All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E01 Making It Up Isn't Making Do

    • September 9, 2009
    • BBC One

    Nigel encourages us to experiment in the kitchen, and also visits local allotment holders.

  • S01E02 Leftovers

    • September 16, 2009
    • BBC One

    The remains of the Sunday roast are the starting point for Nigel Slater, as he makes amazing food out of seemingly uninspiring leftovers.

  • S01E03 What Grows Together

    • September 23, 2009
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater cooks using ingredients that grow in the same place at the same time.

  • S01E04 Made for Each Other

    • September 30, 2009
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater inspires you to create something different from the kind of everyday foods you have in your weekly shop.

  • S01E05 Opposites Attract

    • October 7, 2009
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater looks at ingredients that provide a contrast on the plate.

  • S01E06 Winter Warmers

    • October 14, 2009
    • BBC One

    As the nights draw in, food writer Nigel Slater raids his cupboards, fridge and veg patch to make comfort food that makes staying in a real treat.

  • S01E07 Series 1 Cutdowns : Grilled Prawns

    • November 5, 2010
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater creates simple yet delicious meals, using everyday ingredients to rustle up sumptuous food that is both inspiring and achievable.

  • S01E08 Series 1 Cutdowns : Lettuce

    • January 30, 2011
    • BBC One

  • S01E09 Series 1 Cutdowns : Making It Up Isn't Making Do

    • February 16, 2011
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater encourages us to experiment in the kitchen, and have the confidence to make dishes up as we go along. Using everyday ingredients raided from his cupboards, fridge, and vegetable patch, Nigel creates sumptuous food that's both inspiring and achievable. There's no need to write down complicated recipes, as Nigel's unflustered style makes these feasts easy to remember. These are dishes you will love and meals you will cook time and time again.

  • S01E10 Series 1 Cutdowns : Leftovers

    • March 13, 2011
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater raids his cupboards, fridge and vegetable patch to create a week's worth of delicious meals. The remains of the Sunday roast are the starting point for Nigel as he makes amazing food out of seemingly uninspiring leftovers. It may sound frugal, but Nigel uses his culinary creativity to show why he is one of the nation's favourite foodies. The recipes are uncomplicated and easy to remember, but the resulting dishes are simply spectacular. Nigel also visits local allotment holders, and is challenged to cook something on the plot using the very freshest of ingredients.

  • S01E11 Series 1 Cutdowns : Made for Each Other

    • April 28, 2011
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater uses some of his favourite food combinations as the starting point for a week's worth of delicious meals. Nigel raids his cupboards, fridge and vegetable patch to find new ways of cooking ingredients that just go perfectly together. Most of us do not have time to follow cookery books, and in this series there is no need to write down complicated recipes as Nigel's unflustered style makes these feasts easy to remember. These are dishes you will love and meals you will cook time and time again. If you find that you seem to cook the same meals every week, Nigel will inspire you to create something different and delicious from the kind of everyday foods you have in your weekly shop.

  • S01E12 Series 1 Cutdowns : What Grows Together

    • June 29, 2011
    • BBC One

    Cookery series. Nigel Slater shows how combinations of ingredients that grow in the same place at the same time can make the ideal starting point for a dish.

  • S01E13 Series 1 Cutdowns : British Allotments: Grow Your Own Vegetables

    • August 12, 2011
    • BBC One

    Food writer Nigel Slater visits local allotment holders and creates a tasty tomato and garlic sauce from the fruits of their labours. Most of us don't have time to follow cookery books, so Nigel's unflustered style makes this delicious recipe easy to remember.

  • S01E14 Series 1 Cutdowns : Spices

    • April 7, 2013
    • BBC One

  • S01E15 Series 1 Cutdowns : Opposites Attract

    • March 22, 2014
    • BBC Two

    Continuing his exploration of culinary combinations and pairings, Nigel Slater looks at the role of contrasting temperatures in this programme, to show us how the marriage of something hot with something cold can turn a good dish into something really special. Nigel helps us to understand the role of hot and cold and how we can use it to improve our own cooking.

