Family memories, dishes from key moments in life – the meals chefs cherish

From grandma’s potted shrimps to spaghetti with a lifelong partner, top names from restaurants and food writing look back on the meals that made them who they are

‘It was ridiculous’: does food TV show fame still matter for chefs?

They’ve been a screen staple for years and, as another series of Great British Menu nears its climax, chefs tell how their lives and careers have been changed

Making dinner means dicing with danger, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take

I am fond of my all cooking scars – they are my life in the kitchen, written on the body

Buy a good knife and never say sorry: top chefs share the best cooking advice they ever had

Jeremy Lee, Angela Hartnett and many more pass on the tips that have saved them in the kitchen

From tomato salad in Spain to pumpkin rice: chefs and writers on the best things they ate in 2022

Riaz Phillips had jollof rice in east London, while Stephen Toman ate fish and chips on the Northern Irish coast – 15 chefs and food writers share their most memorable meal of the year

Fergus Henderson: ‘I’m happy to eat most things – but I hate raw celery’

The St John restaurant co-founder on childhood steamed syrup sponge and the iniquity of food trends

OFM Awards 2022: Young Chef – Sertaç Dirik

His dad’s Turkish restaurant, Mangal 2 in east London, was in trouble. His brother needed help. Sertaç came to the rescue…

Heston Blumenthal: ‘The most accurate gastronomic film? Ratatouille, if you take away the rats’

The chef on his superhero power, why he’s fallen in love with cooking again – and the mysteries of water

‘I’m attracted to chaos. I like the excitement’: Tom Kerridge on the risks of running restaurants and teaching his chefs to fish

The Michelin-starred chef likens the world of professional cooking to the life of a pirate. So what happens on a two-day fishing trip to Cornwall with his head chefs?

The River Cafe legacy: the enduring influence of one of Britain’s best loved restaurants

The Italian restaurant, which opened 35 years ago, counts Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall among its alumni. We speak to three of its chefs who have taken its ethos with them into their own places

Meet Britain’s best young chefs, the amazing Selby brothers

The siblings behind Evelyn’s Table, the hottest ticket in London’s restaurant world, on the secret of their success – their green-fingered mum

From oysters in Argyll to gazpacho in Lichfield – 12 restaurants to try right now

Shuko Oda heads to Brixton for West African fish and pickles, while Mary-Ellen McTague eats local veg in Stockport – top chefs tell us about their new discoveries

‘Retirement? Not for me’: meet the top chefs who won’t hang up their aprons

They’ve been working day in, day out, for 30, 40 or even 50 years in some of the best restaurants. What’s their secret?

Claire Ptak’s secret ingredient: vanilla vodka

London’s star baker has a thrifty way to add a luxury fragrance and flavour to cakes, cookies, ice-cream – everything!

Andrew Wong’s secret ingredient: fermented bean curd

The two-Michelin-star chef suggests using this salty-umami condiment in vegetarian dishes instead of oyster sauce