Tributes paid to ‘culinary visionary’ who was early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients Tributes have been paid to the pioneering chef and restaurant proprietor Skye Gyngell, who has died aged 62. The Australian was an early celebrity proponent of using local and seasonal ingredients and built a garden restaurant from scratch, the Petersham Nurseries Cafe in Richmond, south-west London, which went on to win a Michelin star. Continue reading...

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