  • S01E16 Series 1 Cutdowns : Sticky Chicken

    • May 17, 2014
    • BBC Two

    Food writer Nigel Slater creates simple yet delicious meals, using everyday ingredients to rustle up sumptuous food. In this edition: sticky chicken.

  • S01E17 Series 1 Cutdowns : Weird and Wonderful

    • April 8, 2019
    • BBC One

    A refreshing winter salad using some unsung heroes from the vegetable aisle.

  • S01E18 Series 1 Cutdowns : Sugar and Spice

    • April 10, 2019
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater unravels the magic behind the combination of sugar and spice, to reveal why this exotic marriage works so well in the kitchen.

  • S01E19 Series 1 Cutdowns : Sweet and Sour

    • April 11, 2019
    • BBC One

    Nigel explores one of the oldest and most successful culinary pairings in the kitchen - sweet and sour.

  • S01E20 Series 1 Cutdowns : Episode 8

    • April 12, 2020
    • BBC Two

    Cook Nigel Slater explores classic culinary pairings.

  • S01E21 Series 1 Cutdowns : Hot and Cold

    • April 14, 2020
    • BBC One

    Nigel cooks pumpkin stew with sour cream and caramelised apples with home-made ice cream.

  • S01E22 Series 1 Cutdowns : Episode 10

    • January 9, 2021
    • BBC Two

    In this episode, Nigel Slater unravels the magic behind the combination of sugar and spice to reveal why this exotic marriage works so well in the kitchen.

Season 2

  • S02E01 New Tricks

    • November 3, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater creates a week's worth of simple-yet-delicious meals. In this episode, he transforms favourite classic recipes by giving them a new twist. Whether it's a makeover for the traditional cottage pie, or an exciting new version of the time-honoured apple tart, Nigel proves that just by taking the basic principles and altering them slightly, it's easy to jazz up our most-loved dishes.

  • S02E02 Making Things Go Further

    • November 10, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater raids his cupboards, fridge and vegetable patch to create a week's worth of delicious meals. In this edition, he demonstrates how to make our ingredients go just that little bit further. Whether it's adding grated beetroot to make a tasty meatball supper feed the masses, or putting the spotlight on a small garden harvest to make a sensuous pudding, Nigel's clever tricks and inspired ideas show that you can often make bountiful feasts with apparently few ingredients.

  • S02E03 Spice Up Your Life

    • November 17, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater shows that spicy food isn't all about hot chillis. Using a range of everyday spices, he creates a week's worth of tasty dishes that will appeal to everyone. Thai spiced aubergines, chilli feta and a quick korma are all simple dishes that combine warm and hearty spices, but don't burn your mouth.

  • S02E04 Too Good to Waste

    • November 24, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater shows how to make simple delicious feasts out of ingredients that at first seem to have seen better days. Stale bread, brown bananas and hard cheese are all transformed to make meals that are truly delicious. Nigel's cheese puddings, banana and chocolate cake and bacon and squash pan fry are all guaranteed to make mouths water.

  • S02E05 Unsung Heroes

    • December 1, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater creates a week's worth of simple but delicious meals from ingredients that are often overlooked. A sumptuous beetroot cake, a lentil and chard stew and a beef and ale casserole are all put together effortlessly as Nigel inspires us with his culinary ideas.

  • S02E06 Saints and Sinners

    • December 8, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater creates a week's worth of simple but delicious meals from ingredients that are often overlooked. Mouth-watering chocolate cookies and crispy duck with honey and figs prove that a little bit of what you fancy does you good. Then to balance the scales, Nigel makes a couple of dishes full of clean-tasting flavours, with fresh herbs, tomatoes and crunchy greens - but whether saints or sinners, every dish will taste truly divine.

  • S02E07 Sense of Adventure

    • December 15, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater creates a week's worth of simple but delicious meals from ingredients that are often overlooked. In this episode, Nigel proves that adventurous doesn't have to mean complicated. Just by exploring unusual ingredients like squid and rabbit, or being a bit more open to how we cook things, Nigel shows how easy it is to inject some excitement back into the nightly supper routine.

