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Episode 1

Food & Cooking

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Oct 26, 2005

It’s national vegan week so Gordon marks the occasion by cooking lentils, carrots, leeks, celeriac and fois gras...Gordon buys live turkeys for his family to rear and slaughter for Christmas dinner.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 7 episodes

Episode 1,

It’s national vegan week so Gordon marks the occasion by cooking lentils, carrots, leeks, celeriac and fois gras...Gordon buys live turkeys for his family to rear and slaughter for Christmas dinner.

47m Oct 26, 2005

Episode 2,

In tonight’s second show, Joan Collins visits The F Word. Gordon’s mum Helen challenges her son to beat her favourite recipe for apple pudding. And there’s trouble down among the turkeys - Gary is as sick so Gordon calls in expert advice from the vet.

47m Nov 2, 2005

Episode 3,

In tonight’s episode Gordon faces his biggest challenge yet in his ongoing campaign to get women back into the kitchen. Gordon cooks tagliatelle and venison with chocolate and he travels to the far north of Scotland to try the rare delicacy that is Gannet.

48m Nov 9, 2005

Episode 4,

Can food affect a man's fertility? Gordon blames his own low sperm count on the fact that chefs are constantly exposed to high levels of heat. He enlists the help of a fertility expert and a clinical embryologist to see whether they support his theory.

48m Nov 16, 2005

Episode 6,

England Coach Sven Goran Erikson's partner Nancy Dell-Olio visits The F Word restaurant this week. The programme also includes appearances from actor Richard Wilson, and Kim & Aggie from 'How Clean Is Your House'.

46m Nov 30, 2005

Episode 7,

Jimmy Carr enjoys Gordon’s roasted pheasant, while Australian wine expert Matt Skinner discusses the stresses (or not) of choosing the perfect wine to go with the perfect dish. Gordon challenges the commi chefs to make a vegetarian dish in half an hour

48m Dec 7, 2005

Episode 8,

Gordon is once again joined by Martine McCutcheon in the kitchen, and Janet Street Porter attempts to beat Gordon with her favourite fig pudding. Also, Christmas is coming, so Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall advises on the best way to slaughter the turkeys.

48m Dec 14, 2005