From Rise of the Rockstar Chefs to La Bola Negra: the week in rave reviews

Gordon Ramsay and Marco Pierre White reunite to beef it out, while the poetic Spanish saga recounts the hidden history of gay sexuality. Here’s the pick of the week’s culture, taken from the Guardian’s best-rated reviews

Rise of the Rockstar Chefs

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Summed up in a sentence After detailing their journeys to culinary stardom and their infamous feud, Marco Pierre White and Gordon Ramsay are reunited to beef it out (and Heston Blumenthal is there, too). What our reviewer said “It’s a tasty tale of pan-throwing, precision plating and the obsessive pursuit of perfection. If you enjoy watching angry men grating truffles and tweezing micro-herbs, Christmas has come early.” Michael Hogan