Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook

20141 seriesEntertainment / Cooking
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BBC Two

Professional chef Lorraine Pascale is looking to help amateurs improve their kitchen skills. In each episode, she takes an inexperienced cook and helps build their confidence so the rookie can make impressive meals for friends and family. The tasks Pascale tackles include teaching a 52-year-old builder - who has never cooked a meal before - to prepare a Mediterranean-inspired menu and helping a 26-year-old woman, who passes store-bought food off as her own, host a dinner party that features small plates. Pascale's recipes are intended to be easy, but the lack of confidence her students have in the kitchen may make the simple dishes more difficult than they would otherwise be.

Tony Sartori: Episode Image
Episode 1Tony Sartori

...Better Cook. Tony Sartori. Lorraine helps builder Tony master a Mediterranean-inspired menu.

Bryony Crutcher: Episode Image
Episode 2Bryony Crutcher

...Better Cook. Bryony Crutcher. Lorraine helps Bryony host her best friend's hen party.

Sonia Harwood: Episode Image
Episode 3Sonia Harwood

...Better Cook. Sonia Harwood. Lorraine shows mother-of-three Sonia how to create homemade family meals.

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Episode 4Neil Forster

...Better Cook. Neil Forster. Lorraine teaches Neil how to create asparagus and cream cheese puff pastry tarts.

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Episode 5Travis Francis

...Better Cook. Travis Francis. Lorraine Pascale creates a menu inspired by a student's Caribbean roots.

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Episode 6Sally Mack

...Better Cook. Sally Mack. Lorraine Pascale creates a Chinese-inspired menu including sweet and sour ribs.

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