant for the foreseeable. Been amazing to see everyone pull together to do great things even in so much darkness x
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This breaks my fucking heart. The arts are the lifeblood of this city, and imperative if we want to rebuild a world class place to live and visit.
I donโt think Iโve ever been angrier at a simple advert in my life. Itโs sinister- why not just put โwe donโt care about your art or your struggle or what it brings into the economy-weโre letting it die so get on with itโ and be honest for once?
Iโm sickened.
#SaveTheArts
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This has broken me. If anyone works in food banks, or families who are going to need help this Christmas. Message me. Will help however we can.
"We try not to eat a lot in one day, even though most of us are really hungry."
This sentence should never be uttered by any child, let alone one living in the 5th richest country in the world.
Make no mistake, the Tories are responsible for this.
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Some considered thoughts on
@MichelinGuideUK
- on the meaning of food, creativity and our relationship with the most enigmatic of guides.
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