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It’s time to share your dining experiences - best, and worst! - of the past 12 months to help decide not only The Sunday Times Food List, but also contribute to the UK’s most authoritative guide, Harden’s UK Restaurant Survey 2014.

From the 15th to the 26th of May, we can all celebrate the prickly but nutritious character the stinging nettle. It’s National Nettle Week in the UK, or as it is officially known, Be Nice to Nettles Week. Karen introduces the health benefits of nettles and shares a delicious recipe for wild garlic, celery and nettle omelette.

In the second part of this blog series marking 15 years since the filming of Boiling Point, Gordon Ramsay’s breakthrough documentary, Isaac Parham speaks to some of the people involved, how they worked under Ramsay’s pressure as young chefs and finds out where they are today.

One of the UK's biggest celebrations of all things floral starts this week: The Chelsea Flower Show. Did you know that there's a growing trend for eating flowers?  Not just as a garnish but as the main part of the dish. The Chelsea Flower Show will include a number of edible exhibits & at Great British Chefs we take a look a some of our favourite ways of cooking with flowers including a wonderful dish of edible tulips by Pascal Aussignac of Club Gascon.   

We seem to have had a very long spring this year, but summer is finally on the way (we promise). With the longer days and warmer weather approaching, it’s the perfect time to start thinking about eating outdoors. Our friends unearthed® are experts in travelling around the world to source food from sunnier climes, so we can enjoy a taste of the sunshine all year round.

National Vegetarian Week is 20-26 May, a week devoted to all things veggie. Monica shows how you don’t need to be a vegetarian to appreciate that vegetables are a good thing. Here’s her top suggestions for getting started with eating more veg, including easy vegetables to start with, and a rock solid vegetarian recipe that will please all palettes.

Who’s been watching The Chef’s Protege? It’s a brand new TV series on BBC2 where three of the UK’s most renowned chefs return to college to discover a young catering student they can mentor and inspire, eventually becoming their protege. It’s a fascinating look at how the cookery masters of today are able to nurture future stars.

Those lucky enough to have fresh rhubarb in their gardens may have noticed it seems particularly abundant this year. Alexandra was pleased that her giant rhubarb plant survived her attempts to remove it and tried her hand at making a delicious dessert with her three year old daughter.