BBC Good Food Show Summer 16 - 19 June 2022 NEC Birmingham

Mike Reid - Chef and restaurateur - 17 June 2023

Peter Schaebbicke - Botree Farms Cambodian Pepper - 17th June 2023

Abi Kendall - The Cornish Larder - 17 June 2023

Kevin Edge - Barbecue Expert - 17th June 2023

Grant Hedley - Great English Wines - 16 June 2023

Katy Truss - Condiments for BBQs and outdoor eating

Razan Alsous - Squeeky Cheese - 16 June 2023

Neil Reader - Rossmore Oysters - 16 June 2023

Paul Ainsworth - No6 Restaurant Padstow - 15 June 2023

Nadiya Hussain - Baker and author on the Big Kitchen Stage -  - 15th June 2023

You can catch Michel cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Friday 16th June at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2023! Michel Roux was born in 1960 in Pembury, Kent, where his father Albert Roux worked as a private chef for the Cazalet family. His earliest food memories are the smells of the Fairlawne kitchen – pastry, sugar caramelizing and stews – where he played under the table while his father and mother Monique prepared the meals.After deciding to follow in his father's footsteps, he left school at 16 for the first of several challenging apprenticeships at Maître Patissier, Hellegouarche in Paris from 1976 to 1979. He was then Commis de Cuisine at Alain Chapel's signature restaurant at Mionay near Lyon, Michel's biggest influence. His military service was spent in the kitchens at the Elysée Palace at the time of Presidents Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand. He also spent time at Boucherie Lamartine and Charcuterie Mothu in Paris, and the Gavers Restaurant in London.

You can catch Chris hosting the Summer Kitchen at BBC Good Food Show Summer and he will also be at BBC Good Food Festival 2023!Chris Bavin is so full of character he was born to be on TV. After a TV production company first stumbled across him in 2011 he has gone from strength to strength and is currently co-presenting his fourth series of BBC1's hugely successful series Eat Well For Less? With Gregg Wallace. The show has had incredible ratings across its first three series with the next two to be aired later on this year.In addition to Eat Well for Less, Chris has presented Tomorrow's Food with Dara O'Brian, The Truth about Meat and he is co-presenter of BBC1's returning series Food: truth or scare with Gloria Hunniford.

Craig and Shaun McAnuffYou can catch Craig and Shaun cooking live in the Summer Kitchen on Friday 16th June, at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2023! Popular food influencer brothers from London, Craig and Shaun, launched ‘Original Flava' in 2016 to teach people how to cook Caribbean food via easy and tasty recipes for everyone!Taught how to cook by their Jamaican Grandmother & Mother, their online success has now seen them sign to Bloomsbury publishing, gaining over 800,000 followers online and produce an Amazon number one best-selling cookbook. This is all after they produced a popular self-published book by themselves in 2017, after a successful crowd funding campaign. The boys were raised in a challenging area in South London, surrounded by crime. They now use this to inspire other young people with workshops at Schools.

You can catch Chris cooking live on the Summer Kitchen at BBC Good Food Show Summer on Friday 16 June, and the Festival Kitchen on Friday 18 August at the BBC Good Food Festival 2023! Chris Baber is a chef on a mission to make cooking easy with his delicious, fuss-free recipes. His debut cookbook, Easy, was published in April 2022 and is filled with 96 recipes for meals that anyone can make, from Spicy Prawn Tostadas to Summer Strawberry and Raspberry Crumble.

You can catch Kwoklyn cooking live in the Summer Kitchen on Thursday 15th June at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2023!Kwoklyn Wan is a worldwide bestselling author, TV chef, martial arts expert and presenter. In 2018 Kwoklyn made his TV debut on ITV's This Morning and he's now regularly cooking up a storm on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch.With the four cookbooks already under his belt (Kwoklyn's Chinese Takeaway Cookbook; The Veggie Chinese Takeaway Cookbook; Chinese Takeaway in 5; 10 Minute Chinese Takeaway), Kwoklyn has regularly topped the Amazon book charts and sold copies across the UK, Europe, US and Australia. His books have also been translated for readers in the Netherlands and Estonia.

