Thursday, 14 June 2007

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Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein are terrorist targets

Celeb chefs threatened with firebombs by Cornish liberationists

Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein are the targets of a Cornish terrorist group seeking independence for the county.

The little-known Cornwall National Liberation Army (CNLA) has issued a series of murderous threats against the celebrity chefs and their customers.

In an email sent to local businesses, the CNLA warns of fires and car explosions and complains that ‘pukka’ chef Jamie, 32, and Oxfordshire-born Rick have alienated local people.

Rick has several successful restaurants in Padstow, while Essex lad Jamie owns the Fifteen Restaurant in Watergate Bay on Cornwall's north coast.

The CNLA says that 60-year-old Rick is top of its ‘operational directives’ because he says that locals have failed to appreciate the ‘rosy glow’ of publicity he's brought to Padstow.

‘We feel that the time must now be here for Stein to feel the "rosy glow" of a real fire,’ the email says. Jamie, 32, is accused of being 'arrogant' and 'causing property prices to swell'.

Last night, a spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police told the Daily Mail: ‘We take very seriously any threats to commit criminal offences.’