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The Great British Bake Off top tips: Biscuit week

12.08.2015

This week the 11 remaining bakers on The Great British Bake Off are preparing for biscuit week. The signature challenge is to make 24 ...

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Rick Stein: From Venice to Istanbul, episode one

07.08.2015

The episode launches in Venice with Rick reminiscing about his previous visits there, before being taken by Francesco Da ...

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Rick Stein on From Venice to Istanbul

07.08.2015

“I wanted to do a book and TV series about Eastern Mediterranean cooking; olive oil, lemons, tomatoes, garlic, sweet fish and ...

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The Great British Bake Off top tips: Cake week

05.08.2015

The BBC programmers have excelled themselves this week, delighting foodies everywhere with the launch of series six of the Great ...

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A day in the life of…part 2

05.08.2015

Have you been following our ‘day in the life of’ blog series? Last week we spoke with Miguel Espejo, commis chef at The ...

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Our dog friendly hotels and restaurants

24.07.2015

This week, Jill announced that her gorgeous country retreat, Martindale, will be accepting dogs, so we thought we’d put together ...

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A day in the life of … part 1

16.07.2015

Ever wondered what it’s like to work for Rick Stein? Or to relocate to Cornwall? We’ll be bringing you a four part blog ...

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How to entertain your mini-Steins this summer

08.07.2015

The sun has been shining in Padstow and the streets filled with the happy chatterings of children enjoying everything Padstow has to ...

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Green sauce recipe from Rick Stein’s German Bite

12.06.2015

Rick Stein’s German Bite will be replayed on BBC2  on the 25th June at 8pm. Here’s one of our favourite recipes from his ...

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