You can catch Ching cooking live in the Summer Kitchen on Friday 16th June at BBC Good Food Show Summer 2023!Ching-He Huang MBE is an International Emmy nominated, Award winning TV chef & cookery author who has become an ambassador of Chinese cooking around the world. Ching received an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2020 list, for services to The Culinary Arts.Born in Taiwan, raised in South Africa and U.K., cookery was a vital connection between Ching and her Chinese heritage. Her creative food ethos is to use fresh, organic, and ethically sourced ingredients to create modern dishes with Chinese heritage, fusing tradition and innovation.

You can catch Crystelle cooking live in the Summer Kitchen on Thursday 15th June at BBC Good Food Show Summer 2023! Crystelle Pereira is a 27-year old quick-witted cook and baker from London. Born in North London to Kenyan born, Portuguese-Goan parents, Crystelle loves sharing her Portuguese-Goans recipes. She stole the hearts of the nation in the Great British Bake Off (Channel 4 and Netflix USA, 2021).‘My Flavour Kitchen' (Hachette) is Crystelle's debut cook book, coming this Spring '23.In December 2021, Vanity Fair named Crystelle as one of their Top Performances of 2021 alongside a whole host of Hollywood stars. She's hosted live recipe creations on Good Morning America, The Today Show and ITV's Lorraine. Crystelle has a loyal following of predominantly UK and US audiences. Her short-form Reels and TikToks amass hundreds of thousands of views.Crystelle speaks four languages and spent the past few years working in a top finance firm

Dubbed the ‘Queen of Gluten-free' by Nigella Lawson, Becky Excell is a multi Sunday Times best-selling author and gluten-free food writer with a following of over 700,000 across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. Having started her food blog in 2013 as a place to share her recipes with friends and family, they quickly started to be exchanged amongst the online gluten-free community with high praise. Since then, she has dedicated her blog to sharing recipes that reunite gluten-free eaters with the foods they miss and crave the most, now with over 1 million readers visiting each month. She continues to help restore a sense of normality that, for so many, a gluten-free diet often takes away – one recipe at a time.Becky's debut cookbook How to Make Anything Gluten Free was published in 2021 and became a Sunday Times best seller on release, featuring over 100+ recipes for everything from homemade pasta, fresh bread, authentic fakeaways, classic bakes and mouthwatering desserts.She followed this up with her second Sunday Times best-selling cookbook, How to Bake Anything Gluten Free, which delivered on the promise of turning the reader's kitchen into their own personal gluten-free bakery. Her third book How to Plan Anything Gluten Free was released in March 2022, which claims to be ‘The ultimate gluten-free survival guide' and once again became a Sunday Times best seller straight away. Her fourth book ‘Quick + Easy Gluten Free' is released in August 2022You can find Becky across social media @beckyexcell sharing quick cooking and baking videos. Or visit her blog www.glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk.

James MartinYou can catch James cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th November! You can also catch him at Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at our book signing.James Martin made a great impact with his television debut in November ‘96 and has rarely been off screen since. He presented BBC1's hugely successful Saturday Kitchen for 10 years; regularly attracting viewers in excess of 3.5 million. He was regularly on Ready Steady Cook (BBC2), and in 2006 reached the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing (BBC1).In 2008 James featured in prime time special The Real Italian Job (BBC2) where he lived his dream of racing in the exclusive Mille Miglia in Italy in a vintage sports car. With over 3.5 million viewers it cemented James' role as a car enthusiast and expert. James had great success with his many series for UKTV, three series' of Operation Hospital Food (BBC1), and as a judge on Junior Bake Off series 2. His most recent work includes Operation Meet the Street (BBC1) in 2014, Home Comforts, and new series The Box (BBC1) in 2015.

Growing up in his parents' guesthouse in Southampton, Paul Ainsworth was part of the hospitality industry from the very beginning. Watching and helping his parents at work, he developed a strong sense of hard work and determination to succeed. A passionate supporter of Cornish farmers, fishermen and artisanal producers, Paul's passion for imaginative and flavour-packed cooking celebrates everything the region has to offer.

Crystelle Pereira is a 26-year old quick-witted cook and baker from London. Born in North London to Kenyan born, Portuguese-Goan parents, Crystelle loves sharing her Portuguese-Goans recipes. She stole the hearts of the nation in the Great British Bake Off (Channel 4 and Netflix USA, 2021).In December 2021, Vanity Fair named Crystelle as one of their Top Performances of 2021 alongside a whole host of Hollywood stars. She's hosted live recipe creations on Good Morning America, The Today Show and Lorraine.Crystelle has a loyal following of predominantly UK and US audiences. Her short-form Reels and TikToks amass hundreds of thousands of views.Crystelle speaks four languages and spent the past few years working in a top finance firm.

