Stacie

Stacie

Five minutes with Stacie Stewart

The glamourous MasterChef finalist talks proper British cooking and making it to the top as a self-taught cook. Catch Stacie at the Gloucester Quays Festival 22-24 July 2011

Marcus

Marcus

Five minutes with Marcus Wareing

Marcus Wareing is one of the UK's most talented and respected chefs. His eponymously-named restaurant at The Berkeley, in London, boasts two Michelin stars. His new venture is The Gilbert Scott in St Pancras.

Thai Me Kangaroo Down

Thai Me Kangaroo Down

Five minutes with David Thompson

The Australian-born chef is celebrated for elevating the status of Thai cuisine outside of Asia. His restaurant, nahm, became the first Michelin-starred Thai restaurant in Europe and the only starred Thai restaurant in the UK.

Homemaker extraordinaire

Homemaker extraordinaire

Five minutes with Kirstie Allsopp

It’s an unwritten rule: no one ever leaves Kirstie Allsopp’s home hungry. The TV presenter makes a mean sausage sandwich, loves to cook in her pyjamas and detests rudeness at the table

Deli nice

Deli nice

Five minutes with Philip Contini

Philip and Mary Contini are joint owners of Valvona & Crolla, Scotland’s oldest and most famous specialist deli and wine merchant, and are both direct descendants of the shop’s founders.

Chocolate master

Chocolate master

Five minutes with William Curley

Renowned patissier chocolatier William Curley has won numerous awards for his edible creations and has two shops in London's Belgravia and Richmond. 

Kitchin synch

Kitchin synch

Minutes with Tom Kitchin

Debra Waters talks to Tom Kitchin, the affable chef proprietor of Michelin-starred restaurant The Kitchin in Edinburgh, about his new venture, Castle Terrace and the secret to his success.

Jelly mongers extraordinaire

Jelly mongers extraordinaire

Minutes with Sam Bompas

Read our interview with Sam Bompas, of Bompas & Parr, whose inventive and often bizarre food installations have won great acclaim. Their first book is out now.

Gluttonous vegan

Gluttonous vegan

Hear me, raw

Vegan blogger Naomi Rose explains how she incorporates raw food into her eating regime and shares some raw food recipes that prove that super-healthy foods can be a great addition to a balanced diet.

Modern Pantry

Modern Pantry

Minutes with Anna Hansen

Born in Canada and raised in New Zealand, Anna trained under Fergus Henderson (St John). In 2001, Anna and Peter Gordon opened the award-winning restaurant, The Providores, and in 2008 Anna opened The Modern Pantry, to critical acclaim.

The Ayurvedic way

The Ayurvedic way

Q&A with Anjum Anand

Web editor Debra Waters caught up with chef Anjum Anand and discovered that following an Ayurvedic eating plan means you'll not only never need to diet again, you'll feel – and look – better both inside and out.

Heston

Heston

Q&As with Heston Blumenthal

Heston headed a nationwide search for the kitchen gadget guru of the future in the Finish Diamond Standard Innovation Challenge this year. Here, the Michelin-star chef explains what innovation in the kitchen means to him.

Harvest feastival

Harvest feastival

Minutes with Dom & Jimmy

Harvest at Jimmy’s is a festival where the food shares top billing with the music. Debra Waters gets the lowdown from organisers Dom Gomez and Jimmy Doherty.

He's a-maze-ing

He's a-maze-ing

Minutes with Jason Atherton

Once a protégé of Gordon Ramsay, Jason Atheron is currently head chef of the Michelin-starred Maze restaurant in London and regarded as one of the UK's most innovative chefs. Here, he talks about why his new book 'Gourmet Food for a Fiver' will have you plating up like a pro in no time.

She's a secret recipe tester

She's a secret recipe tester

A taste of success

In her quest to gain more experience (and, hopefully, paid work) in the food world, Elena Cho learned how to become a recipe tester, starting on Jason Atherton's new book 'Gourmet Food for a Fiver'.

