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Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 9: At Golitha Falls, where the River Fowey tumbles down to the sea, Rick meets Dawn French, Britain’s queen of comedy, who has made Cornwall her home.     In the shadow of Devonport Dockyard, he boards the world’s busiest chain ferry to cross the wide River Tamar, the ancient watery boundary between the counties of […]

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 8: On the wild north Atlantic coast, Rick heads out to sea to go fishing for lobsters with his old friend and celebrity chef Nathan Outlaw and learns about a revolutionary new conservation programme which is making lobster fishing a sustainable enterprise. In the historic and pretty harbour town of Port Isaac, Rick and Nathan cook

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 7: Rick explores one of Cornwall’s hidden secrets, the secluded and stunning Fowey Estuary, joining his friend on a boat trip to learn about the history of the area and getting a unique view of the beautiful buildings along the river bank.     Downstream, after a meal of crab scotch eggs at a fashionable new

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 6: Rick journeys inland from the majestic Camel Estuary to one of Britain’s finest vineyards, where he joins in harvesting the grapes to discover that the Cornish weather is perfect for making some of the best wine in the country.     Just off Pentire Point, as the sun sets, Rick rides the gentle swell of

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 5: Rick Stein meets his good friend, the actor and comedian Barry Humphries, who fell in love with Cornwall in the 1960s when he escaped London to develop his now famous character, Dame Edna Everage, with near-disastrous consequences. Barry talks about his friendship with Britain’s favourite poet, John Betjeman, and asks Rick to review his homemade

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 4: The town of Launceston in east Cornwall is bypassed by many who visit the county, yet Rick discovers that it’s home to an unusual superstition and a rare type of Norman castle. In the far west of Cornwall, Rick meets Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall, two musicians who combine modern and traditional ways to make

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 3: Rick Stein meets young chef Tom Adams, who runs Combeshead Farm, a leading field-to-fork restaurant in Cornwall. Here they grow and produce all of their own food, from sourdough bread to pork pies, as well as rearing a small heard of Mangalitsa pigs, a hairy, old-world breed which produces exquisite hams. Rick tries out a

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 2: Deep in the Cornish countryside, Rick Stein takes us to meet an extraordinary family who are making some of the best Gouda cheese in Britain, from which he cooks a tortilla dish with caramelised apples, onions and Cornish Gouda. In the fishing village of Mevagissey, he discovers the origins of the sea shanty and the

Rick Stein’s Cornwall episode 1: In this episode, Rick takes us to the place where his passion for Cornwall began – his family home at Trevose Head on the north Cornish coast, where as a child he would go fishing with his father.     He explores the wild yet beautiful landscape of the Land’s End peninsula with the artist