Calvin is out to impress the in-laws with his culinary skill and literary knowledge! It's an easy dish but it never fails to impress, especially when unveiled in public. Allow a long cooking time - Calvin put it in the oven at midnight in time for Sunday lunch the next day. ...

In this video Calvin Barden celebrates a favourite fish in a simple dish. All you need is a haddock steak, a few red peppers, some olive oil and crushed dried chillies, and maybe serve with rice and some chopped coriander. ...

Few things are more comforting than fish pie fresh from the oven ... a mixture of delicious fish under a white sauce and topped with mashed potato. Here Calvin Barden adds a new twist... ! ...

This is one of those meals that can be done entirely with store cupboard and freezer ingredients. Perfect for Sunday evening if you're not really hungry but could do with a little something. The addition of spinach, rocket or some other greenery on the side is entirely optional, but it offsets the spice nicely and adds to the visual effect. If you plan to serve this as a dinner party starter, and there is n ...

This recipe could not be easier and the results are impressive. Served with rice, it’s also a very economical main course feeding 4 hungry carnivores for under £10. The main ingredients are 12 pork spare ribs and the condiments for the marinade.... Stage 1  - Grill the spare ribs for 15 minutes at a high temperature making sure that all sides are brown and bubbling. Stage 2 - The marinade: Mix the following ...

Here are Scott Hyde and Calvin Barden inside their pop-up sweat lodge, built and dismantled in 24 hours for the purposes of laddish fun and frolics.  Gus Unger-Hamilton from Alt-J is wielding the power tool amidst the increasingly inclement weather. Enjoying the Sweat Lodge, Scott Hyde and Calvin Barden ...

Determined to relax over the holiday period, our chef Calvin Barden set about boning three birds, a poussin, a chicken and a turkey. Several hours later, he had completed the first phase, the boning, intending to fit  'A bird, in a bird, in a bird' and with a final egg in the middle. Here is Part One where Calvin shows us how to bone a chicken. Boning a chicken, according to Calvin is a 'life skill' and he ...

This dish which of small poussin chicken is so easy, but it packs a punch and is good enough to serve at a dinner party. Serve with rice and any vegetables you fancy. An alternative is to roast shallots in the same oven dish. You will need: One poussin per person Garlic Salt Crushed Chilli Flakes Runny Honey Olive Oil Serve with basmati rice and a green vegetable or salad To drink: Sauvignon Blanc or Earl G ...

In a festive mood, Calvin Barden turns his attention to pudding. Cooked cream sounds so much better in Italian, so here is Panna Cotta. The raspberry juice is the perfect accompaniment, and you can make it as sweet or sour as you like. The recipe is followed by the video: For the Panna Cotta 3 gelative leaves 250ml / 9fl oz milk 250ml / 9fl oz double cream 1 vanilla pod 25g / 12 oz sugar For the Sauce 175g ...

Calvin cooks the most delicious little pasta shells with leeks, ham, crushed chillies, parmesan. It is ready in 25 minutes and only needs one pan, here are the ingredients: Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil 500g tiny shell pasta 200 g cooked ham 1 vegetable stock cube dissolved in 500ml boiling water 75 g parmesan 200 g frozen peas 2 eggs 2 leeks (or one onion) a tsp of crushed chillies, or less   ...