Shaun Hill and Stephen Terry aside, Wales isn't exactly known as a culinary destination.
And in a further blow to its reputation restaurateurs in the northern part of the principality have just had their knuckles wrapped over exaggerating their menus.
Trading standards have accused some pubs, hotels, restaurants and takeaways in north Wales of beefing up their menus in a bid to drive up prices.
A survey found that a fifth of descriptions were misleading to customers, with menus offered by national chains containing the most false descriptions at a staggering 47% of the food on sale. This compared to 16% for independent operators.
Officers at the North Wales Quality and Metrology Panel, which conducted the survey, said with operators having to increasingly compete for business, terms such as local, Welsh, fresh, traditional and homemade were being used on menus more and more to attract premium prices.
Chairman Richard Powell said: "It is worrying that a fifth of the descriptions inspected were found to be incorrect.
"Businesses must ensure they take all reasonable actions to verify any claims they are making."
The Welsh - what are they like?!?
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i totally agree with the above statment
there are alot of genuine caterers out there in wales but some of the highest profile people are the biggest culprits they know who they are
somthing needs to be done as it is bringing down the reputation of the rest of the honest welsh caterers out there
ps the rest of the uk is not totally innocent