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This week marked the end of Tom Kitchin’s search for two potential proteges, who will then battle it out in the fourth and final week joining students mentored by Theo Randall and Michel Roux Jr. Sara gives a round up of the first week of The Chef’s Protege.

Rhubarb - fruit or vegetable? Although it’s often used in sweet dishes it’s actually a vegetable and a very versatile one too. Danny aka Food Urchin had a glut of rhubarb growing in his allotment. As there’s only so much crumble you can eat, decided to try using it for an inventive curry.

Eat Drink Bristol Fashion - the popular “pop-up” event that celebrates Bristol’s thriving food and drink industry has returned to the city for two weeks (13th - 27th May 2013). We were delighted to get some time with Josh Eggleton from the award winning Pony & Trap who is also the event’s co-director, to find out what’s in store this year.

Everyone loves sandwiches, so let’s celebrate British Sandwich Week by eating as many as we can. But fear not, gluten dodgers, Victoria is on hand to make sure you don’t miss out on a single slice of the fun. Her guide to wheat free bread and recipe for gluten free white sandwich bread means all can enjoy sarnies whether you’re following a gluten-free diet or not.

Why do we eat our meals when we do? Who decided that breakfast had to be eaten in the morning? If breakfast is eaten after 12 noon is it still breakfast, does it become brunch or should we call it lunch? Tolani looks at the traditions behind when we eat our meals and its importance.

If you’re moving to a gluten free diet, that can make fresh bread off the cards. Fortunately, Madeleine shares a recipe for a very light gluten and grain free bread, which is tasty and healthy too.

In the first part of this two-part blog series marking 15 years since the filming of Boiling Point, Isaac Parham speaks to some of the people involved and assesses to what the degree the industry has changed since.

It’s British Sandwich Week this week and in preparation for this momentous festival, Food Urchin aka Danny had an online chat with Helen Graves, food and sandwich blogger and author of forthcoming book 101 Sandwiches, who clearly knows more than a thing or two about sarnies.