Friends For Dinner Series 1


1. A new series in which seven of Britain's top chefs turn up on the doorsteps of their biggest fans to help them prepare the dinner party of their dreams. Tonight, Jamie Oliver shows Angela Wheeler how to cook tortellini with ricotta, sage and parmesan, and beef wrapped in prosciutto with porcini mushrooms.
2. Gary Rhodes whips up a signature dessert for fan Louise Jenson and sketches out a dream dinner party menu. But as the anxious amateur grills him later over his mobile phone about preparing chicken tournedos, he wonders if he has asked her to bite off more than she can chew.
3. Gordon Ramsay takes a day off from his restaurant to help out one of his fans, Hannah Davie. Will the hot-tempered Chef of the Year avoid boiling over as the young trainee accountant prepares for a dinner party?
4. Antony Worrall Thompson advises businessman Stuart Draper on cooking a meal to remember for some old friends from university. The leek and Roquefort tart proves not too tricky, but how will Draper cope with the squid?
5. Rick Stein helps Suffolk farmer's wife Sue Raynor with a dinner party. Having never cooked fish before, can she get to grips with filleting and boning?
6. This week Ainsley Harriott helps fan Dosolina Brando prepare a dinner of spicy Indian dishes. But can he help her lose her reputation for tardiness?
7. Top chef Raymond Blanc helps out at a dinner party thrown by fan Chris McMullon. Chris then receives an invitation from Blanc to prepare a starter at his acclaimed restaurant Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons.
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Broadcast Wednesday 1 November 2000, Wednesday 8 November 2000, Wednesday 15 November 2000, Wednesday 22 November 2000, Wednesday 29 November 2000, Wednesday 6 December 2000, Wednesday 13 December 2000

Project Type

Location filming

The Client

BBC Two

Role Details

Production Manager
BBC Consumer & Leisure
2000

The Work


Contributors

Presenters: Jamie Oliver, Gary Rhodes, Gordon Ramsay, Antony Worrall Thompson, Rick Stein, Ainsley Harriott, Raymond Blanc
Guests: Angela Wheeler, Louise Jenson, Hannah Davie, Stuart Draper, Sue Raynor, Dosolina Brando, Chris McMullon
Executive Producer: Nick Vaughan-Barratt
Series Producer: Nichola Hegarty