Recipes

In June, NCSG kicked off Restaurant Recipes – a new series of hands-on culinary events featuring some of the most acclaimed and accomplished chefs in the UK today. Up first, the Ivy’s kitchen legend Gary Lee took over Waitrose Cookery School to show us how to make a three-course feast worthy of the Soho icon – including this knockout linseed and dukkah roast poussin.

For when you don’t have time or inclination to spend hours in the kitchen, Waitrose rides to the rescue with a spectacularly simple Italian-inspired showstopper supper…

A classic French combo gets the canapé treatment, care of Chewton Glen’s cookery school the Kitchen…

Nothing says Easter like a beautifully cooked lamb dish – L’Atelier des Chefs London shares the secrets of a show-stopping rack-of-lamb packed with Provençal flavour.

Vegan, gluten-free and egg-free, the Veg Soc’s spectacular shiitake soup is a bowlful of Thai flavour fireworks. Just the thing to see you into spring…

Mother’s Day recipe: Waitrose Cookery School presents a macaron recipe to rival the finest French patisserie…

Mother’s Day recipe: Eckington Manor cookery school has a clever ‘cheat’ for tarte tatin that makes the notoriously tricky French classic a cinch…

Umami, the famous ‘fifth taste’, is characteristic of Japanese cuisine. Yuki’s Kitchen founder Yuki Gomi shared her seasoning shortcut – a simple and healthy salt alternative designed to give almost any dish an irresistible umami boost.

Just the thing for a Christmas party, these delectably indulgent truffles form the Raymond Blanc Cookery School can be easily adapted to incorporate any flavour you like

A deliciously sweet flaky shortcrust with an unmistakably Christmassy burst of spiced fruits – the Cookery School at Little Portland Street presents the definite recipe for mini mince pies