Gillon Meller, chef at The River Cottage and father of Isla, 11, and Cecily, five, reveals foodie secrets:What’s your earliest food memory? The first time I ate white chocolate, probably aged three.What was the first thing you ever cooked? Something

can say they don’t like something if they have never tried it. What’s the most unusual food you ate as a child? Bottarga, which is a delightfully salty pressed fish roe that is popular in Sicily and Sardinia. What’s your favourite restaurant? New World

When it comes to planning your next barbecue, make it a gourmet occasion with these five pointers from Australian celebrity chef Bill Granger. 1. Plan the menu as if you were in a restaurant  What would you want on one plate? Stick

a bigger job than mine and earned three or four times more than I earnt, then fine, why not? I wouldn’t like it, but I’d do it if I had to. How child-friendly is your Michelin-starred restaurant Petrus? We are child-friendly at Petrus, in so far

meal together, you are creating a closer society. A closer family first then a closer society.ResourcesLa Petite Ecole children’s cookery school runs one-day non-residential courses between August 14–17 and costs £195 per child. For details, tel: 01844

Platinum “clean your own” pop-up restaurant?I’m very excited about it, it's happening on November 18-19 at the OXO Tower, the whole idea is to get across two messages: The liquid takes away an overnight soak in ten minutes and the dishwashing tablet which