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If you register with us or if you continue to use our site, you agree to our use of cookies. The cookies we currently use are as follows:

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INSTAGRAM TERMS AND CONDITIONS

By submitting your recipe image you are agreeing to the T&Cs below:

• We are not responsible for any content associated with private Instagram accounts.

• We will remove from the website and inform Instagram of any content that is in conflict with the spirit of the promotion or contravenes the guidance set out in Instagram’s T&Cs.

• Users of Instagram are bound by Instagram’s T&Cs https://help.instagram.com/478… which provide guidance about unlawful content.

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