Tommi

Tommi

Minutes with Thomasina Miers

Since winning BBC's MasterChef in 2005, Ms Miers has presented TV programmes, her Mexican cantinas, Wahaca, are hugely popular, and she's just released a new cookbook. What inspires her and where would she send every school kid if money were no object?

Five minutes with James Martin

Five minutes with James Martin

Five minutes with James Martin

The popular TV chef who hosts BBC's Saturday Kitchen talks guest chefs, new books and why he thinks public attitudes to food are changing. In October, James is holding a cookery demo and lunch for delicious. readers in Brighton.

Michelin man

Michelin man

Q&As with Derek Bulmer

Derek Bulmer may not be a person that comes to mind when thinking of world-renowned restaurant bible, The Michelin Guide, but he should be. As editor of the Great Britain and Ireland guide, he's a man who knows more than a thing or two about what makes a good restaurant great. Web editor, Debra Waters, interviews Derek incognito, of course.

Top Mark

Top Mark

Minutes with Mark Hix

Chef, food writer and proprietor Mark Hix's restaurant in London’s iconic Selfridges store has a classy British and European menu, plus light dishes on offer in the Champagne bar. It's set to become as popular as his other highly-regarded establishments in London and Dorset.

Where the wild things are

Food for thought: Foraging for supplies

Craig Butcher reviews John Rensten's restaurant, The Compass, to learn just how easy it is lay your hands on nature’s own larder and serve it up for dinner.

Blog Goddess

Blog goddess: Ching-he Huang

The TV star and author of 'Chinese Food Made Easy' gives the lowdown on yin and yang, store cupboard essentials, and the health benefits of Oriental cuisine.

  1. Hong Kong

El Pirata de Tapas

Food for thought: Omar Allibhoy, head chef at El Pirata de Tapas

Craig Butcher reviews El Pirata de Tapas and chats with head chef Omar Allibhoy – protégé of El Bulli’s Ferran Adria – to learn just how easy it is to make superb tapas at home.

 

Irish fare

Star chef: Richard Corrigan

Who better to explore Ireland’s fantastic foodie heritage than Michelin-starred and TV star chef Richard Corrigan, who takes us on a culinary tour of Dublin...

Jamaican me hungry

Q&As with Levi Roots

The creator of Reggae Reggae sauce first came to our attention on BBC2 Dragon's Den. The cook, author, and musician talks to Debra Waters about fate, favourite recipes, and his philosophy on life.

Jo Wood

Sustainable Wood

Debra Waters talks to Jo Wood about Mrs Paisley’s Lashings, her eco-friendly pop-up restaurant with a sustainably-sourced menu.

Q&As

Q&As with Matt Tebutt

The chef, restaurant owner, and UKTV Food presenter describes the wonders of Welsh produce, ponders on people's fascination with cookery shows, and lets us in on a few secrets about Market Kitchen...

Great Dane

Minutes with Trina Hahnemann

Dubbed the Danish Delia, Trina Hahnemann is one of Scandinavia’s most popular cooks and food writers. Although based in Copenhagen she spends most of her time in the UK and US spreading the word about Scandinavian cooking.

Q&As

Q&As with Rick Stein

The Cornish chef talks to delicious. online about his new book, Coast to Coastinfluenced by his numerous travels – what cuisines we should eat to lose weight, what makes him a grumpy old man, and how he took on a Balinese delicacy made with pig's blood – and won.

Food for thought

Food for thought: chef Agnar Sverrisson, Texture, London

Top chef and co-owner of the Michelin-starred in-the-making Texture restaurant, Agnar explains why there's more to Icelandic food than puffin meat.

Q&As

Q&As with Theo Randall

Theo runs one of the best Italian restaurants in London, so he knows a thing or two about making the perfect pizza. We caught up with him to ask about his collaboration with Pizza Express and tips on how to cook Italian well – and inexpensively – at home.

2010 MasterChef winner

Master Baker

Dhruv Baker won the coveted title of BBC’s MasterChef, and is lauded as an emerging talent with the “palate of an angel”. He talks to Debra Waters about what goes on behind-the-scenes at the UK’s most popular cooking competition, and how he went from being a home cook to a pro cook.

