Loyd Grossman is 'upset' and 'distressed' as two people are taken to hospital with botulism after eating his curry sauce.

Consumers are advised not to eat certain jars of the former Masterchef presenter's korma sauce after two people in Scotland were poisoned.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said it was a manufacturer's decision and stressed that no other batches of Loyd Grossman products were thought to be affected.

A London tourism boss has been given the old heave-ho after apparently failing to understand the purpose of his job.

Neil McCollum lost his £60,000 a year job as head of tourism for Greenwich after a Twitter post about street crime that mocked part of the borough he was paid to promote, according to the Evening Standard. 

In August, he wrote: "Guest appearance in Woolwich today. Wonder if it has changed. Mental note, make sure wallet is not visible."

McCollum, who was also in charge of Greenwich's Olympic welcome strategy, lost his job after a three month probe into the tweet, which one local described as "honesty and common sense" on an online message board.

"This shows how we allow political correctness to take priority," they wrote.

But another said: "He's an idiot for posting every thought that pops into his head on Twitter but what he said is correct."

The council released a statement: "Greenwich Council can confirm that one of its employees who worked as a tourism officer has been dismissed.

"The reason for this dismissal is that the individual brought the council into disrepute and breached the council's rules of conduct.

"The individual has the right to appeal against this decision."

It's that time of year again and here at Satellite Dishes we have been hearing lots of rumblings as to who will be the chefs competing in the next series.

This will be the seventh series of the BBC 2 show which has seen top chefs win to cook for the Queen on her 80th birthday, a banquet to be held at the Gerkin in London, hosted by Heston Blumenthal, a celebratory dinner for British troops returning from Afghanistan and last year a feast for sharing with the community.

This year, we believe the theme to encompass being the best that you can be and throw in an Olympics element to coincide with London 2012 games.

The chefs taking part so far...

Northern Ireland
Chris Bell - River Room restaurant, Galgorm Resort and Spa
Chris Fearon - Deanes at Queens Head, Belfast
Niall McKenna, James Street South, Belfast

South West
Simon Hulstone - The Elephant, Torquay
Nathan Outlaw - Restaurant Nathan Outlaw, Rock, Cornwall
Paul Ainsworth - Paul Ainsworth at Number 6, Padstow

Judge: Tom Kerridge, Hand & Flowers, Marlow

Central
Daniel Clifford - Midsummer House, Cambridge
Paul Foster - Tuddenham Mill, Suffolk
Aktar Islam - Lasan, Birmingham

Judge: Glynn Purnell, Purnell's, Birmingham

London & South East
Tom Aikens - Restaurant Tom Aikens, London
Phil Howard - The Square, London
Marcus McGuinness - Hibiscus, London

Judge: Jason Atherton, Pollen Street Social, London

North West
Aiden Byrne - The Church Green, Lymm
Johnny Mountain - the English Pig, London
Simon Rogan - L'Enclume, Cartmel

Scotland
Alan Murchison - L'Ortolan, Reading
Mark Greenaway, Hawke & Hunter, Edinburgh
Colin Buchan - York & Albany, London

Wales
Stephen Terry - Hardwick, Abergavenny
James Sommerin - the Crown at Whitebrook, Monmouth

North East
Stephanie Moon - consultant chef