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Carole Bamford – wife of JCB billionaire Lord Bamford – pulled a rabbit from her hat last week when she appointed two top chefs at her Cotswolds pub The Wild Rabbit. Alyn Williams and Nathan Eades are now steering the ship at the Oxfordshire restaurant dubbed ‘the poshest pub in Britain’ thanks to its wellheeled Chipping Norton set clientele. The gastropub lost a Michelin star over the summer after head chef Tim Allen returned home to Manchester. But with Alyn, right – who trained with Marcus Wareing and Gordon Ramsay – as chef patron and Nathan, a former Chef Of The Year nominee, taking over as head chef, locals predict the star will be reinstated in no time.