Out of the Frying Pan

Duncan Bannatyne wants a dinner party for eight friends and neighbours, and he wants it at his villa in the south of France. Without language skills or local knowledge, can James and Ali deliver Duncan a night to remember?

This James and Ali are joining the country set, catering for a family throwing a shooting party for friends on their country estate. Chef James is keen to put his modern spin on a six course game banquet, while Front of House Ali needs to learn to be a butler, fast. Can James and Ali deliver the family a night to remember?

James and Ali cater the prestigious Commissioning Dinner for nearly 300 officers and cadets at Sandhurst.

James and Ali join the corporate world, catering for design company clients with an ambitious brief. Six courses for 75 guests is tough enough, but James and Ali need to serve it in just two hours, on a luxury yacht, sailing down the Thames. Have they bitten off more than they can chew?

James and Ali are called to the Castle to cater a charity buffet for a society hostess with firm ideas of what she wants. With a tiny budget to play with, they are going to have to draw on all their organisational skills and creativity if anyone is going to be fed.

James and Ali create a menu for their most discerning diners to date, a tableful of food producers, restaurateurs and chefs.