Chef recipes

Try our showstopping recipes from the UK's best chefs – dinner party menus straight from the hottest restaurants, Sabrina Ghayour's Persian feast ideas, extracts from the most beautiful books and much more

Burmese margarita garnished with a green leaf in a salt-rimmed glass

Cocktails and drinks

Burmese margarita

A white bowl with three jerusalem artichokes in a yellow creamy sauce

Hasselback jerusalem artichokes

A bowl of noodles with half a boiled egg on top and a wooden spoon on a wooden table

Burmese coconut noodles with chicken

Slices of cornbread on a plate with sauces in bowls

Cornbread

A white small white place of preserved pea and lemon dip, with a dollop of ricotta and drizzle of olive oil

Preserved lemon dip

Fish and seafood

Roasted cod, brown shrimp and parsley sauce

a pan of Spring vegetable fideuà with peas and broad beans, with a chef spooning on vegetables

Spring vegetable fideuà

A plate of beetroot and golden freekeh topped with sliced spring onion on a grey background

Beetroot and carrot salad

A cake in an oval dish on a blue wooden board with a pink background, with a portion taken out and placed in a small bowl

Cuban bocado de principe

An oven tray of chocolate hot cross buns on a wooden board with a green background

Baking and desserts

Chocolate hot cross buns

A white cake stand topped with a coffee and walnut sponge cake with a cream coffee icing

Golden syrup cake

Bowl of Sicilian-style pasta, next to smaller bowl of breadcrumbs

Sicilian pasta with cauliflower

two plates of ravioli with creamy whipped ricotta and parmesan shavings on a pink tablecloth

Ricotta ravioli

New potatoes in a small white bowl topped with chives

Finnish potatoes

Rabbit crochette on a large blue serving plate with a side dish of fresh pesto

Rabbit crochette with fresh pesto

A sophisticated plate of food including seared scallops and nasturtium leaves

Scandinavian scallops

A white plate on a dark wood table with three pastry balls covered in finely grated hard cheese

Comté gougères

A table spread with plates of falafels and a red cabbage and orange salad

Red cabbage and orange salad

A table spread with plates piled high with falafels, pitta bread, red cabbage salads

Wholemeal pitta pockets

A grey plate holding three glasses filled with white mousse and topped with mango and granola, on a dark blue background

Baking and desserts

Coconut mousse pots

A red bowl filled with rice, red onion and shallots

Biro biro rice

A blue rusted board topped with a platter of lamb chops covered in a ginger paste

Meat and poultry

Lamb chop curry (Andhra chintakaya chaap)

A rectangular white baking dish filled with a golden bread and butter pudding with raisins

Rum and raisin bread and butter pudding

A table spread with plates of falafels and a red cabbage and orange salad

Cashew sauce

A shallow white bowl filled with pink radicchio leaves, slices of blood orange and green mint

Radicchio, fennel and blood orange salad

A grey speckled plate topped with two fried artichokes

Artichoke alla giudìa

A white bowl filled with an almond sponge, flecked with flaked almonds and topped with a quenelle of mascarpone

Rhubarb frangipane cake

A crème brûlée dish filled with a caramelised crème brûlée on a wooden table

White chocolate crème brûlée

A well-used wok filled with fried green beans and finely chopped and fried mushrooms in a deep red sauce

Chinese dry-fried green beans and minced shiitake

A brown plate topped with stir-fried noodles, cooked lobster and chopped spring onions

Fish and seafood

Chinese lobster noodles