  • S02E08 Planning Ahead

    • December 22, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater shows how, with a little forward planning, all the stress can be taken out of cooking. Cooking after a busy day at work is often the last thing you want to do, but Nigel inspires us with a range of dishes that can be easily adapted throughout the week.

  • S02E09 Series 2 Cutdowns : Too Good to Waste

    • August 1, 2011
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater shows how to make simple delicious feasts out of ingredients that at first seem to have seen better days. Stale bread, brown bananas and hard cheese are all transformed to make meals that are truly delicious. Nigel's cheese puddings, banana and chocolate cake and bacon and squash pan fry are all guaranteed to make mouths water. Nigel also visits Bristol to meet the Wright family and cook something straight from their allotment plot. The series is part of the BBC 'Dig-In' campaign.

  • S02E10 Series 2 Cutdowns : Making Things Go Further

    • November 19, 2011
    • BBC One

  • S02E11 Series 2 Cutdowns : Saints and Sinners

    • December 13, 2011
    • BBC One

    Mouth-watering chocolate cookies and crispy duck with honey and figs prove that a little bit of what you fancy does you good. Then to balance the scales, Nigel makes a couple of dishes full of clean-tasting flavours, with fresh herbs, tomatoes and crunchy greens - but whether saints or sinners, every dish will taste truly divine.

  • S02E12 Series 2 Cutdowns : New Tricks

    • July 23, 2013
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater creates a week's worth of simple-yet-delicious meals. In this episode, he transforms favourite classic recipes by giving them a new twist. Whether it's a makeover for the traditional cottage pie, or an exciting new version of the time-honoured apple tart, Nigel proves that just by taking the basic principles and altering them slightly, it's easy to jazz up our most-loved dishes. Nigel also visits fellow passionate gardeners on allotments and gardens across the country, and creates the ultimate fresh feast from the fruits of their labour. This week, Nigel gives a new spin to beans on toast, with newbie gardeners Karina and Craig. The series is part of the 'Dig In' campaign.

  • S02E13 Series 2 Cutdowns : Making Things Go Further 2

    • July 12, 2014
    • BBC Two

  • S02E14 Series 2 Cutdowns : Sense of Adventure

    • March 13, 2015
    • BBC Two

    Nigel Slater encourages viewers to step out of their culinary comfort zone with an adventurous supper of herb butter squid, proving that adventurous doesn't have to mean complicated.

  • S02E15 Series 2 Cutdowns : Unsung Heroes

    • October 1, 2017
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater goes back to basics for simple sea bass, beef cooked in beer and beetroot seedcake.

  • S02E16 Series 2 Cutdowns : Planning Ahead

    • April 17, 2019
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater makes smoky lamb kebabs.

  • S02E17 Series 2 Cutdowns : Sense of Adventure

    • April 29, 2019
    • BBC One

    Nigel cooks a juniper flavoured rabbit dish

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Christmas Suppers

    • December 26, 2010
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater transforms Christmas leftovers into scrumptious meals which will make the prospect of festive entertaining a treat rather than a terror. After the pressure cooker of preparing the main Christmas meal is over, Nigel shows that nothing in the kitchen need be as stressful again. He creates simple dishes from leftovers and seasonal veg, ensuring that nothing from the most expensive food shop of the year goes to waste.

  • SPECIAL 0x2 New Year Suppers

    • January 3, 2011
    • BBC One

    As many people reluctantly consider having a healthy start to the New Year, Nigel Slater proves that even things that are good for you can taste amazing. Nigel prepares a week's worth of sumptuous dishes from seasonal produce that will delight and brighten any winter table. All the dishes are delicious, hearty and incredibly easy to make.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 Episode 13

    • July 9, 2011
    • BBC One

    Nigel Slater shows that spicy food isn't all about hot chillies. Using a range of everyday spices, Nigel creates tasty dishes that will appeal to everyone. Thai spiced aubergines, chilli feta and a quick korma are all simple dishes that combine warm and hearty spices but don't burn your mouth.