Benjamina EbuehiYou can catch Benjamina cooking live at the Get Baking! Stage on Friday 25th November! You can also see her at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at our book signing.Born and raised in south London, Benjamina Ebuehi first appeared on the seventh series of The Great British Bake Off finishing as a quarter finalist and impressing judges with her modern, creative flavours. Since then, Benjamina has gone on to work as a food stylist and food writer, developing recipes for a range of brands, including Waitrose, Baileys, Billingtons and Heinz. She also writes a regular baking column for The Guardian's Feast magazine. Benjamina's first cookbook, The New Way to Cake was published in 2019 and her second cookbook, A Good Day to Bake was published in 2022. Both cookbooks are filled with simple but flavour forward recipes that both beginner and more experienced bakers will love. 

You can catch Sabrina cooking live in the Festive Kitchen on Friday 25th November! You can also see her at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage or at our book signing.British-Iranian Chef and food writer Sabrina Ghayour is a self-taught cook and best-selling author of five cookbooks including ‘Persiana', ‘Feasts' and ‘Simply', who made her name hosting the hugely popular ‘Sabrina's Kitchen' supper club in London and across the UK. Sabrina specialises in Persian and Middle Eastern flavours winning legions of devoted fans for her simple, flavourful and accessible recipes, books and writing. Her sixth book ‘Persiana EveryDay' will be published in August 2022.

Cyrus Todiwala is a chef, author, educationist and entrepreneur. He is Co-Patron of Café Spice Namaste and Mr Todiwala's Kitchen at the Hilton London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, Mr. Todiwala's Kitchen in Lincoln Plaza London, part of the Hilton Curio Collection and Mr. Todiwala's Petiscos in Buckhurst Hill. Today, Café Spice Namaste remains the longest running Michelin BIB restaurant in the world.

You can catch Jane cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Thursday 24th November! You can also catch her at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at our book signing.Jane has baked on This Morning and her blog was voted the top baking blog of 2020 by Vueilo, her  recipes have been featured in Cosmopolitan and Baking Heaven Magazine. Focussing on bakes for every occasion and for all skill levels, Jane loves to experiment with classic flavours and different combinations. Whether it's cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, or desserts she has something that everyone would enjoy. Her aim is to get everyone baking, even if it's the first time using a whisk, or someone who has been in the restaurant industry for years… there is something for everyone.

You can catch Ainsley cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Thursday 24th November! You can also catch him at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at our book signing.There are only a handful of personalities whose enduring popularity places them in that rare category where they are instantly recognized simply by their first name. “Ainsley” can only mean Ainsley Harriott, who, after more than 25 years as one of the country's favourite TV chefs, is something of a national institution. Throughout that time, he has become the master of fresh, fun, accessible cuisine.

You can catch Paul cooking live at the Get Baking! Stage on Thursday 24th November! You can also see him at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at our book signing.Paul A Young is a ground breaking and inspirational chocolatier who is at the forefront of the British chocolate scene. Paul trained as a chef before moving into the world of chocolate; his passion for his craft and his cutting-edge creativity have won him numerous awards including Best Sea Salted Caramel in the World, two years' running, which led to him being ranked amongst the world's best chocolatiers. Paul has his own chocolaterie located on Camden Passage, Islington and all ‘Paul A Young Fine Chocolates' can also be purchased via their online shop. Paul has a reputation as an incredibly creative chocolatier, a flavour alchemist who often incorporates unusual flavours into his wonderful chocolates and develops flavour combinations that are original, experimental, sometimes daring, yet always perfectly balanced. 

Holly Garner, from Devises, hand engineered choclolates, including Santa's Treat, a chocolate filled with mince pie filling.

Georgia Cook's fledging business,  The Soap Pantry, has grown and she returns to the BBC Good Food Show owning a building and offering working space to other women developing there business interests.

Beth Baldwin, from Taste Lancashire, bringing culinary delights from the North West to the BBC Good Food Show.

Charlie Gebhard, from Falmouth, talks about the stormy fishing trip that brought about Tan Dowr, Cornish Sea Salt vodka; 'like a taste of the sea'.

