What a complete Sham!When Russell and Michelle won the last series I was truely inspired, so much so that my wife and I entered the interview process and progressed to the final stages at The BBC studio's at White City, London.The producers liked our simple approach to opening our restaurant and we ...

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Hurrah, Raymond Blanc, David Moore and Sarah Willingham are back. The search to find 1 couple out of 9 to invest in to run their own restaurant has begun for the third time. In this opening episode each couple had to cook a dish that showed their culinary ability and ...

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"Propaganda Beds" = Guerilla planting of veg in towns. Briliant! Inspirational programme packed with ideas.

Hugh has upped his game once again (pun intended). From beetroot recipes to allotments to making ...

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A brilliant gift of a cookery course in Dunbrody by my fabulous sister-in-law Paula led to one of the best day’s out I’ve had in ages.  Interesting and ...

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A decent enough reality tv cookery show but nothing to grab you. Not as good as Top Chef or as bad as Hell's Kitchen.

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Top Chef has easily become my favourite cooking show of all time. I don't know what it is about its combination of reality tv, food, famous chefs and excitement ...

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There was a big build up to this all week with reports of a run on frozen scallops and deliveries of 40KG of Kalamata Olives. The idea was that Gordon ...

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I'll be honest, I think Heston is fantastic. I love what he does and how he does it. He tickles my engineering brain cells and my foodie ones at ...

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After the Christmas debacle I didn't think Nigella Lawson could sink any lower. I was wrong.

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More reasons to like a guy I previously could not abide. Some great veg recipes from his garden. Makes me feel bad for neglecting my own.

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