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With new series of Celebrity MasterChef and The Great British Bake Off both starting this week, the BBC expect millions of us will be gleefully following the successes (& failures) of celebrity & amateur chefs. Indeed, it's hard to watch any TV without being aware of a cookery show of some description. Simon Cowell joins in later this year with cookery competition he hopes will rival MasterChef.  Alexandra Roumbas Goldstein wonders where the proliferation of cookery shows is heading and what armoury the successful TV chef or TV programmer needs to have to win the TV food wars.

Many of you may have watched & been inspired by Rachel Khoo's TV show on BBC2 - The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo, where she showed how to whip up delicious modern French classics in her tiny Parisian flat. She took some time out from her busy schedule to talk to Great British Chefs blogger, Chris Osburn  about her cookery background, inspirations & also shares some tips for cooking in a small space.

Lisa Faulkner's, first cookbook: “Recipes from my Mother for my Daughter” has hit the Spring book shelves. Lisa, was better known for appearing in TV dramas such as Brookside, Holby City & Murder in Suburbia, until her Celebrity MasterChef win in 2010 catapulted her into the cookery limelight.  As the weather has plummeted into April showers, Great British Chefs took advantage of her book to make three ‘comfort food’ dishes.  Discover what we cooked up & how you can win your own signed copy of Lisa's book ...