TV dinners

Finally!  The summer drought is over and there is a televisual bounty of food programming back on our screens.  I'm very glad to have Masterchef: The Professionals back (the hatchet-faced Monica who works for Michel Roux Jnr is worth the licence fee alone) accompanied by new projects by the lovely Hugh Fearney and Nigella.

The BBC and Channel 4 have pitted chef against chef by programming HF's River Cottage at the same time as Nigella's latest.  To my mind, there's no contest - there's a time and place for Nigella but Hugh's scruffy face is always a total joy to watch, so I'll be glued to his show for as long as they care to screen him.