Q&As

Q&As with Danny and Noel, proprietors of Inamo

Web editor Debra Waters discovers how two entrepreneurs went from being disgruntled diners to the proprietors of a new restaurant that injects high-tech fun into dining... without sacrificing taste.

5 minute interview

Giorgio Locatelli interview

The acclaimed chef owns celebrity haunt Locanda Locatelli and has featured on numerous TV programmes. Here's our 5 minute interview with him.

Dr Eat

Quick Q&A with Ian Marber, Food Doctor

Throw away the low-cal recipes and rigid diet plans, Ian Marber's new book How Not to Get Fat is like Alan Carr's Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking for dieters: changing your ways is the only way to change your weight...

Designer cakemaker

Q&A with Fiona Cairns, cake designer

Fiona Cairns, whose new cookbook Bake & Decorate: Tea Time Luxury is out now, supplies cakes to Waitrose and Selfridges and has made cakes for the likes of Sir Paul McCartney and Bono. How does she do it? Find out here.

 

Jim Haynes

Supper club Maestro

Jim Haynes has hosted over 130,000 diners at his weekly supperclub in Paris over the last 30 years. A legend on the supperclub scene, Jim talked to Craig Butcher about what makes his parties tick.

Brownie Points

Minutes with Kym Kester

The mother of all brownies has arrived. Light and crisp on the outside but sublimely dense and squidgy in the middle, these decadent delights are the creation of ex-TV producer Kym Kester. Buy, buy, buy!

Vantastic

Q&As with Petra Barran, Choc Star

First there came a man with a van... Then there came a woman with a van that specialises in spreading chocolate love to the far reaches of the UK from a customised vehicle. Petra Barran has made it her mission to travel the UK (and soon the world) offering to open people's hearts with a chocolate pud if they'll open their doors to her. 

Rick’s protégé

Q&A with Julian Lloyd, head chef at Rick Stein at Bannisters

Julian Lloyd began his love affair with seafood while growing up in Padstow. He started work experience with Rick Stein at 14, and has worked alongside him since. Julian is now executive chef at Rick Stein at Bannisters restaurant in Australia.

  1. Q&As with Rick Stein

Chocolate shops

Small producers with big ideas

Helen and Simon Pattinson are the man-and-wife team behind Montezuma's award-winning chocolate. Here, Helen explains how they went from desk jobs to chocolate shops without ever losing sight of what it means to be green.

Cakemaker to the stars

Q&As with Peggy Porschen

Since moving from her native Germany, Peggy has worked at London's Lanesborough Hotel and as a cake decorator for Konditor & Cook. Her beautiful creations attracted the attentions of A-list celebrities and she has made cakes for the likes of Sir Anthony Hopkins, Madonna and Elton John.

Star Bites

Star Bites: Gwyneth Paltrow

If she wasn’t so busy winning Oscars, this food-mad A-lister says she’d love to be a chef.

Star Bites

Star Bites: Harry Hill

Comedian Harry Hill recently won a BAFTA for his ITV show TV Burp. But off screen his mind has been on foodie matters – like launching his own range of Fairtrade nuts.

Deli nice

Minutes with Giles Henschel

Olives Et Al owners Giles and Annie Henschel run Dorset-based delis and supply over 2,500 outlets with Mediterranean-inspired produce. They are also searching for the Deli Of The Year in their nationwide competition.

Two right

Minutes with Stephen & Juliette Wall, Pho

Leaving secure jobs to set up Vietnamese café Pho, the husband and wife team now have four restaurants in London and Brighton. They tell Debra Waters the secret of their success.

5 minute interview

Bill Granger interview

It's hard not to love the Aussie chef for his warm, affable nature and his simple yet devastatingly tasty recipes. We caught up with him here...

  1. Feed Me Now! by Bill Granger

Food for thought

Food for thought: Mitch Tonks

An award-wining fishmonger, writer, chef, founder of the FishWorks restaurants and restaurateur of The Seahorse in Dartmouth, Mitch was an accountant. He opened a fishmongers in Bath in 1995, armed with little knowledge, and has gone from strength to strength – just look at him now!

  1. How to make fish stew
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