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It's arguable that nothing beats a homemade mince pie (and with our delicious mince pie recipe from Shay Cooper, there's nothing to stop you).  However, with the supermarket shelves & artisan bakers bursting with a variety of mince pies, at Great British Chefs HQ we set ourselves the tough challenge of tasting ten, to see which came out on top!

If you've been following our Great British Chefs Facebook Page, you'd have seen we've been asking for & collecting a number of ideas for Christmas gifts for the foodies in your life.  We're still looking for ideas, but for now here's a collection of some of our favourites.  They range from stocking fillers & ideas for Secret Santas - right up to  exclusive cookery experiences with Great British Chefs.

Taste of Christmas runs from 7th - 9th December at London's Excel.  Urvashi Roe had a great afternoon on the first day and shares her show highlights including a cookery workshop with Simon Hulstone

Do you feel that Christmas seems to arrive earlier each year? Whatever your thoughts on this matter, the last Sunday before the season of advent (this year Sunday 25th November 2012) is Stir Up Sunday. The day when tradition deems you can start to make Christmas puddings, cakes and mincemeat.  Danny, aka Food Urchin ponders on the upcoming festive season & how soon one should start plum pudding planning.

Although our Great British Chefs Feastive App is turkey free, we know that for Thanksgiving & Christmas turkey is still a good option. Find out what happened when Great British Chefs guest blogger, Chris Osburn, visited a turkey farm to see whether it was possible to have a turkey with taste.