Great British Chefs

Chris Leach

At his Shoreditch restaurant Manteca, Chris Leach combines a love for nose-to-tail cookery with the beautiful simplicity of Italian cuisine – with delicious and eternally crowd-pleasing results.

Wild garlic and spinach chitarra

by Chris Leach

House-made ricotta

by Chris Leach

A taste of Manteca

Kale and chilli lumache

by Chris Leach

Duck liver parfait with date jam

by Chris Leach

‘Nduja steamed mussels

by Chris Leach

Fazzoletti with duck ragù and duck fat pangrattato

by Chris Leach

Chocolate and hazelnut tart

by Chris Leach

Trending on Socials

Burnt basque cheesecake with cherry and balsamic jam ripple

Beef short rib and spring onion biang biang noodles with pickled cucumbers

Gin-brined salmon and dill picnic traybake pie

Watercress pistou and chipotle grilled cheese with courgette salad

Buttered pear, brie and manchego toastie with onion crème fraîche

Lemongrass steak bánh mì and herb salad

Argentine-style choripán steak sandwich with avocado crema

How to cook rice

Apricot and chipotle glazed chicken shawarma

Cider-braised pork belly butter bean chilli with apple relish

Sweet and spicy rhubarb white beans

Khua kling-inspired chilli with flageolet beans

Jerk chicken with mango coleslaw and hot sauce

Matcha Marshmallows

Cultured Butter

Chicken Skin Jam

Sesame miso sourdough bagels

Savoury sweetcorn pancakes with chorizo salsa and fried eggs

Burnt butter focaccia with pork belly, teriyaki and sesame crumble

Cavolo nero pesto and taleggio-stuffed sourdough flatbreads

Unlock unlimited recipes from the UK’s top chefs.

Wild thing

Wild garlic

Recipe Collection

Into the woods! Wild garlic has arrived, bringing its pungent aroma and verdant colour to forest floors, restaurant menus and home kitchens across the country. Here's how to find it, prepare it and enjoy it with ease.

How to cook wild garlic

5 ways with wild garlic

by Great British Chefs

Seeing green

Chicken with wild garlic and asparagus

by Colin McGurran

Chickpea chips with wild garlic custard

by Stuart Collins

Wild garlic pasta dough

by GBC Kitchen

Pickled wild garlic buds

by GBC Kitchen

Wild garlic butter

by GBC Kitchen

Maria Bradford

Chef Profile

Tucked away in Sevenoaks, Maria Bradford is shining a bright light on Sierra Leonean cuisine in a way no one else has done so before. Her restaurant Shwen Shwen takes the flavours and ingredients of the West African country and reexamines them through a fine dining lens.