"Actor: Yotam Ottolenghi"

• Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Feast/Jerusalem On A Plate | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £8.73   |  Saving you £11.26 (128.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Eastern food in the UK - and made the flavours of the region more accessible and desirable than ever before. Brought up in Jerusalem at the crossroads of conflicting food cultures he embraces different culinary traditions with a passion and creative restlessness unmatched by any other chef around. In Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Feast Yotam take us on a culinary journey through the sun-soaked Lavant from the spice markets of Morocco to the exotic eateries of Istanbul - a part of the world that has captured his imagination since childhood. Across four episodes Yotam meets cutting edge chefs and local food heroes; experiences the remarkable repertoire of food on the street; and picks new and exciting flavours to blend with traditional and timeless classics. From stunning locations at the heart of each culinary hotspot Yotam prepares a sumptuous feast for the senses arming you to bring a touch of the Mediterranean and Middle East effortlessly into your own kitchen. And if that wasn't enough in Jerusalem on a Plate Yotam returns to his hometown of Jerusalem to discover the hidden treasures of its extraordinarily rich and diverse food culture. He meets and cooks with both Arabs and Jews in restaurants and at home who draw on hundreds of years of tradition to create the dishes that define the city and explores the flavours and recipes that have influenced his palate. I'm drawing on anything and everything from the Mediterranean and east all the places that have a lot of sun and use spices extensively. It's the most exciting food on the planet. - Yotam Ottolenghi.

• Ottolenghi's Mediterranean Island Feasts | DVD | (24/03/2014) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Chef Yotam Ottolenghi continues his culinary journey to four of the Mediterranean’s most beautiful islands (Corsica Mallorca Crete and Sardinia) to explore the flavours and secrets of these culinary jewels. Yotam travels to the stunning French island of Corsica. where he discovers how the lush green landscape called the maquis flavours and infuses the food from charcuterie and olive oil to cheese and honey. Here he meets some of the island’s most celebrated chefs and food producers and discovers what akes the food uniquely Corsican. In Mallorca Yotam searches for authentic local cuisine discovering wonderful ingredients including ruby red prawns- the star ingredient in his deconstructed paella. Leaving the busy beach resorts behind he heads inland and discovers a wonderful larder of local ingredients including roast suckling pig slow-cooked in a bread oven; tomatoes sweetened on the vine; and oranges ripened in the island sun. Yotam visits Crete to explore its rich and complex culinary history. In the ancient capital of Heraklion he makes a variation of the Cretan meze dakos a marriage of tomatoes crumbled feta olives and oregano. And deep into the Cretan heartland he prepares a feast of spit-roasted pork souvlaki served with his twist on tzatziki. Yotam travels to Sardinia to explore the island’s unique food traditions and flavours. In the beautiful fishing port of Bosa he cooks one of the Mediterranean’s greatest gifts: freshly caught lobster roasted on an open fire. Leaving the coast behind he travels deep into Sardinia’s rugged heartland to share a meal of pit-roasted lamb and a salad of figs and roasted radicchio with three generations of shepherds.