Atul Kochhar, father of Amisha, six, and Arjun, four, reveals family secrets:    What’s your earliest food memory?Fruits are my favorite – have always been. Eating mangoes, sitting beside a deep cool well on a hot summer evening with my family in Jamshedpur, in east India where I...

and this is how my grandmother would make them – boiled potatoes that are diced and then dressed with warm olive oil, salt and pepper.Any golden rules for restaurant etiquette for toddlers? Only to encourage children of all ages to enjoy their food and to try

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

loved eating tripe, and lamb’s brains – with the head served on the plate and the tongue hanging out. I always do everything by instinct. I had a proposal to open a new restaurant in Beirut. I love the city, it was a beautiful, sunny day, so I said ‘yes

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

, because I think it’s what they’re so used to. But they always have an opinion on the food they eat – they are mini critics in the making. .There’s a real celebrity scene among chefs these days. Do you meet up often with fellow fathers, Gordon Ramsay

Mark Hix, the much-lauded chef, owner of four restaurants, and father of Ellie and Lydia, 15, reveals some culinary secrets What’s your earliest food memory? My granddad used to grow tomatoes and we used to have those fresh from the garden

As the executive chef at the prestigious Gidleigh Park in Devon, director of Abode Hotels and Michael Caines Restaurants, MBE recipient, television chef, charity patron and father-of-two it would be quite fair to say that two Michelin-starred chef

in the hotel and restaurant. We had a bit of criticism at first from some food writers who thought little hooligans have no place in that temple and shrine of excellence. I didn’t want my restaurant to be a temple. It is part of my culture to have children