Terri Mercieca

Aug 24, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Matt Tebbutt |Terri Mercieca |Hasan Semay |Georgina Hayden

Host Matt Tebbutt is joined by chefs Hasan Semay and Georgina Hayden, and by special guest Johannes Radebe. There are some great moments from the BBC food archive, including clips from Rick Stein, the Hairy Bikers, Nigella Lawson and Marcus Wareing. Drinks expert Olly Smith picks the wines to go with the studio dishes.

Aug 23, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Terri Mercieca

Blow someone’s hair back with this raspberry, coconut and passion fruit love bombe! I’m not usually a celebration cake kind of gal. I’m a plated dessert person mostly. But I love a Bombe Alaska. I used to make them for guests’ birthdays at Tabou in Sydney, a cute little French bistro famous in the nineties and noughties. I didn’t want to write ‘Happy Birthday’ in chocolate on the plates, mainly because my handwriting is not the best, so I just pretended I was too cool for all that.

Aug 23, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Terri Mercieca

We NEVER made cakes from scratch growing up. We used packet mixes for everything from cakes to lemon meringue pie. Let’s be real, you’ve not really made a cake if you’ve not licked the spoon at the end. I remember the blackberry pudding mix we bought being fake AF, with a vibrant purple sauce, tasting somewhat of berries, underneath a soft vanillasponge.

Aug 23, 2024 | houseandgarden.co.uk | Terri Mercieca

Everyone has their favourite pizza joint. One of mine is Yard Sale Pizza in London. We’ve been working with them on this special ice cream for many years now. The idea was to invent an ice cream sandwich version of their first ever dessert, created during their backyard supper clubs in 2013.