Businesses of all types were affected, from fine dining restaurants in Asia that were unable to receive their foie gras shipments from Paris, to the recipients of U.S.-bound contracts stuck on grounded FedEx planes at Heathrow.

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Beef bourguignon can now be found at practically every turn in Burgundy, where it is more common in casual spots than fine-dining restaurants.

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The latter also operates one of the best restaurants in town, serving pisco sours and fine Peruvian dishes such as alpaca with elderberry sauce in a rustically elegant dining room.

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There is no chef with more celebrity than Wolfgang Puck, a one man empire of over 100 restaurants, from fine dining to airport fast casual, dozens of exclusive catering facilities in top cultural and sports venues, cookbooks, supermarket foods, wines, cookware and frequent TV appearances.

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They might not be meals on wheels just yet, but fine restaurants throughout the nation will soon be serving something new on the menu: full course meals in under 30 minutes.

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The Roux brothers have acted as culinary evangelists in winning adherents for their fine balance of textures and flavours through Le Gavroche and their other outlets, including two restaurants which now have three Michelin stars: the Waterside Inn on the Thames at Bray and a Chelsea restaurant called La Tante Claire, it is said, after one of Mr von Clemm's aunts.

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