RECOMMENDATIONS

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  Pumpkin soup with cheese toasties

  Pumpkin and sage are a wonderful pairing and the toasties that accompany this velvety soup are made using Sage Derby, the flavour-packed cheese from Silvana Franco’s home city

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  Squid and mackerel burger with sea purslane and parsley juice

  Anthony Demetre’s unusual seafood burgers are a healthy and delicious way to eat your fish

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  Courgette 'spaghetti'

  Gary Rhodes serves thin strips of courgette with a creamy beenleigh blue cheese sauce

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  Pineapple upside-down cake

  Indulge in a bit of comfort cooking with Charita Jones' satisfying cherry-topped pineapple cake with sweet cinnamon glaze

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  Pot au feu with rabbit and bacon

  Winter vegetables, cabbage balls and spinach dumplings make this a hearty one-pot meal from Paul Merrett

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  Mackerel fillets with a celeriac and anchovy salad

  Chris Coubrough’s dinner party dish is a wonderful combination of fresh flavours and textures

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  Pavlova (two ways)

  Jane Johns' pavlovas are studded with fresh berries in summer and cherries and angelica in winter

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  White onion soup with scallops and chorizo

  A creamy white soup with a shocking orange drizzle of chorizo oil, from Paul Merrett

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  Honey nut spread

  Once you've tried Thomasina Miers' moreish nutty spread, you'll find all sorts of way to use it

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  Spiedinos

  Ed Baines guarantees success on a stick with these mouth-watering skewers of meaty monkfish, juicy scallops and crisp bacon-wrapped ciabatta