By Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor PUBLISHED: 12:19 EST, 5 September 2013 | UPDATED: 07:24 EST, 16 September 2013 Dish of the day at Waitrose yesterday was humble pie – and first in the queue to see it served up must surely have been Delia Smith. Months after the Queen of TV cookery stopped appearing in TV advertisements and Pippa Middleton was hired as its magazine columnist, the supermarket has decided to reinstate her. In a U-turn, the grocery giant has asked the much-loved cook to bring her successful online culinary school to its website. Triumphant return: Delia Smith has been signed up again by Waitrose. The supermarket's customers were annoyed when Pippa Middleton was given a column in the store magazine soon after Delia departed
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Supermarkets bosses invite cooking icon back into the fold
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Delia's successful cooking school will feature on Waitrose TV
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Customers riled when she was dropped and Pippa given slot in magazine
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