Vanessa Toral, from the Pro Cook Cookery School, provides an excisting twist on using Christmas Day leftovers.

3,000 cocktail ideas to try at home...and some seasonal specials!

Whirly Marshall, from Blackthorn Sea Salt in Fife -  West coast sea water is trickled through the world's only blackthorn tower to create unique, organic sea salt flakes.

Winemaker Rachael Templeton, from Oundle, Northants, with English Blueberry wine, from a family-run business.

Greg Fraser, from Leeds,: Cakes, cookies, muffins and brownies, layered ingredients in a bottle.

Laurie  Timpson, from Wiltshire, hand finished knives made from British steel.

Andy Franklin, from Shrewsbury - Polish dumplings with a British twist!

Naomi Tustin, from Guernsey, with a range of hand-picked Guernsey seaweeds for use as food seasoning.

Cecelia Roux, from Kent, award winning alcoholic tea cocktails made by Tios Drinks

Alice Boden, from Wiltshire, with Teeny Greeny grow your own superfood kits.

Michel RouxYou can catch Michel cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Friday 25th November! You can also catch him at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at our book signing.

You can catch Glynn cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Sunday 27th November! Often called the ‘Yummy Brummie', Glynn Purnell started cooking professionally at the age of 14. After securing a work experience placement in a hotel kitchen, he spent the next two years catching the No 966 bus to the Metropole Hotel at the NEC where he was quickly promoted to making salads and flipping burgers. A six-year stint followed, gaining experience in every department from banqueting to the A La Carte Terrace Restaurant, where he discovered his talent and passion for fine dining. It wasn't long before he began winning awards including the prestigious Salon Culinaire.His next professional step was as Chef de Partie at Simpson's Restaurant where he progressed to the position of Sous Chef. The restaurant was awarded a Michelin star and Glynn went on to win many accolades within the industry.After training with top chefs including Gordon Ramsay, Gary Rhodes and Claude Bosi, Glynn travelled abroad to work with well-known Michelin starred chefs in Europe. He went on to help launch Jessica's in July 2003, which was awarded Birmingham's first Michelin star back in 2005. Glynn is now the proud owner of two establishments in Birmingham, Purnell's Restaurant on Cornwall Street, which opened in July 2007 and was awarded a Michelin star in 2009, and Purnell's Bistro & Ginger's Bar on Newhall Street, which opened in September 2012.Glynn has become a household name after taking part in the Great British Menu, winning twice and then later appearing as a mentor. He has previously featured on The Great British Food Revival and The Secret Chef, among other television programmes. He can regularly be seen on Saturday Kitchen as a host and guest chef. He presented the latest series of My Kitchen Rules UK alongside Rachel Allen on Channel 4 last year.

Born in Minori on the Amalfi Coast, Gennaro is widely known as the Italian legend who taught Jamie Oliver all he knows about Italian cooking.Gennaro's TV credits include the fabulous series ‘Jamie Cooks Italy' where Gennaro introduced Jamie to a number of Italian nonnas and featured their many shared recipes and BBC2's ‘Two Greedy Italians' alongside the late great Antonio Carluccio.  He also regularly appears as the Italian food expert and main guest chef on BBC1's ‘Saturday Kitchen' and Channel 4's ‘Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast' and ‘Jamie's Christmas'.Over the last few years, Gennaro has been working with brands including Citalia, Bertolli and Birra Moretti – creating recipes for their YouTube  channels and social media platforms. Follow Gennaro on Instagram on @gennarocontaldo and his Gennaro YouTube channel for recipe inspiration and delicious videos of all the wonderful dishes that Gennaro loves to make.Gennaro has written over ten cookery books, with over 100,000 copies sold and some translated into foreign language editions. His latest book Limoni: Vibrant Italian recipes celebrating the lemon (Pavilion Books), is out now.

Marcus BeanMarcus Bean will be hosting the Big Kitchen each day at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2022.Self taught chef Marcus Bean whose passion for cooking drove him to win Iron Chef Uk in 2010.Following his success on the show, Marcus has been a regular chef on ITV's “This Morning” cooking for Holly Willoughby & Phillip Schofield & other presenters on the show.He's appeared on Good Food Channels “Market Kitchen” Channel 4's “What's Cooking” shows on Food Network & ITV's new children's cookery show “MunchBox”.

