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Cook school confidential: cooking with asparagus

Cook school confidential: cooking with asparagus

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Cook school confidential: cooking with asparagus

We enlisted the help of top chef Robin Gill to show how asparagus – one of the UK's most prized seasonal ingredients – can be given the treatment it deserves.

Great British Chefs Cook School

The Great British Chefs Cook School is a great opportunity for our chefs to share tips and techniques from their kitchens in focussed masterclasses. Find out what invaluable knowledge was shared at these events and perhaps even try the recipes at home.

Great British Chefs Cook School

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Cook school confidential: cooking with asparagus

Cook school confidential: cooking with asparagus

by Great British Chefs

We enlisted the help of top chef Robin Gill to show how asparagus – one of the UK's most prized seasonal ingredients – can be given the treatment it deserves.

Cook school confidential: cooking with bread

Cook school confidential: cooking with bread

by Great British Chefs

We invited chef Merlin Labron-Johnson of the Michelin-starred Portland restaurant in London to Le Cordon Bleu to help extol the virtues of real bread. Take a look at the dishes everyone cooked.

Cook school confidential: cooking pancakes

Cook school confidential: cooking pancakes

by Great British Chefs

27 February 2017

Chef Tom Brown from Outlaw’s at The Capital hosted a Great British Chefs’ cook school at Le Cordon Bleu on how to make the perfect pancakes – read on for his top tips and see what everyone cooked.

Cook school confidential: cooking sous vide

Cook school confidential: cooking sous vide

by Great British Chefs

27 January 2017

We invited chef Russell Bateman to the hallowed halls of Le Cordon Bleu to share his expert knowledge on cooking sous vide and how easy and accessible it is to do at home. Take a look at his top tips and why he finds it such an invaluable tool in the kitchen.

Cook school confidential: cooking with Fjord Trout

Cook school confidential: cooking with Fjord Trout

by Great British Chefs

22 November 2016

We teamed up with chef Daniel Galmiche to find out why he loves Fjord Trout – a fish recently made available in the UK – and how home cooks should prepare it at home.

Cook school confidential: cooking with pasta

Cook school confidential: cooking with pasta

by Great British Chefs

2 November 2016

We invited Michelin-starred Italian chef Giuseppe D’Aquino over to the UK to learn the secrets of cooking pasta perfectly.

Cook school confidential: cooking with cod

Cook school confidential: cooking with cod

by Great British Chefs

29 September 2016

We teamed up with Pascal Aussignac to learn the secrets of cooking cod to perfection and how to prepare it like a Michelin-starred chef in the kitchen at home.

Cook school confidential: cooking with a tandoor oven

Cook school confidential: cooking with a tandoor o...

by Great British Chefs

We teamed up with the amazing Alfred Prasad at Le Cordon Bleu to see how easy it is to achieve incredible results in the tandoor, and the secrets to getting the same charred flavour in a conventional oven at home.

Cook school confidential: cooking with cucumbers

Cook school confidential: cooking with cucumbers

by Great British Chefs

We teamed up with chef Dominic Chapman to discover how cucumbers can be used in more than just salads or sandwiches, and why searing or warming through the vegetable creates such interesting and varied textures and flavours.

Cook school confidential: cooking with tomatoes

Cook school confidential: cooking with tomatoes

by Great British Chefs

We teamed up with chef Paul Foster to showcase the beautiful flavour of British tomatoes to see how a few simple ingredients can be transformed into a perfectly balanced dish, and how home cooks can make the most of their incredible taste.

Cook school confidential: cooking with chocolate

Cook school confidential: cooking with chocolate

by Great British Chefs

We invited London's top chocolatier Paul A Young over to Le Cordon Bleu so he could demonstrate how to turn a few simple ingredients into a stunning dessert. See how the class got on and read his top tips for working with chocolate at home.

Cook school confidential: cooking with coffee

Cook school confidential: cooking with coffee

by Great British Chefs

We invited Michelin-starred Italian chef Roberto Petza over to Le Cordon Bleu as part of our Great Italian Chefs cookery school series. Discover how he uses coffee in cooking and why it's one of his favourite ingredients.

Alfred Prasad at Great British Chefs Cook School

Alfred Prasad at Great British Chefs Cook School

by Mecca Ibrahim

A round up of the third of our new series of hands-on cookery masterclasses. Alfred Prasad gave an excellent masterclass in Indian street food, showing how authentic Indian snacks can be easily made at home.

Russell Brown at Great British Chefs Cook School

Russell Brown at Great British Chefs Cook School

by Mecca Ibrahim

In the fourth of our new series of hands-on cookery masterclasses, chef Russell Brown gave an excellent masterclass in homemade pasta and homemade ricotta.

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