Learn to relax an avocado, bamboozle a parsnip and shave a fennel, all on a duvet of rice paper in the cookery show to end all cookery shows.

Simon and Minty will guide you through the making of their mouth watering dishes. Each recipe has an accompanying video clip to aid you in culinary perfection.



Architect's Fish and Chips - Expensive. Complex. And utterly architectural in its use of light and space.

Torta di Castagne e Cioccolata - A birthday cake fit for David. Michelangelo's David!

Paella Valenciana - One of those dishes a woman cooks for her man, or men, when they're all hot and bothered and hungry after sports.

Avocado, Mozzarella and Tomato Salad - Nothing is simple. That's the point.

Bread AND Butter Pudding - THE desert of the nineties.

Leftover Supper - Supper is dinner with its shirt undone. It's relaxed, languid, louche.

Sauces - The foundation of a great dish.

Spanish Toad in the Hole - You'll search in vain for John Keats in the recipes of Jamie Oliver.

Grilled Sole - It's tragic that Caravaggio never painted grilled sole with samphire.


Your Recipes

Mint Sauce - Only when Simon is satisfied that you meet his strict criteria will you be offered the chance to sample this God of sauces.

Tuna Pasta - basic fare for many university students.

Jacket Potato With Sardines - a true star in the kitchen and an all round performer.

Spanish Omelette - gingerly decant the turkey eggs from their calcified oval cages.

Valentines Day Chocolate Cake - truly orgasmic.

Carrot Cake - an experience of moistness that few cakes even approach.

Haricots Au Pain Grill&eacute - savour the delicious images of the forthcoming culinary coup de gras.