Olympian Kitchen by Nicola Fairbrother

Olympian Kitchen by Nicola Fairbrother

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Letters from Tuscany
Letters from Tuscany
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Enfant Terrible
Enfant Terrible
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Taking the Hell out of Healthy
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Olympian Kitchen by Nicola Fairbrother
Olympian Kitchen by Nicola Fairbrother
Recipes

Cooking Skills

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Salt-Baked Whole Sea Bass
Watch now! A 28 second video
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How to Cook Paella* in 17 minutes
Restaurant method that you can do at home
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How to get crispy skin on pan-fried fish?
That doesn't stick to the pan.
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How to cook the perfect Onsen Egg at home
No Onsens required.
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The Ramen Bowl
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How to create your own cook en papillote recipe
How to retain more nutrients with this simple cooking method
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Master the Spanish Omelette
How to cook eggs so they don't go rubbery and dry
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100 Day Chef Stage

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[Incase you missed it] Day 11: What is Chef Life really like?
Alternative title: Getting through those really shit days
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Day 5: Controlling the Controllables
Exploding eggs and Manchego cheese sauce.
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Day 4: Why working for free is priceless.
If there has been one major take-away, from this first week then this is it. And this one, is worth at least a few thousand quid.
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Incase you missed it: Day 2: Go as fast as you can, but no faster.
+ Seven Tips for Knife Skills
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In Case You Missed It: Day 1: What's an Olympian doing in a Kitchen?
I'm way too white.
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Day 26: Proper preparation prevents poor performance
THE METAPHORIC TSUNAMI builds on the horizon.
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Day 25: The fear of the new (kitchen)
I’m meant to be starting at a new kitchen. But only if I can prise my fingers off the steering wheel and get up the courage to walk through the front…
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Day 24: Expanding the Comfort Zone
Today is the last day. The end of the first part of this Chef Stage. I’m going to miss it, but I’m also looking forward to getting my life back. The…
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Healthy Recipes

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Gut healthy Artichoke Flowers
High in fibre, good for your gut and liver and oh, so pretty
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White Asparagus Icecream without an ice cream maker
No ice-cream maker needed
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Protein Packed Blueberry Pancakes
An interview with Annie Fenn of Brain Health Kitchen - Taking care of your brain first.
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Discovering Piquillo Peppers
Where to buy the best ones
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Immune Boosting Pomegranate Juice
Packed with vitamins and good for muscle recovery
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How to cure Salmon with Beetroot
How to Cure Salmon
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Technique: How to Prep Langoustine
Want to extract the body from a raw langoustine? These crustaceans are not so easy to peel as their softer prawn-like cousins. Here’s how:
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Tomato Gazpacho
Packed with nutrients, vitamins and potassium, a great way to get your vegetables in.
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