Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start

Original version

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Documentaries

Factual: Food & Drink

Factual: Health & Wellbeing

Tom recruits eight families keen to change their lives for the better.

Tom recruits eight families keen to change their lives for the better. He believes that cooking from scratch with fresh ingredients will make them healthier, fitter and happier.

Series 1

BBC One

BBC Two Scotland

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

BBC Two Wales

BBC Two England

England

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

Simulcast of BBC Two Wales in high definition

BBC Two Wales HD

Simulcast of BBC Two Northern Ireland in high definition

BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

BBC One East

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

Tom Kerridge

Sarah Myland

Hannah Corneck

Richard Bowron

Bone Soup

Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start: Series 1: Episode 3: Start 'em Young

Start 'em Young

Episode 3

Episode 3: Start 'em Young

BBC Two - Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start, Series 1, Start 'em Young

Tom wants all his gang to get cooking, whatever their age or experience.

Tom Kerridge recruits eight families keen to change their lives for the better. Tom wants all his gang to get cooking, whatever their age or experience.

Tom's six-step plan for transforming family eating habits is nearing the half way stage. So far, the eight families are eating many more homecooked meals and have learnt how to plan ahead to save time and money. Now, for the third step of his plan, Tom wants to get everyone in the family helping out in the kitchen, not just one designated cook.

Tom believes that whatever our age or experience, we will have a healthier relationship with food if we do some cooking. To prove you are never too young to start, he makes a family-favourite recipe with his three-year-old son Acey. Together they make filo pastry triangles with feta cheese and greens, a dish inspired by memories of holidays in Greece.

Tom hears from Payal, one of the mums in his gang. She cooks for her family when she gets home from work and would love a night off once in a while. So Tom drops round to teach Payal's daughter Niharika, ten, and son Krish, seven, how to cook one of his easy and delicious recipes - Asian-style glazed chicken thighs. Payal hopes that sharing cooking duties will catch on for the family and take their food transformation to the next level.

There is a request for help from another of the mums in Tom's group too. Becky and her husband Mark both work but Becky does most of the cooking. She now wants Mark to do his share. Tom comes round and he and Mark cook a butternut squash pasta bake. It goes down well with the young family and Mark is clearly proud of what he has made. Becky thinks that seeing both mum and dad cooking sets a good example for their five-year-old twin boys Charlie and Jack.

Inspired by Tom's recipes, one young member of Tom's gang decides to spend a week of her holidays at a cookery school for kids. Eight-year-old Sophia joins her classmates making fresh pasta with basil and lemon sauce, a grown-up dish they love making and eating. Before Tom's experiment began, Sophia didn't cook and was scared of trying new foods and flavours. Not any more.

Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start: Series 1

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Tom Kerridge's Fresh Start

Series 1

Episode 3: Start 'em Young

Contributors

Genres

Formats

Brand

Series

BBC Two Northern Ireland

About BBC Two