One of the highlights of the forthcoming Food and Drink Festival this year will be the Ready Steady Cook contest with Dot Tilbury as presenter.
This year’s will be a political battle with DEFA Minister Geoffrey Boot cooking against fellow MHKs Rob Callister and Martyn Perkins.
The dish they will be preparing will be a Manx Baked Alaska.
The Food and Farming page has been talking to the contenders and asking them whether they like to cook at home and what their signature dish would be.
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Rob Callister
‘My signature dish at home is a Manx fillet of steak, chips, onion rings, mushrooms and veg.
‘On the BBQ my signature dish is a salmon parcel cooked slowly with corn on the cob and fresh salad.’
Geoffrey Boot
‘My home signature dish is Manx lamb cutlets or chops with potatoes, spinach, broccoli, green peas, runner beans or cabbage harvested from our garden.’
Martyn Perkins
‘I often cook chicken breast filled with asparagus and wrapped in bacon with roast vegetables.
‘Followed by panna cotta with summer fruit coulis.
‘My signature dish is prawn cocktail with my special Marie Rose sauce followed by pancake filled with queenies in garlic butter with bacon and white wine sauce.
‘And for dessert oranges thinly sliced in Grand Marnier liquor topped with cream.’
l The Food and Drink Festival takes place at the Villa Marina Gardens on September 19 and 20.