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The Food Programme: Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, Christmas Cooking: The 2020 Edit

Nigel Slater, Genevieve Taylor & Tamal Ray share food ideas for a Christmas like no other.

Christmas cooking advice from Nigel Slater, Kate Young, Craig and Shaun McAnuff and Tamal Ray. Sheila sets outdoor cook Genevieve Taylor the ultimate festive cooking challenge.

Christmas will be different this year, but it doesn't mean it should be any less delicious.

Sheila Dillon is joined by cooks who know about cooking for Christmas. She pays food writer Nigel Slater a socially distanced festive visit to talk about one of his favourite seasons in the kitchen. Baker, writer and doctor Tamal Ray, who cooked his family Christmas dinner solo for the first time in 2019, shares his learnings and gives advice for last minute Christmas desserts. Brothers and co-founders of 'Original Flava' Craig and Shaun McAnuff share memories of Christmases past and their ideas for festive party drinks. While writer Kate Young, author of "The Little Library Christmas" speaks to Sheila about making new culinary traditions and embracing the downtime the festive period can provide. And in a year where get-togethers might just look a little bit different, outdoor cook and BBQ expert Genevieve Taylor proves the cold isn't an excuse not to keep cooking al fresco and designs a full Christmas dinner for the fire. 

With a few days to go before the big day, and whatever's on the menu this year, The Food Programme and friends guarantee a bit of Christmas cheer.

Presented by Sheila Dillon.
Produced by Clare Salisbury for BBC Audio Bristol.

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