Roman consul in company accepting cooked rice (6)
I believe the answer is:
cicero
'roman consul' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'company accepting cooked rice' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters (letters cooked into a new form).
'rice' is an anagram of 'icer'.
'co' placed around 'icer' is 'CICERO'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for cicero that I've seen before include "Roman stylist, orator" , "Roman orator and master of prose" , "accomplished orator" , "Statesman from Rome" , "Roman orator, author" .)