Rachel Allen's Dinner Parties

The cook shows a dinner party host how to create a successful evening. First up is Jonny Lacey, who learns how to prepare a menu of scallops with cabbage, bacon and orange, followed by chicken confit with rosemary potatoes and lentils, and a dessert of blackberry mousse

Rachel gives keen cook Michele Davies a dinner party masterclass, creating a menu of smoked mackerel and goat's cheese souffle, followed by a main course of roast spiced lamb with spinach and mint orzo and a blueberry and custard tart for dessert

Rachel helps keen cook Avila Lipsett to spice up her dinner party. Meanwhile, interior designer Hannah Sandling transforms her dining room into a glamorous gothic space

The cook lends a hand with Jesh Persaud's dinner party, and the pair make crab bisque, coq au vin with a winter leaf salad, and a gently spiced rhubarb and ginger crumble cake

The cook helps Kate Smith-Bingham make spinach soup with rosemary oil, beef Wellington with potato and gruyere gratin and French beans with lemon and pine nuts. A chocolate creme brulee is on the menu for dessert

The cook helps Jonathan Welford overcome his dinner party nerves by demonstrating how to prepare a menu of poached monkfish with a tomato and toasted hazelnut salsa, a mushroom tart with cooked cucumber and mint, and an apricot meringue with apricot puree.

Rachel teaches keen cook Tony Gallagher to prepare a menu inspired by Asian cuisine

The cook teaches Eva Braga-Ng Kon Tia how to prepare a dinner party menu that features chilled avocado soup with coriander salsa, roast duck legs with white bean puree, and a salted caramel chocolate tart

The cook gives Nerys Royal a masterclass, demonstrating how to prepare baked beetroot risotto with Parmesan crisps, a zesty pine nut-crusted fish with salsa verde and a rich coffee zabaglione