Barney DesmazeryBarney Desmazery will be hosting the interviews at the Let's Talk Good Food Stage each day at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2022. Barney Desmazery is the Senior Food Editor across BBC Good Food magazine and online. Barney looks after recipes and interviewing the chefs and producers we feature. Before becoming a food writer Barney worked as a chef in England, France and Australia. On weekends he can be found in his kitchen cooking with his children, aged 12 and 8.Barney Desmazery, Senior Food Editor across BBC Good Food magazine and online, hosts the BBC Good Food Stage at the Shows.

Paul Ainsworth will be cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Saturday 18 June. You can also see him around the Show in a live interview on the Let's Talk Good Food Stage. Growing up in his parents' guesthouse in Southampton, Paul Ainsworth was part of thehospitality industry from the very beginning. Watching and helping his parents at work, hedeveloped a strong sense of hard work and determination to succeed. A passionatesupporter of Cornish farmers, fishermen and artisanal producers, Paul's passion forimaginative and flavour-packed cooking celebrates everything the region has to offer.

Gennaro Contaldo will be cooking live in the Italian Kitchen on Saturday 18 June. You can also see him around the Show in a live interview on the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at the Book Signing.Born in Minori on the Amalfi Coast, Gennaro is widely known as the Italian legend who taught Jamie Oliver all he knows about Italian cooking.Gennaro's TV credits include the fabulous series ‘Jamie Cooks Italy' where Gennaro introduced Jamie to a number of Italian nonnas and featured their many shared recipes and BBC2's ‘Two Greedy Italians' alongside the late great Antonio Carluccio.  He also regularly appears as the Italian food expert and main guest chef on BBC1's ‘Saturday Kitchen' and Channel 4's ‘Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast' and ‘Jamie's Christmas'.

Chris Bavin will be hosting the Italian Kitchen each day at the BBC Good Food Show Summer 2022. Chris is so full of character he was born to be on TV. After a TV production company first stumbled across him in 2011 he has gone from strength to strength and is currently co-presenting his fourth series of BBC1's hugely successful series Eat Well For Less? With Gregg Wallace. The show has had incredible ratings across its first three series with the next two to be aired later on this year.In addition to Eat Well for Less, Chris has presented Tomorrow's Food with Dara O'Brian, The Truth about Meat and he is co-presenter of BBC1's returning series Food: truth or scare with Gloria Hunniford.Chris is the co-founder of ‘The Naked Grocer' a retail business that was twice voted as ‘National Independent Retailer of the Year' award as well as ‘Best Contribution to the Community' award. The Naked Grocer is now an online business supplying catering, fruit for offices as well as veg boxes for the public. www.thenakedgrocer.comChris Bavin's first job was as a junior flower trader, a job he relished and excelled at. He spent much of his working day in various wholesale markets across the UK, places where Chris felt very much at home. Packed full of all the colourful characters and the buzz that a busy wholesale market provides, Chris felt he had found his vocation.After selling flowers into the wholesale markets and retail multiples for six years he took a side step to trade fruit and vegetables. This again was something that he not only enjoyed but did very successfully. He has worked in all areas of fresh produce: importing, wholesaling, retailing, food service & catering.Chris is passionate about educating and raising awareness in children of where food comes from and encouraging them to learn how to increase their consumption of fruit and veg. One of his ambitions is to teach others how eating healthily can be cheap and easy to achieve. Chris is currently working on writing his first book. Chris is also passionate and has a great interest in farming, all areas of fresh produce in particular the history and future of food, reducing food waste, wholesale markets and of course flowers and plants.Chris lives in Surrey with his lovely wife Millie and their children.

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Jane's PatisserieJane will be cooking live in the Big Kitchen on Friday 17 June. You can also see her around the Show in a live interview on the Let's Talk Good Food Stage and at the Book Signing.Jane has baked on This Morning and her blog was voted the top baking blog of 2020 by Vueilo, her  recipes have been featured in Cosmopolitan and Baking Heaven Magazine. Focussing on bakes for every occasion and for all skill levels, Jane loves to experiment with classic flavours and different combinations. Whether it's cakes, cookies, cheesecakes, or desserts she has something that everyone would enjoy. Her aim is to get everyone baking, even if it's the first time using a whisk, or someone who has been in the restaurant industry for years… there is something for everyone