In this brand new series, former Coronation Street actor and award-winning cheese-maker Sean Wilson embarks on a culinary adventure to discover the heritage and phenomenal flavours of the North's favourite foods.
Along the way he meets the people who are keeping the region's traditional grub going and leaves his culinary comfort zone as he squares up against the best in the business to tackle some unusual challenges.
Sean starts his gastronomic travels in the beautiful coastal town of Whitby, where he joins local trawler men at work, bringing in the catch of the day. His challenge is to catch some fish and then cook it with chips and a side order of mushy peas. He is then judged by two award-winning fish and chip experts. Will his fish supper meet their exacting standards?
He then heads to Morpeth to take on the challenge of trying to convert a group of Northumberland
offal-haters with some stuffed lambs' hearts. This is a massive challenge, but Sean has a recipe in mind which he thinks will have them licking their lips – and their plates.
Sean then mobilises the residents of the West Yorkshire village of Denby Dale to help him make a 2.5 ton meat-and-potato pie. Denby Dale is world famous for its massive pies and the recipe Sean has chosen was last made for Queen Victoria's golden jubilee.
It is his biggest challenge to date and the pressure is on: the pie made for Queen Victoria went rotten before anyone had a chance to eat it!
Last stop on the first leg of Sean's northern road trip is Liverpool, where he talks tripe before serving up the forgotten delicacy to some unsuspecting shoppers. Can he convince them that tripe is tasty?
Comments (9)
4 months ago
a foodie
absolutely brilliant , the banter was good and the food even better thanks
5 months ago
pollyg
it left me wanting more, many thanx
5 months ago
Lindsay Mason
Just watched the 8th January episode and totally disgusted to see the amount of food that was used to create a giant "pie" (it was nothing like a pie with bits of pastry floating on floods of gravy) that they said they would have to get 200 servings out of. They even said that the amount of meat used would be enough to feed a family for a year, so I can't even imagine how much was wasted. In times when people are struggling to make ends meet this was a particularly obscene stunt in my opinion.
5 months ago
SCB
what's not to like, show them southern softies some real food.
5 months ago
SCB
what's not to like, show them southern softies some real food.
6 months ago
herbert sobel
aye! that were great. am juhs off t'a walk whippet lad
6 months ago
brian
reet good mate. thanks
6 months ago
MarieThompson
Thoroughly enjoyed this
6 months ago
Jon Watkin
Can't wait to see this Thursday, about time the North had its own food show ! Well done Channel 5 !