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Food champ does it again! Damian Wawrzyniak named one of world’s most influential chefs SECOND time in a row

Damian was ranked in an international study conducted by Just Food magazine using Twitter statistics gathered from the GlobalData Influencer platform. Damian Wawrzyniak. Knights Cross, Order of Republic of Poland/Facebook

Rubbing shoulders with household names such as Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson, as well as global superstars such as José Andrés and Andrew Zimmern, the Polish chef was ranked in an international study conducted by Just Food magazine using Twitter statistics gathered from the GlobalData Influencer platform.

Polish celebrity chef saves his bacon despite Covid lockdown

Chef and restaurateur Damian Wawrzyniak has gone from managing Michelin-starred kitchens to baking bread for delivery to adapt to the pandemic lockdown.

‘I’ve worked in Michelin kitchens, but now I’m on my bike delivering takeaways’: how leading chef turned lockdown nightmare into platter of success

A believer in hard work, famed chef Damien Wawrzyniak is busier than ever cooking food for the locked-down masses.

Pierogi King looking to take Polish food GLOBAL with his Pierogi Kiosk concept

Named alongside the likes of Gordon Ramsey and Nigella Lawson as one of the ten most influential people working in the food service industry, Damian Wawrzyniak has cooked for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, appeared on the BBC alongside Mary Berry and been awarded the Knight’s Cross by President Andrzej Duda for his role in raising Poland’s profile abroad.

HERO! Polish chef tackles London Bridge terrorist with 1.5-metre narwhal tusk

The man who has so far been identified only as Łukasz has been hailed a hero after grabbing the tusk from a wall in Fishmongers' Hall where he was working and running outside to confront the attacker.

Bravo, Amaro! Warsaw chef voted one of WORLD’S best chefs

The only Pole to appear in the competition, Wojciech Amaro who owns the Atelier Amaro restaurant in Warsaw, was ranked 90th in the 100 best chefs awards, ahead of competitors from Italy, the US and Mexico.

Award-winning chef denied UK settled status after Brexit – despite living there for 15 years

Top chef Damian Warzyniak whose House of Feasts restaurant in Peterborough has appeared in the Michelin Guide and who has also cooked for the Royal Family was told by the British Home Office that he only qualified for pre-Settled Status, which is generally for EU nationals who have not lived in the UK continuously for five years. 

The celebrity cooking sensation descended from royalty who is taking Poland by storm

A descendent of King Sekgoma I, Seeletso quit his job in a Botswanan bank to follow his culinary calling. Mentored by the legendary Marco Pierre White and John Williams (currently Executive Chef at The Ritz London), Joseph Seeletso is now a TV personality and a permanent feature on Warsaw’s food map. TFN’s Alex Webber caught up with him at his street food pop up at the city’s biggest summer hit, Lunapark.

The Michelin Man: Daniel Pawełek, the founder of five Michelin-lauded concepts, speaks out

One of Warsaw’s leading and pioneering restauranteurs, Pawełek has much to say about the Polish food scene and how to carve out success in the restaurant business.

Cutting edge: the women at the forefront of Poland’s gastronomic revolution

To mark International Women’s Day, TFN profiles some pioneering women who are shaping, redefining and transforming the country’s food and drink industry.

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WWII artefacts found in hidden bunker at Warsaw Ghetto building site secretly ‘smuggled’ out of Poland

The director of the Shem Olam Institute in Israel which took the artefacts said: “The task of transferring the tefillin was done secretly but under the noses of the authorities.” Warsaw City Hall says it is now investigating and added it was “a crime” to not report valuable and historical items found at construction sites.

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  • Poles less optimistic about employment prospects - survey

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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