It's Not The Extremes And The Treats

Cooking Is The Ultimate Giving!

If You Can Eat With Mates Or Friends Or Family, I Mean, It's Such A Brilliant Thing Isn't It? If You Feel Really Rubbish And You Have A Nice Bit Of Food It Makes You Feel Good, You Know?

What We Call Barbecuing In This Country Is Actually Direct Grilling. In Many Countries, It Also Means Cooking In An Enclosed Box With A Heat Source, Ideally Wood, All Year Round.

I Think Authenticity Is Important Whichever Homeland You're From But One Of The Lovely Things About British Cooking Is That We Adopt Great Food And Dishes From All Of The Lovely People Who Come From Overseas To Live In Our Country. We're A Magpie Nation - We Take The Best Bits Of Other Cuisines And Embrace Them As Our Own.

As Soon As I Was Old Enough To Peer Over The Worktops, I Remember Being Fascinated By What Went On In The Kitchen. It Just Seemed Such A Cool Place, Everyone Working Together To Make This Lovely Stuff And Having A Laugh Doing It.