Gourmet feud

Not since the chief executive of The Times launched a series of articles to complain about the cheeses in a London restaurant have we had such a row between publisher and chef as Gordon Ramsay's spat with the AA. The subject of the broken crockery in the kitchen this time is that perennial problem of getting a decent table. Which of of us wouldn't want to wreak our revenge for the humiliation of being refused a place at a fashionable eating house?

Roger Wood, the AA's managing director, reacted by preventing Mr Ramsay's restaurant getting a fifth rosette from the AA's restaurant guide. The chef craved it, the editor of the guide thought he deserved it, Mr Wood wrote to the AA Merits Award Committee to undermine it. End result: an editor who has resigned from the guide and a court injunction sought by the chef. What ingredients. What flavouring. What row flambé. All we need now is the runny cheese.