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Food writer joins tourism team
Jul 17 2008 by Alistair Houghton, Liverpool Daily Post
AN AWARD-WINNING food writer has joined the team at the tourist board to boost the region’s culinary appeal to visitors from all over the world.
Anne Benson will be working as food tour- ism consultant with chefs, restaurateurs and suppliers.
She will work with The Mersey Partner- ship (TMP) tourist board to develop serv- ice and quality stand- ards across the region.
One of her first projects will be the development of a new restaurant accreditation scheme. She is also working on plans for September’s Liverpool Food and Drink Festival.
Ms Benson has been writing about local and regional food for more than 14 years for pub- lications including the Daily Post. In 2007, she won TMP’s Tourism Ambassador award, and this year won a Food Northwest award for raising the image of the region’s food.
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