John Burton Race and Angela Hartnett are preparing themselves for some frayed tempers in the kitchen (and that’s just their own) as they attempt to turn useless cooks into clever cooks in just a couple of weeks.
The chefs have scoured the country for people whose cooking skills leave little to the imagination and whose food you wouldn’t even give to your dog. Tonight, John and Angela are in Tatton Park, Cheshire, overseeing the ability of 20 novices who are battling it out for a place in the kitchen criminals boot camp. Four will be selected and sent to the camp, that is run in two teams by John and Angela. There, they will be put through their paces and taught how to cook fantastic food.
With so many kitchen flops it’s a trial in itself just to choose the worst of an already sour bunch.