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STAR CHEF JOINS FIGHT

CELEBRITY chef Raymond Blanc OBE has joined a campaign trying to stop the kitchens at Wallingford Community Hospital from closing in favour of cost-cutting ready meals. The Michelin star master chef spoke out on Friday backing protestors fighting for a U-turn from the plans to abandon fresh cooked meals for a ‘cook chill’ policy. Wallingford’s hospital, in Reading

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Road, is one of five across Oxfordshire which could see its kitchens close – potentially any time after June – in favour of preparing food off site. Blanc (pictured), who owns Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Great Milton, signed his name on an

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Stalwart scaling 100ft down Dorchester Abbey

COUNCIL leader John Cotton (pictured) will be scaling the 100ft heights of Dorchester Abbey next week. The head of South Oxfordshire District Council has attempted a similar feat once before. He told the Guardian: “It’s not a pleasant experience I can tell you that.” • See page 3 for full story

open letter to the chief executive of Oxford Health NHS trust to Sir Stuart Bell CBE sent on Friday. Andy Jones, chairman of the Hospital Caterers Association, said: “It is great to have Raymond on board but I think what it shows is we are all people who are passionate about food and want to make sure patients are giving the best food they can get.” • Continues on page 3

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