Joan Collins visits The F Word. Famously ejected from Gordon’s restaurant Aubergine along with food critic A.A. Gill seven years ago, this is the first time the two have met since. Gordon’s mum Helen challenges her son to beat her favourite recipe for apple pudding.
Gordon faces his biggest challenge yet with his ongoing campaign to get women back into the kitchen. Gordon cooks tagliatelle, and venison with chocolate: “Bambi never tasted so good.” He also travels to Scotland to try the rare and unusual delicacy of Gannet.
The sexiest room in the house? “It’s the kitchen because the other places are too easy!” Nancy Dell- Olio tells Gordon when she visits The F Word restaurant this week. The programme also includes appearances from Richard Wilson and Kim and Aggie (from ‘How Clean Is Your House’), while resident food critic Giles Coren looks into the world of detox.
In tonight’s show comedian Jimmy Carr enjoys Gordon’s roasted pheasant, while Australian wine expert Matt Skinner discusses the stresses (or not) of choosing the perfect wine to go with the perfect dish. Sarah Beeny attempts to create the perfect chocolate brownie and UK’s Big Brother Davina McCall talks sex and soup after sampling Gordon’s sumptuous haricot bean soup with tiger prawns.
Gordon is once again joined by Martine McCutcheon in the kitchen to help her prepare the perfect roast beef and Yorkshire pudding; while Janet Street-Porter attempts to beat Gordon with her favourite fig pudding. Meanwhile, Christmas is coming and so is the end to the turkey’s short and happy time in Gordon’s garden. Will Gordon be able to handle the best way to slaughter his turkeys, and how will the kids say goodbye to Ainsley, Gary, Antony, Jamie, Nigella and Delia… the turkeys they’ve become so attached to?
A season one contestant returns for a rematch; Gordon teaches his children how to care for their pigs; sesame crusted tuna.
Jaimie Alexander
Self
Vallon DeVille
Andrew Dombrowski
Gordon Ramsay
Host
Patricia Llewellyn
Producer
