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Blog Archives

Istanbul INN London – Chef Silvena Rowe and Made by the Chef

If you’ve always wanted to visit Istanbul and taste the delights of Turkish cuisine then come and join us as we serve up luxurious Turkish street food with the gorgeous TV Celebrity Chef Silvena Rowe, doyenne of Eastern Mediterranean cooking.  You can also get a little taster of Istanbul culture, art, history and architecture. Where:

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Hulya Erdal on Iron Chef UK – Video

My Channel 4 Iron Chef UK debut as a contender, successfully winning 2 gold stars!  

Iron Chef UK – garlic, sweat and tears!

It’s was hot and sweaty in the kitchen stadium today!! With the Chairman announcing today’s Iron Chef……Judy Joo, the Asian queen and aficionado in her kitchen, and special ingredient…..garlic!!!! It became a high pressure, and well fought affair!! Judy Joo pulling out all the stops with her garlicky offerings, and let’s face it, with her

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Iron Chef today and it’s neck and neck on the starters!

Looks like the contenders are making a right storm in the kitchen today with the special ingredient, Haddock! Half way through and the contenders, Franck Pontais and Made by the Chef’s Hulya Erdal are neck and neck on points with their unique starters! Now it’s time for Tom and Wayne to continue the tirade on

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Iron Chef UK and the Haddock Affair!

It’s all hotting up in Kitchen Stadium today, with the special ingredient, Haddock causing a fishy fury amongst the great Iron Chef, Sanjay Diwedi and contenders Franck Pontais, Tom Ewer, Wayne Blething and Made by the Chef’s very own, Hulya Erdal. In the words of our chairman’s uncle, ALLEZ CUISINE!. Who will reign supreme, will

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Iron Chef UK and the Cauliflower cook-off!

Things got hot and bothered in kitchen stadium today with some seriously fine dishes being offered up by none other than me, franck, tom and wayne using todays special ingredient of cauliflower! Up against king of the kitchen Martin Blunos and his team of experts. After yesterdays contenders victory over the very cocky Tom Aikens,

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