Tom Kerridge

Published: Nov. 21, 2020, 12:27 p.m.

b'Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi are joined by pub-loving celebrity chef Tom Kerridge who has been awarded two Michelin stars since opening The Hand and Flowers in Marlow. The pub celebrates its 15th anniversary with The Hand and Flowers Cookbook. Since opening the pub Tom has been a fixture of British cooking programmes and has famously lost 12st in weight. He has also turned his attention to the plight of British pubs in lockdown with his new BBC series Saving Britain\\u2019s Pubs. \\n\\nComedian and television presenter Tom Allen is currently offering up an Extra Slice of Bake-Off on Channel 4 and has just published his memoir No Shame which describes the stigma of being \\u2018an outsider\\u2019 as a teenager in 90s suburbia. \\n\\nNaomi Riches was hit by a car while on a night out in London and spent months recovering from a head injury. Just four years later, Naomi would compete at the Beijing Paralympics, earning a Bronze medal for Great Britain. With a dogged determination to always do her best, she would eventually go on to net a Gold medal at London 2012. \\n\\nJulie McDowall went \\u2018viral\\u2019 on Twitter in January 2019 when she told her followers that she has synaesthesia and can \\u2018taste\\u2019 names. She is also an expert in nuclear war.\\n\\nAnd author Ken Follett shares his Inheritance Tracks.\\n\\nProducer: Laura Northedge\\nEditor: Eleanor Garland'