10 Ways Tom Kerridge Makes Your Favourite Dish The Best Ever

Tom Kerridge is on a quest to make every dish as good as it can be while being, in the words of Radio 1’s Nick Grimshaw, a ‘lad chef’. His book, Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes is full of amazing recipes that will make your dishes the best ever.

Tom Kerridge is a man who likes his food proper lush...

When his pub was the first to be granted a Michelin star, his next mission was to liven up those old favourites.

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Cooking steak by INFERNO, for example.

He pierced his kebabs with lemongrass to save you from grim post-pub grub.

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Wave a smug goodbye to greasy elephant-leg kebabs!

He made blankets out of black pudding

For your pigs in blankets, of course.

He put the 'ham' in hamburger… literally.

Using gammon in the beef patties helps with the seasoning and gives them a greater depth of flavour.

He brings back the good times with chocolate-filled lavender doughnuts.

Mmm, doughnuts.

He makes his pizza bases out of puff pastry...

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... and then adds Bovril to the base sauce

...and finally drizzles the finest West Country cider over the toppings. Creating the ultimate pizzagasm!

*Hic*

He brought the chicken Kiev out of 1980s retirement, so that we can cook breaded chicken with our heads held high.

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He turned the humble corn on the cob into a spicy work of art.

He banishes horrible school food memories by reinventing pineapple upside-down cakes.

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So thank you, Tom Kerridge, for adding a bit of magic to our cooking and bringing back the Good Times

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