Chef recipes

Try our showstopping recipes from the UK's best chefs – dinner party menus straight from the hottest restaurants, Sabrina Ghayour's Persian feast ideas, extracts from the most beautiful books and much more

A table spread with plates piled high with falafels, pittas bread, red cabbage salads

Pumpkin falafels

A marble bar with a long glass, filled with a red cocktail and a slice of grapefruit

Argentinian Latinoamericano cocktail

A plate topped with a caramel fondant with mascarpone on the side

Argentinian dulce de leche fondant

A shallow white bowl filled with saffron risotto with veal on top

Meat and poultry

Argentinian risotto ossobuco

Two plates topped with crumpets, topped with small shrimps

Potted shrimp

A cream bowl filled with white rice and pork stew

Meat and poultry

Peruvian stew

A small white tray filled with scallops in their shells with wedges of lime on top

Peruvian scallops

Two small glasses filled with a green cocktail with a frothy topping

Cocktails and drinks

Pisco sour

A plate of green dumplings on a wooden table

Vegetable dumplings (jiaozi)

A tray of chopped white chocolate bark sprinkled with nuts and dried fruit

Blonde chocolate Christmas bark

A brown plate topped with fried tortillas and orange scrambled eggs

Spanish eggs

A cake stand topped with a pastry dessert filled with a chocolate mousse

Chocolate and hazelnut paris-brest

A plate topped with buttery swirl biscuits and filled with a ginger buttercream

Clementine and ginger viennese whirls

A tray topped with five golden buns filled with a thick cream filling

Mincemeat maritozzi buns

A white plate topped with two empanadas with crimped pastry

Argentinian cheese and onion empanadas

A plate topped with layers of chocolate pastry topped with mandarin pieces

Mandarin, chocolate and hazelnut millefeuille

A caramelised duck breast on a bed of shredded green brussels sprouts

Meat and poultry

Molasses-glazed duck breast

A shallow bowl filled with a layer of goat's curd, purple blackberries and golden beetroot slices

Heritage beetroot salad

A bowl of roast parsnips drizzled with honey

Roast parsnips with black seed honey

A blue marble slate topped with little golden cheese biscuits

Spiced cheese biscuits

A bowl filled with green sprout tops and topped with sliced red onion, green coriander with yogurt on the side

Besan bhaji with brussels sprout tops

A stack of fluffy American-style pancakes with cubes of purple beetroot

Savoury sourdough pancakes with roast beetroot

A dark chocolate tart topped with chocolate ganache and caramel, with a person swirling caramel on top

Miso caramel and chocolate tart

Ramekins filled with souffle and chocolate sauce

Hazelnut soufflé with chocolate sauce

A person wearing an apron slicing a loaf of seeded bread

Seeded rye bread

A blue speckled bowl filled with brown mushrooms in a vinegar

Pickled chanterelles

Three plates topped with shredded fennel, sliced apple and chunks of mackerel

Apple salad

A rectangular plate topped with four prawns with their shells on and half a lemon

Tiger prawns with garlic, chilli and lemon

A table with a white plate topped with cooked fish and a green salsa

Fish and seafood

Sea bream with green tomato salsa

A shallow white bowl filled with cooked mushrooms and green herbs

Mushroom and shiso salad