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Masterchef Finale

Masterchef – The Professionals Finale This is the Masterchef I want to see. Forget the amateurs and the celebrities, I don’t want to see mediocre cheffing, I want to see professionals who have passion for food, talent for cooking and can inspire me. This short series came to a close last night with Derek from [...]

Yummmm

A Taste of my Life 2008 What are the dishes and food that you remember from your childhood? As the eldest of 7 children, with only 10 years between me and the youngest, I recall there always being a mad rush around mealtimes when we were younger. The main meals I remember are fried liver [...]

Review of Great British Menu – Welsh Week

Great British Menu – Series 3 Wales Regional Heat I confess I had been disappointed with the first regional final last week of this TV series. None of the dishes greatly appealed to me and some in fact did the opposite. But this week its the turn of Angela Hartnett and Stephen Terry to compete in the four course [...]

Review of The Restaurant TV series BBC2

The Restaurant TV series BBC2 The Apprentice meets Hell’s Kitchen, this series started slowly but gaining pace with 9 couples competing to win a restaurant with Raymond Blanc This latest reality TV offering started a couple of weeks ago. Everyone thinks they can run their own restaurant so the prospect of watching amateurs give it [...]