Chelsea and England football player Frank Lampard is heading for the high courts over a story in The Sun newspaper which alleged he "sabotaged" TV cookery show Marco Pierre White's Burnout.

The story claimed Lampard had behaved in a petty manner by pulling out of the show and persuading the whole Chelsea team to follow suit because his ex fiancée Elen Rivas was also due to make an appearance, according to the Press Gazette.

The 31-year-old has filed a claim in the High Court over the Sun story from 26 January, which was headlined "Visit El's kitchen? Er... no Franks!", and a web version headed "Lampard: It's Murder for Elern's Show. Exclusive."

Lampard argues that story injured his reputation, and caused him considerable hurt, distress and embarrassment. He is seeking an injunction banning the paper from repeating the allegations at the centre of his claim, in addition to damages and aggravated damages.

The Great British Menu 2010 hits our TV screens in a few weeks and as ever we are keen to find out which chefs are taking part.

There have been rumours flying around for a few months as to the format this year and with the help of Caterer's forum, Table Talk we can start to reveal the line-up.

Competing chefs are first judged by a former winner, with one chef getting knocked out. The remaining two have the chance to cook for the judges, Oliver Peyton, Prue Leith and Matthew Fort.

The participating chefs have been allocated a National Trust House, and have to source their ingredients from the surrounding area.

So here it is: The Great British Menu 2010 line-up so far...

London region

• Tom Kerridge, The Hand & Flowers, Marlow
• Anthony Demetre, Arbutus, London
• Tristan Welch, Lauceston Place, London

Judge: Jason Atherton, Maze, London

Central region

• Daniel Clifford, Midsummer House, Cambridge
• Will Holland, La Becasse, Shropshire
• Richard Bramble, Morston Hall, Norfolk

Judge: Glynn Purnell, Purnell's, Birmingham

NE region

• Kenny Atkinson, Rockliffe Hall, Darlington
• Lee Bennett, Le Pont de la Tour, London
• Tim Bilton, Butchers Arms Hepworth, Yorkshire

Judge: Nigel Haworth, Northcote, Lancashire

Scotland 

• Alan Murchison, Paris House, Woburn
• Tony Singh, Oloroso, Edinburgh
• Michael Smith, The Three Chimneys, Isle of Skye

Judge: Jeremy Lee

Wales

• James Sommerin, The Crown at Whitebrook, Monmouthshire 
• Aled Williams, Plas Bodegroes, Gwynedd
• Richard Davies, Bybrook Restaurant, Manor House Hotel, Wiltshire

Judge: Stephen Terry, The Hardwick, Abergavenny

NW Region

• Aiden Byrne, The Church Green, Lymm
• Lisa Allen, Northcote, Lancashire
• Johnnie Mountain, Mosaica Restaurant at the Factory, London

Judge: Marcus Wareing, Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley, London 

SW region

• Nathan Outlaw, Nathan Outlaw Seafood and Grill at St Enodoc Hotel in Rock
• Chef 2: TBC
• Chef 3: TBC

Northern Ireland

Sorry, once again, no info on this as yet!

Calling all fans of the Twilight triology, US hotel is cashing in on the phenomenon and has opened six Twilight themed rooms.

The Pacific Inn Motel, in Forks Washington (where the books are based) has dedicated these rooms to harden fans of the vampire novels and movies.

Sadly for the female fans, there is no sign of the hero himself.

Guests will have to settle for the gothic themed rooms with red and black walls, black curtains, red lampshades and framed Twilight posters on the walls.

The bedding is also black and red, with a floral pattern, and there are even pillows with some of the characters on! And if that wasn't enough, the bathroom has a black shower curtain and black towels with red Twilight logos embroidered on them.

Is it me, or are these rooms startint to sounds more like a teenage girl's bedroom, not a hotel room!

You can check out photos of the room by clicking here. Let us know what you think?

A friend of Kitchen Rat recently attended an event sponsored by mobile technology giant Blackberry.

Despite the success of the event, eyebrows were raised at the pudding on offer to guests.

When you consider Blackberry's biggest market threat in recent years has been the hugely successful iPhone, it begs the question: who's idea was it to serve apple and blackberry crumble for dessert?

A catering faux-pas or a pastry chef with a sense of humour?

The classic pud is one of the few ocassions these two brand giants are ever likely to be bedfellows, if the following two videos are anything to go by.

