Dressed to Impress
TV chef James Martin serves up home-cooked recipes that look like restaurant dishes, including a simple beef wellington and a show-stopping passion fruit delice.
James shows how anyone can impress their dinner party guests with some simple home-cooked recipes that look like restaurant dishes. He cooks a stylishly simple beef wellington, a show-stopping passion fruit delice, and a clever custard souffle using ready-made custard as a cheat.
Historian Ivan Day looks at macedoine jelly, a Victorian dessert with the real wow factor. Norwegian artisan producer Ole Hansen explains how his family's passion for perfect smoked salmon led him to start his London-based business.
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Cinnamon madeleines with winter caramel sauce
Duration: 04:59
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Lemon tart
Duration: 06:29
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Tarragon stuffed crown of lamb with duchess potatoes
Duration: 05:34
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Teriyaki mushroom risotto with red mullet and lime leaf foam
Duration: 06:02
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Lucius
Turn it Around
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Jim Noir
Eanie Meany
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Common Knowledge
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Between Two Lungs
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Nerina Pallot
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Adele
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Microphone
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Royksopp Forever
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The Luminites
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Olly Murs
Oh My Goodness
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Called Out In the Dark
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Josh Osho
Freewheel
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Lucius
Turn It Around
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Jim Noir
Eanie Meany
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Florence + The Machine
Between Two Lungs
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Olly Murs
Dance With Me Tonight
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Olly Murs
Anywhere Else
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Plan B
She Said
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Eliza Doolittle
Walking On Water
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Vance Joy
Riptide
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Olly Murs
Oh My Goodness
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Snow Patrol
Called Out In The Dark
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Josh Osho
Freewheel
Food producers
- Paul Metcalf from Natural Wight Mushrooms, Isle of Wight
- Ole Hansen from Hansen & Lydersen Ltd. London
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | James Martin |
| Executive Producer | Karen Plumb |
| Series Producer | Rosemary Edwards |
| Director | David Robertson |
| Participant | Ivan Day |
| Participant | Ole Hanssen |
Broadcasts
Fri 7 Mar 2014 15:45- Sun 13 Apr 2014 11:30
- Thu 26 May 2022 14:15Â鶹Éç Two except Scotland
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