My Life on a Plate

Anneka Rice loved her childhood growing up in Surrey and is thrilled to revisit special places from her youth with chef Brian Turner. Anneka recounts stories of choir practice and tennis, squeezed into a carefree childhood, full of tomboy adventures, campfires and foraging for wild mushrooms. She also remembers her mother’s enthusiasm for the exotic new style of cordon bleu cooking in the 1970s, and memories of boeuf bourguignon and chicken liver pâté come flooding back. It’s all grist to Brian’s mill as he puts together two dishes for Anneka to try, that whisk her back to her early years through the medium of good old fashioned food with a modern twist.