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Caterersearch website deserves your support Anyone would think our wonderful new website CatererSearch was all about selling baby doll negliges and suspenders. If you type in the word "brassiere" - accidentally, of course, instead of "brasserie" - and what comes up? Six articles and more than 50 jobs. Heard the one about the chef who applied for a job at Caf Rouge and ended up working for Ann Summers?

Joker with a large helping of apple sauce An apple tree which baffled its owner by producing plums and blackberries has turned out to be a hoax. Harry Tomlinson's tree, in his garden in north Wales, was reported in newspapers and on television. But close inspection revealed that the plums and blackberries had simply been stuck on. The identity of the Abergele practical joker remains a mystery. Dr Colin Horton of the Welsh College of Horticulture said: "We're always interested in new plants, but you can see this one's a hoax from 10 yards away." Harry, 94, said: "I think it's a rotten trick."

Free blindfold given away with every bottle Drinks companies have been ordered to use uglier men in their advertising campaigns. The Advertising Standards Authority believes balding and paunchy men would be less likely to encourage women to drink to achieve social success. The new advertising code stresses that links must not be made between alcohol and seduction. Sparkling drink Lambrini has been the first to fall foul of the new rules. The ASA objected to a poster which showed three young women "hooking" an attractive man in a parody of a fairground game. The industry regulator told Lambrini: "We would advise that the man in the picture should be unattractive - ie, overweight, middle-aged and balding. In its current form, the ad is in danger of implying that the drink may bring sexual or social success, because the man looks quite attractive and desirable to the girls."