Presented by Ainsley Harriott, Ready Steady Cook will return to BBC Two daytime this Autumn for a 20th series. As always, the chefs will have just twenty minutes to create mouth-watering masterpieces from a variety of ingredients chosen by celebrity contestants. They’ll then go on to compete for the role of ‘head chef’ in the Quickie Bag challenge, where they have just ten minutes to whip up an array of delicious dishes.

Do you struggle to produce nice meals on a shrinking household budget? Are food feuds taking over your family and friends? Would you like to change the eating habits of your nearest and dearest? Or would you like to impress the love of your life with some newfound sparkle in the kitchen? Read more & comment »

Since my student days Ainsley Harriott has been my guilty secret! Instead of going to my University lectures, I spent many a lazy morning watching Ainsley on BBC’s Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook.

As I have aged (ever so slightly!!) I find myself trying to squeeze in my daily dose of Ainsley in Ready Steady Cook each evening. But least nowdays I have the added bonus of making myself feel like a worthwhile wife and mother as I notch up more and more healthy and quick recipes for my family.

My husband knows me well and this year on my birthday I was thrilled to receive a Ready Steady Cook cookbook, containing not only Ainsley’s top 100 recipes from the TV show, but loads of great pictures of the dishes, and the chefs.

I can’t recommend this book enough, anyone interested in buying it should click here” (Ready Steady Cook) . I’d love to hear from any other RSC fans out there….what are your favourite recipes (or chefs?) Comments, as always, are welcome below!

The nations cheeriest chef, Ainsley Harriot, will soon be back on our TV screens with an all new singing, dancing series of Ready Steady Cook.

Ainsley Told The Sun Newspaper:

“The new series will be a bit more interactive really, a bit darker and a bit sexier,” Ainsley said.

“We had a fantastically successful run on Ready Steady Cook, it’s coming up to about 18 series.

“But TV has moved on, you know, it’s moved on so quickly, so you can’t just sit back on your laurels. Read more & comment »