Fantasy dinner.Flamboyant TV chef Ainsley Harriott has become a fixture on our screens with his mouthwatering mouth·wa·ter·ing or mouth-wa·ter·ing adj. Appealing to the sense of taste; appetizing: the mouthwatering aroma of a baking pie. combinations on Ready Steady Cook Ready Steady Cook is a BBC daytime TV cooking programme first aired in 1994. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host. The present duration of the programme is 45 minutes. and Can't Cook, Won't Cook Can't Cook, Won't Cook was a UK game show and cooking programme that was broadcast on BBC 1 from 1995 to 1999. In it two people who either could not cook or would not cook were nominated to appear on the show by a friend or family member, the Host Chef would then set the . Before his flourishing TV career took off he worked for 19 years at Lord's cricket ground Lord's Ground is a cricket ground in St John's Wood in London, at grid reference TQ268827. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the European where he ended up as head chef. His career has also taken in stand-up comedy. Harriott's latest on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. venture is the BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. 2 series Ainsley's Gourmet Express in which he comes up with quick and easy ideas to make an extravagant dinner party a painless affair. Y OU'RE hosting an imaginary dinner party and can invite anyone in the world, living or dead, to your house for one night only. . . Who would be on your invitation list - and why? "Martin Luther King because I would like to ask him whether his dream has been realised. Mia Angelou, because she was born as a slave, yet is one of the great poets and writers of our time. She has lived through the period since Martin Luther King made his famous 'I have a dream' speech and I'd love to ask her what changes she thinks there have been. Peter Snow, because he does a lot of work with black communities and really seems to care when he talks to people. He is also stimulating as a news broadcaster, and very bright." What food would you serve? "To start with I'd serve Acke and Saltfish with Johnnie Bakes, followed by classic red bean stew and dumplings. The stew is my mother's recipe and is just fantastic - it's pure comfort food. For dessert I'd serve Blue Mountain Coffee Granita gra·ni·ta n. A granular dessert ice with a sugar-syrup base, usually flavored with fruit purée, coffee, or wine. [Italian, from feminine past participle of granire, to make grainy, granulate , and we'd have lots of lovely rum punch to drink." Which music would you play? "Nice classic, Nina Simone." Who would you have as the lackey in the kitchen? "Enoch Powell." Which after dinner joke would you tell? "A sandwich walks into a pub and says, 'A pint of lager please'. The barman replies, 'Sorry we don't serve food'." How would this unlikely event compare to the way you normally entertain friends? "I don't normally invite dead people to dinner." |
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