Bizarre job titles are made more traditional at Berkshire based contract caterer Artizian after it lost faith in the title 'minister'.

The firm said the "negative slant and connotation" now associated with the title 'minister' prompted the change.

"Whereas in the past it was regarded as an esteemed position and one to look up to, due to our government this appears no longer to be the case," it added.

New job titles, taking into account the "need for greater clarity on the roles", have been announced.

• Pauline Vallance, previously minister of calm, is now senior manager - HR & team player insight
• Martin Dibben, previously minister of excellence, is now senior manager - food & procurement insight
• Kenny Tranquille, previously nutritional therapist, is now simply a nutritionist
• Judith Owen previously consultant minister of fun & development, is now training partner

This Kitchen Rat can't help thinking that Judith must have been disappointed by the change.

Who wouldn't want to be the minister of fun?

The Saturday Kitchen presenter, who is known for his love of fast sports car said in his Mail on Sunday column, "that he had intentionally forced them into a hedge as he turned a corner" and it was the best thing he had "ever seen in my rear-view mirror". He also spoke of his "hate" for cyclists in the article.

Not only have these comments sparked fury from cycling groups, but users of social networking tool Twitter have also been tweeting their thoughts on the issue.

Needless to say, tweets have not been that complimentary with comments such as:

"James Martin, what a total c**k - http://tinyurl.com/mfrn8g - over rated no hope z-list chef too no"

"Sorry, my arse! James Martin sorry for cycling 'terror' http://bit.ly/Romrl Another reason to hurl bricks at the TV on a Sat morning"

"See that the 'I hate James Martin' fbook group has been renamed 'why does James Martin hate cyclists"

"I'm thinking of blasting James Martin with a foghorn as he takes a massive hot dish from an oven. Be a laugh for any cyclists I reckon!"

To read more on what people are saying click here.

Hospital food has long had a less-than savoury reputation in the UK. 

It turns out it's a gripe shared by patients across the globe.

A scroll through Hospital Food reveals a broad selection nutrionally balanced dishes of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and fibre that have never looked so unappealing.

Tales and photos of hospital mealtime treats are invited by the blog owner Reno Dehareng, a social worker from Brussels.

Visual delights include a dish made almost entirely of soggy, boiled carrots; unidentifiable meat; and a bacon and canned spaghetti combo that looks like it's made a two-way journey through a patient's intestines.

 It's not all bad though. The bacon wrapped carrot batons and green beans served in Greece look top notch and a three course feast served in a Paris hospital is awarded five stars.

Top prize for appetising grub must surely go to the pancake breakfast on offer in Michigan, USA.

Who wouldn't want to wake up to this when trudging the road to recovery? 

But part of a healthy, balanced diet? Well... perhaps not everyday.

Whilst happily dining with a friend at the St Pancras branch of artisian bakery Le Pain Quotidien, a former colleague was about to take a sip of his coffee when the most surprising and frankly horrifying thing happened.

Just as he lifted the cup to his lips, a large piece of raw chicken landed on the top of his hand.

"It was horrible," he said. "It seemed to come out of the sky and landed straight on my hand. I could smell an unmistakable whiff of raw chicken and instinctively flipped it off."

On closer inspection, my friend realised that the chicken had been propelled over a partition that separated the kitchen from the customer seating area.

"I made sure the staff knew about it and they were very apologetic but to be honest the damage had already been done," he said.

Oh dear, oh dear! Not content with being on every tabloid newspaper and magazine in the country, the other half of glamour model Jordan aka Katie Price, reports have been hitting the web that he is to publish his own cookbook.

According to the Daily Mirror, the "Mysterious Girl" (or should that be Mysterious Grill?) singer has signed a deal worth £1.5m to write a cookbook series inspired by his Australian and Greek heritage.

A source told the paper: "It will start with barbecue food -  which all men will love - and ways to spruce up a juicy piece of meat."

And as the Jordan and Pete love affairs come to a head this will be yet another battle the couple will have to fight it out: the book charts!

Andre's estranged wife has achieved huge success in the book charts since the release of her first autobiography, Being Jordan, in 2004. And Pete takes is ready to take this on!

With Peter's popularity growing as a family man - while Katie parties in the Med - publishers are confident that the cookbook with prove to be really popular and the public will jump at the chance to get their hands on his family's old Greek recipes!

Whatever next? Will he be next hitting our screens in "Andre goes kitchen side"... I do hope not! Or that'll drive me Insania!