The Get Cooking chefs each have an area of food expertise, whether it's preparing seafood, baking or cooking with meat. If you're a fan of a particular chef's recipes, or you fancy learning more about them, explore the Get Cooking recipes by chef.
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Get Cooking chefs
Lesley Waters
Lesley Waters is a regular on BBC Two's 'Ready Steady Cook'. She's also written several cookery books and teaches at her cookery school at her home in Dorset. She studied French cuisine at Ealing College before joining Prue Leith's restaurant in 1978, where she became senior chef.
Madhur Jaffrey
As an actress, TV cook and food writer, Delhi-born Madhur Jaffrey has many strings to her bow, but it's for her cookery that she's best known. Her BBC series, 'Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cookery', made her a household name and she has written more than 15 cookery books, including 'Madhur Jaffrey's Ultimate Curry Bible'.
Mike Robinson
Mike has several television cookery series under his belt and is a regular on BBC Two's 'Saturday Kitchen'. He also runs a rural pub restaurant and cookery school in Berkshire and has written numerous books.
Mitch Tonks
After working as an accountant, fish expert Mitch decided to pursue his passion for seafood by opening a fishmonger and seafood restaurant in Bath, which he expanded into a small chain. Mitch has appeared on BBC's 'Saturday Kitchen' programme and has written three cookery books.
Paul Merrett
Top-rated chef Paul Merrett trained under Gary Rhodes. He has brought his chef know-how and down-to-earth approach to many television series and is best-known for discovering the science behind food in the BBC Two series, 'Ever Wondered About Food…' and for his popular cookery series 'The Best'.
- Asparagus in prosciutto with beurre blanc
- Butterflied leg of lamb with sherry and honey
- Cream of potato and parsley soup
- Pan-cooked chicken with tarragon cream sauce
- Polenta with Gorgonzola
- Pumpkin ravioli with sage butter
Sophie Grigson
Sophie's love of cooking was inspired by her mother Jane, one of the most successful cookery writers of her generation. Sophie presented her first TV series, 'Grow Your Greens, Eat Your Greens' in 1993 and has written over a dozen cookery books.
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