Basils, Kinver

Louise Jew heads to Kinver for a date with a television star at Basils Restaurant

Bakes worth the Whaite

Only last year John Whaite was a final year law student who spent his spare time baking. Then he cooked his way onto BBC Two's Great British Bake Off where his breathtaking Roman Colosseum made from gingerbread and deft bread plaiting skills so impressed judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood that they declared him their winner.

Food review: The Granary Grill, Weston Park near Shifnal

Well done indeed. The Granary Grill at historic Weston Park is fast becoming one of the most popular restaurants in the region.

Cooking can be child's play

Breakfast in bed might sound like a distant dream for many parents, but for celebrity chef Marcus Wareing it's a regular treat.

Marcus Bean blog: It’s great fun to cook for Phillip and Holly on TV

The name’s Mr Bean, to my friends it’s Marcus, Beano or more recently the Beanmachine, writes Marcus Bean.

Weddings can be a piece of cake!

Cake-maker to the stars Victoria Glass knows that pulling off your own wedding cake is no small feat, but she believes the effort will be worth it.

Restaurants ready to represent Wolverhampton in bid for curry capital title

Sharpen your knives and stock up your spice racks – curry chefs in Wolverhampton are again preparing for the city’s bid to be crowned Curry Capital of Britain.

Dish up some fuel food

When Mary Berry commends your vegetable chopping skills on TV, that's the point where your cookery kudos shoots through the roof.

Wolverhampton student Farhana tells of delight at becoming MasterChef semi-finalist

Farhana Islam – MasterChef semi-finalist

A Wolverhampton University worker today spoke of her joy at reaching the semi-finals of MasterChef – and says she only applied through chance.

All you knead to know about bread

The French fought for theirs. The Egyptians paid pyramid workers in it. And us Brits? Well we snap up the equivalent of 11 million loaves of it every day. Yes, bread is big business.

TV chef Rowe takes on the WI

Village cooking contests are usually the stronghold of stalwart members of the WI, who are used to their home-cooked fare winning the rosettes.

Choccy chefs make Whoopi's pies

When you're a chocolatier tasked with serving up a show-stopping cake for actress Whoopi Goldberg in an unfamiliar kitchen with unfamiliar ingredients, bad things can happen. Things like setting fire to said kitchen.

Master your Easter feast

Endless chocolate eggs, slabs of simnel cake and heavenly hot cross buns might be tempting, but there's only one treat that turns MasterChef judge Gregg Wallace's head at Easter, and that's roast lamb.

Queen of cakes

Some turn to therapy in times of need. Others phone their friends. But for queen of the kitchen Delia Smith, there's only one proven way to lift the blues - cake.

Give mum a morning to savour

It may be the one time of year when mothers get to be waited on by their offspring, so why not start Mothering Sunday as you mean to go on with a lovingly prepared brunch or breakfast in bed?

Wolverhampton’s top lunchtime hotspots, by George!

Food bloggers George Leonowicz and Alistair Bush trying another meal – this time at Royal Oak pub on Compton Road, Wolverhampton

By day he’s a business analyst – but after landing a contract in his home city of Wolverhampton, George Leonowicz has turned food critic too, writes Adam Thompson.