January 2021 Kitchen Star Award

This January was perhaps the most difficult month so far to judge this award, with so many people sharing their amazing cooking and baking with our Cook & Kitchen Facebook group, and so a number of people came in close contention for the Kitchen Star apron this time around. Ian Maggiore came out on top…

December 2020 Kitchen Star Announced

The very well deserved winner of the Cook & Kitchen Kitchen Star apron for December 2020 is Geoffrey Brock, and so a big congratulations to Geoffrey who becomes just the second winner of our Facebook group cooking competition. Another winner will be announced at the end of January, but before then may we wish you…

Salted Caramel Drip Cake

Salted Caramel Drip CakeKindly shared by Faye Butt Recipe Ingredients 650 g unsalted butter 400 g light brown sugar 7 large eggs 400 g self-raising flower 2 tsp baking powder 4 tbsp whole milk 600 g icing sugar 375 g caramel 2 pinches sea salt Method Cake Line three 20cm cake tins with baking paper…

Couscous Salad

Couscous SaladKindly shared by Mirka Pompurova Recipe Ingredients Oil Onion 80 g Peppers 120 g Mushrooms 100 g Courgette 100 g Chopped parsley 30 g Couscous 300 g Chicken stock 300 ml Halloumi cheese 225 g Grated cheese 100 g Method On the oil sizzle onion, Add peppers, mushrooms, courgette Cook a bit Boil chicken…

Cooking and Baking Competition

Just when you thought the Cook & Kitchen group on Facebook couldn’t get any better, we are pleased to announce that at the end of each month we will now be awarding a standout group member the new Kitchen Star apron. The new award will simply be based on how scrumptious the food they share…

Cook & Kitchen Cookbook Launch

In response to requests from Cook & Kitchen Facebook group members, we’ve now launched our Cook & Kitchen community cookbook, where you can easily share your favourite recipes with the group. It’s been designed to make it simple to find recipes in the future, and to print them too, and so will hopefully build into…

Farfalle Parmigiano

Farfalle ParmigianoKindly shared by Jamie Snape Recipe Ingredients 400g Diced Chicken 200 g Smoked Bacon Lardons 8 florets Broccoli 100 g Grated Parmigiano 400 g Farfalle Pasta 2 tbsp Crème Fresh 2 tbsp Double Cream 1 clove Garlic Salt Pepper Olive Oil Method Heat olive oil in a frying pan Add bacon lardons or pancetta…