Extraordinary Places to Eat

It must be hard being an award-winning chef. You go for dinner, but all you do is nitpick - the starter overdone, the main underspiced... It takes perfection to make it into their little black book. With this in mind, Fred Sirieix - one of London's most famed maître d's - heads to Venice to try chef Angela Harnett's top eats, tucking into local langoustine, pilgrim scallops and semifreddo tiramisu

Fred and his former boss, Chef Michel Roux Jr. are in Paris experiencing the signature dish of a classic restaurant and enjoying the simple pleasures of a perfect ham baguette.

You'll be needing those sweatpants with the elasticated waistband after overindulging on this culinary treat. The Spanish city of San Sebastián is a foodie hotspot, featuring some of the finest restaurants on the globe. But it's not all edible gas and quinoa. There's the traditional tapas bar that boasts the finest tortilla found anywhere and the restaurant that only features one menu item: steak.

TV Chef Andi Oliver takes Fred to Marrakech to enjoy lamb and couscous at legendary restaurant, chicken tagine for under £10, and breakfast on a roof terrace.

Food writer Rachel Khoo takes Fred to Vienna to experience exquisite coffee and cake, comforting dumplings, and mangalitza pork schnitzel.