Will they, won’t they? No I’m not reminiscing about the Nescafe Gold Blend couple but the Mitchells & Butlers (M&B)/shareholders/Robert Tchenguiz love triangle.

Robert has been making advances to coy boys Mitchells for some time now ever since his bid to buy the company outright last year was flatly refused.

Heartbreaking as that was, Robert is not put off so easily and M&B are in talks with him about a real estate investment trust property venture.

Personally I think he’s missing a trick with roses and a box of chocolates.

Things came to a head in Manila with a real thriller that saw police and army troops storm the luxury Peninsula hotel where a bunch of renegade soldiers had holed up.

Realpubs unveiled a £50m war chest to purchase boozers in London while a restaurateur in Gloucester claimed he’d been bullied into taking foie gras off his menu by animal rights extremists.

For those that care about such things John Burton Race was on the telly when his soon to be divorced wife decided to close their restaurant.

Gordon Ramsay put Clare Smyth in the hot seat (so to speak) at his three-Michelin-starred flagship restaurant on London’s Royal Hospital Road.

Sports Cafe remained inexplicably optimistic despite the Muppets that play in our home nations football teams failing to qualify for next year’s European championships and Ultimate Leisure changed its name to the truly stand out Premium Bars and Restaurants.

We revealed our Excellence in Food and Drink winners and Domino’s Pizza revealed that they did a million pounds worth of business in the UK via the internet – a record – last week.

Chef brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin were forced to call off plans to open a new brasserie-style restaurant at London's Waldorf Hilton hotel and Mark Fuller is to take posh fish and chips restaurant Geales to the UAE.

The head of the world’s largest caterer Compass Group said he was delighted with the progress made so far at the firm and fellow caterers Lexington Catering Services, fruit named Blue Apple and 10 year-old Holroyd Howe have all been busy.

If you fancy yourself as the next big thing in the world of chefs, Masterchef is running a spin-off show that is for professionals rather than the usual amateurs.