In the first of a second,eight-part series in which top chefs aid their biggest fans to prepare a dinner party,
Gary Rhodes helps Essex nurse Lesley Kennelly cook roast monkfish with crispy bacon or Parma ham, followed by bittersweet strawberry tart with marscapone cheesecake cream - an ambitious menu for Lesley who is daunted by the thought of cooking fish and preparing pastry.
Executive producer Nick Vaughan-Barratt ; Series producer Nichola Hegarty
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