Indian Food Made Easy
Chef and food writer Anjum Anand goes behind the scenes of kitchens across the UK in search of
culinary roots and traditions from different parts of the Indian sub-continent.
Indian cuisine has had an enormous impact in the UK, and regional flavours from the sub-continent can be found up and down the country. Anjum visits different Indian communities to discover the origins of their cooking – from the Gujaratis in Leicester, the Kashmiris in Birmingham and Punjabis in Scotland to the Bengalis in East London.
Demystifying spices and cooking techniques, Indian Food Made Easy is a national tour illustrating the diversity of Indian cooking in the UK, combined with authentic recipes for delicious and easy to make dishes.
Series 2 – Sundays from 1 August at 20:40
James Martin’s Champagne
Amiable chef James Martin embarks on a journey through Champagne to mingle with the locals and perfect his traditional French dishes.
James used to visit Champagne with his father to collect wine, and now he returns in an Airstream trailer to explore a region at the culinary heart of France. He starts in the City of Rheims, where he and Frenchman Daniel discover a lush local market. James also joins a local restaurateur for a truffle hunt in the beautiful autumn woods.
Throughout the series, James also provides a range of valuable tips on subjects such as serving cold lobster, carving apple swans, preparing a spatchcock for the grill, segmenting a grapefruit and skinning a tomato. In James Martin’s Champagne there's a little bit of something for everyone.
Series 1 – Sundays from 1 August at 21:50Saturday Kitchen
Presented by celebrity chef James Martin, Saturday Kitchen is an entertaining masterclass in how to produce good, honest food. James yet again provides some great recipes, and is joined by a host of guest chefs who each bring their own take on some classic and tasty dishes. With at least four meals to choose from per episode, viewers are positively spoilt for choice.
In this further set of brand new episodes, James also rustles up a food "heaven or food hell" for another batch of celebrity guests. Will he offer a new take on their favourite dish or rise to the challenge and make their most hated ingredient palatable? Each guest chef also takes part in the omelette challenge, in which they compete gamely to make a plain omelette in the fastest time.
Saturday Kitchen is quite simply a great place to find the freshest meals from top chefs as well as some tasty challenges and an enjoyably casual banter between the food-loving participants.
Set 3 - Sundays from 1 August at 11:00 and 11:30