For over 30 years MasterChef has had one aim: to discover the country’s best food talent through a series of extraordinary cooking challenges, and watched over by some of the world’s most prestigious food judges. Let’s look into the history of this long running TV show, and the surprising disagreement that led to it’s creation. We’ll look at the judges, the tests, and the dishes that made MasterChef a staple of TV schedules.
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I look back over 2023 with some of my favourite posts and projects at BigSpud HQ.
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I recently took a trip to Gordon Ramsay’s Street Pizza in St Paul’s. They offer a bottomless pizza option where the pizza is cooked constantly and is then brought round. Grab a slice of what you like! The pizzas were all great. Even the ham and pineapple was a step above – shredded gammon, strips of pineapple but the fresh […]
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Gifting time is here! Check out my choices for the cookbooks of the year. Diet and sustainability has never been higher in the agenda. While these are important topics for anyone nerdy about their food, despite money worries people are asking these questions about their dinner. And the cookbooks of today reflect that. Here’s a selection of some books I’ve […]
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