Hosted by Strictly Come Dancing’s Anton Du Beke, Step up to the Plate pits a group of home cooks against Britain’s best chefs. It’s an exciting kitchen cook off where only one team can win.

Each episode features a team of home cooks whose delicious dishes always leave their friends begging for more. It’s a real David & Goliath contest – the valiant home cooks have nothing to loose but the professional chefs have their reputations seriously at stake. They just can’t afford to be beaten… Read more & comment »

Come Dine with Me returns on Channel 4 at 8PM tonight and here is a sneak peek of the show.

Karne insists that her pavlova always goes down a treat, but then why can’t she get the meringues right this time?

A second series of Daily Cooks Challenge has been commissioned following the successful first run which aired earlier this year.

Presented by Antony Worrall Thompson, Daily Cooks Challenge sees two of the UK’s top chefs battle it out across a week in a series of daily challenges to win heart, mind and taste buds of a different celebrity guest judge each day. Read more & comment »

After weeks of competitive cooking in the kitchen the winning chefs and the final mouthwatering four-course menu of the hit BBC Two cookery series Great British Menu have been revealed.

The winning dishes and their chef creators are –

Starter: BLT in a glass, Jason Atherton (London and the South East);

Fish course: Salmon three ways, Stephen Terry (Wales);

Main course: Dexter beef with ox cheek & marrow bone, Jason Atherton (London and the South East);

Dessert: Burnt English cream, marinated strawberries and honeycomb, Glynn Purnell (Central England).

The winning chefs will go on to recreate their dishes at a special banquet hosted by world-renowned chef Heston Blumenthal.

The dinner celebrating the very best of modern British cuisine will be held at the restaurant at the top of London’s Gherkin and the guest list includes some of the finest gastronomic talent from around the globe. Read more & comment »

Chef, Nigel Slater, has revealed that he can tell a lot about a person by what food they like to eat.

Nigel’s new TV show features different celebrities sharing details about memorable meals they have enjoyed.

In his new series, which returns to BBC Two next week, Royle Family actress Liz Smith tells Nigel how she had to cook the same carrot and lentil soup for her children every day as she couldn’t afford anything else.

Nigel told MSN: “Many of the guests were around in the period after the war, when ingredients were limited.

“Their parents had lived through rationing, so there was still that way of looking at food - waste nothing, buy very cheap cuts of meat and other cheap ingredients. It’s very interesting to find that about, especially from people who are now successful. Read more & comment »

Celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay, has blasted fellow chef Delia Smith, for her use of pre packaged food in a recent TV show and cookery book.

Speaking to the BBC, Ramsay said:

“I would expect students struggling on £15 a week to survive eating from a can but the nation’s favourite, all-time icon reducing us down to using frozen, canned food. It’s an insult,” he remarked.

Ramsay also hit out at restaurants who serve up food out of season and fail to use local produce. Read more & comment »

Celebrity Chef, Marco Pierre White, has signed a deal with TV channel ITV1.

Marco is rumoured to be receiving £750,000 for his new ITV show ‘Marco’s Great British Feast’. He revealed to The Sun: “I need the money to pay for my divorce.”

Marco is also about to make a new US reality TV show called The Chopping Block.

Delia Smith new ‘cheat’ cookery book has been slammed by experts for featuring recipes which contain too much salt.

In ‘How To Cheat At Cooking’ Delia recommends various processed and ready made foods for use in her recipes however Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) said a single serving of one of the recipes, carbonara real quick, contained more than a whole day’s salt.

Delia’s publisher said the cookery writer “absolutely supported” people keeping check on how much salt they ate.
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Last year, Little Chef was saved from financial collapse by venture capitalists. Now in its 50th anniversary year, the home of the Olympic breakfast and Jubilee pancake is still in need of creative inspiration.

Enter British Chef Heston Blumenthal. The nostalgia of the Little Chef brand is a strong childhood memory for this chef but he will have to work his magic if he is to restore it to former glories.

Big Chef, Little Chef, to air on Channel 4 later this year, is the most extraordinary of culinary challenges – can a chef with a reputation for excellence and innovation transform the fortunes of a much loved but tired British institution?

Sue Murphy, Channel 4’s Head of Features said: “I’m delighted that one of Britain’s most unique food talents is joining Channel 4 Features. With his established interest in innovation and his dedication to culinary perfection, Heston is a perfect fit for us.” Read more & comment »

Masterchef winner, author and cook Tommi Miers returns to bring the very best of Spanish cuisine to the table. Combining classic Spanish dishes, which Tommi prepares at home, with her adventures on the road across the Iberian countryside, she reveals the best-kept secrets from the kitchens of regional Spain. Read more & comment »