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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Ellie Muir

Delia Smith gives damning verdict on modern French cuisine

Delia Smith has given her honest opinion on French cuisine, declaring that good meals are now “very hard” to find in the region.

The 83-year-old celebrity chef and food writer, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style, has said that modern French dishes have become style over substance with fancy displays and “towers, foams, drizzles and dusts” being served on plates.

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