Butler hired to taste star's food

LONDON A school for butlers has found a food taster for an American superstar worried about possible threats to his life.

LONDON A school for butlers has found a food taster for an American superstar worried about possible threats to his life.

The school head, Mr Ivor Spencer, said he contacted an American Lebanese man, living in the US, who worked for five years as a food taster in the Middle East.

He is to start work for the star this week.

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