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Did you know that 20 per cent of adults think parsnips grow on trees? A recent survey by the Potato Council showed a very worrying lack of knowledge about how some of our most basic fruit & vegetables are grown.  But apparently only one in 20 adults asked felt embarrassed by this.  Read on to discover the other blunders the survey revealed.

At Great British Chefs we were surprised to hear about a new survey, conducted by YouGov, which found that people aren't hosting dinner parties very often because of the high cost of food and the effort required to cook.  Only a third of all British adults actually enjoy hosting dinner parties.  Discover more about the survey and let us know your thoughts here ...

Hoorah for the home made sandwich.  At Great British Chefs we were delighted to hear that a new survey has shown that sales of lunch boxes and food bags have risen by 40 per cent as more people opt for home-made sandwiches. According to a survey people realised they can pay as much for takeaway food in a day as it would cost to make their own lunches for a week.  Find out more about what the sandwich industry is worth .....

There's many of you thinking that burgers sold in some of the larger fast food outlets are made from synthetic meat.  Although many taste like it, they're not.  However, Great British Chefs discovered that Heston Blumenthal has been asked to cook the world's first hamburger made with a synthetic meat protein derived from bovine stem cells.