Bill's Kitchen: Notting Hill

The hours are long but a day off is a chance to cook up some Bill Granger favorites. A weekend breakfast for Bill's daughters must include his Buttermilk Pancakes with delicious Sweet Roasted local Rhubarb bought from the local Portobello Market. A hearty and richly warming Chickpea and Chorizo soup is perfect for a spring walk in Hyde Park.

Although Bill is now settled in London he still travels the world and finds inspiration wherever he goes but like all travellers he loves it when he comes home to cook in his family kitchen. In this episode Bill shares some of his favorite “it's good to be home” recipes.

Moving the whole family from Australia to England has been an upheaval for Bill and his family but it was worth it, to be part of London's vibrant and exciting food scene. In this episode, he cooks up tiger prawn, watermelon and herb salad, coconut chicken wings and baked lime and coconut pudding.

When Bill was growing up in Australia the big influence on his cooking and eating was from his neighbors in South East Asia but now he is in London there is a world of new food experiences on his doorstep and what is really exciting him at the moment is the food of South America.

London has become Bill's fantasy Deli, shopping here for exotic food from around the world couldn't be easier. It's full of shops selling easy to prepare ingredients that make a chef's life simple and let's face it when you are at home after a hard day why should it be any different? He cooks up oven-baked sausages, fish tagine and noodles.

London is at it's most exciting during Fashion week and Bill is cooking for some of his favorite designers and their entourage at their post show party. Post party Bill is at home, surrounded by exotic spices to make his daughter's favorite South East Asian curry, chicken, sweet potato and lemongrass.