Content published on The Cuisine Journal (TCJ) may be submitted voluntarily by individuals, restaurants, chefs, venues, producers, brands, or contributors, or developed from publicly available information.
During the submission process, contributors confirm that they have the right to submit the materials provided and grant TCJ permission to edit, publish, archive, and distribute the content across its platforms.
TCJ does not claim ownership of submitted content and does not control the original source or creation of such materials.
Content published on TCJ has been reviewed and approved for editorial use at the time of submission or curation. This may include:
Once published, content forms part of TCJ’s editorial archive.
A removal request may be submitted by an individual or organisation that owns the relevant material, represents the rights holder, or is directly affected by the published content.
Submitting a request does not guarantee removal. Each request is reviewed according to the circumstances, the available evidence, and TCJ’s editorial responsibilities.
To process a removal request, TCJ may require reasonable proof of identity, ownership, authority, or applicable rights. This may include:
TCJ reserves the right to request additional information before making a decision.
TCJ may consider removing, redacting, correcting, or amending content where:
Changes in opinion, ownership, branding, menu offerings, staffing, or commercial preference do not automatically require the removal of accurate historical editorial content.
An approved request may result in:
TCJ retains editorial discretion over the final resolution and may choose correction or amendment where complete removal is not necessary.
Published articles form part of TCJ’s editorial and historical archive.
Where content was accurate, lawful, and appropriately published at the time, TCJ may retain it even if a restaurant closes, a menu changes, ownership transfers, a contributor withdraws support, or the subject later prefers not to be included.
Where appropriate, TCJ may add an update, correction, closure notice, or other editorial clarification instead of removing the original article.
TCJ is not responsible for content that has been independently indexed, cached, archived, reproduced, summarised, or redistributed by:
Removal from TCJ does not guarantee immediate or complete removal from external systems.
Removal requests should be submitted using the contact details or designated form provided on the TCJ website.
The request should clearly identify:
Incomplete or unverifiable requests may not be processed.