Rick Stein's Cornwall (TV series)

Rick Stein's Cornwall is a UK food lifestyle series which was broadcast on BBC 2 in January 2021. In each half-hour episode, chef Rick Stein journeys through his home county of Cornwall, meeting suppliers, taking in the history, music, art and culture as well as trying local dishes.[1]

Rick Stein's Cornwall
StarringRick Stein (host)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes15
Production
Executive producersTom Hutchings
Matt Bennett
Running timeUK: 30 mins
Production companiesShine TV
Rick Stein Productions
Release
Original networkBBC 2
Picture format1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release4 January (2021-01-04) –
22 January 2021 (2021-01-22)
External links
Website

Production

Rick Stein's Cornwall was commissioned on 17 August 2020 by the BBC is a Rick Stein Productions and Shine TV production for BBC 2. This marked the departure from using Denham Productions, who had made many of Stein's televisions series.[2] Filming for the series took place during September and October 2020.[3][4]

Episodes
Ep.num. Overall Title Airdate
1–011"Episode 1"4 January 2021 (2021-01-04)
Stein visits the Polventon, the house his Father and Uncle built in the 1930s where he spent many summer holidays. In West Penwith, Stein visits renowned artist Kurt Jackson. Tresillian House to see apple orchard growing rare apple varieties. At the orchard, he makes an Apple Charlotte dessert.[5]
1–022"Episode 2"5 January 2021 (2021-01-05)

After visiting a family making Cornish Gouda cheese, Stein makes Cornish Gouda and apple Quesadillas with Pico de gallo. Stein visits the fishing port of Mevagissey, which once had a thriving pilchard (sardine) fishing industry.[6]

1–033"Episode 3"6 January 2021 (2021-01-06)
Stein travels Coombeshead Farm in Launceston to meet Chef Tom Adams, who breeds Mangalica pigs and grows organic vegetable that uses in his restaurant. Stein cooks pork with Blackthorn sloe berry sauce. Visits Penzance. Visits Rock to buy oysters. Back in Padstow, Rick and his Jack cook a Seafood Bake on the beach.[7]
1–044"Episode 4"7 January 2021 (2021-01-07)
In Porthilly, Stein visits Tim Marshall's oyster farm. In Launceston, Stein visits its castle and St. Mary Magdalene Church. After travelling to Land's End to meet musicians Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall, Stein cooks Cornish mussels with cider.[8]
1–055"Episode 5"8 January 2021 (2021-01-08)
Stein goes Crab fishing or "Crabbing". Cooks crab omelette. Later, Barry Humphries retells the events to Stein of his near-death experience, when in 1961 he slipped on some ice and fell over a cliff near Zennor and had to rescued by helicopter.[9] They visit the grave of Sir John Betjeman at St Enodoc Church in Trebetherick. Stein joins the Perranporth Cold Water Swimmers for a cold water swim.[10]
1–066"Episode 6"11 January 2021 (2021-01-11)
Rick visits the Camel Valley Vineyard to taste their award-winning wine. Rick goes mackeral fishing off the Padstow coast. Rick cooks Goan Recheado Mackerel Curry, inspired by a trip he made to Goa.[11]
1–077"Episode 7"12 January 2021 (2021-01-12)
Stein takes a boat ride along the Fowey Estuary to learn about its history; afterwards, in Fowey, he enjoys a local favourite — Crab Scotch Egg. After visiting St Catherine's Castle, Stein travels to Colwith Farm in Lanlivery, whos owners are making vodka from potatoes they grow. Later, he makes Vodka-drizzle pancakes served with a blackberry compot and Cornish clotted cream. Near Truro, Rick samples local meat and vegetables at Nancarrow Farm's Feast Night.[12][13]
1–088"Episode 8"13 January 2021 (2021-01-13)

Stein meets his former protégé Nathan Outlaw, at his two-Michelin-starred restaurant in the village of Port Issac. The pair go Lobster fishing off the coast of Port Issac, and later, Stein makes a Lobster Risotto. Stein visits another of his former chefs — Ross Geach, owner of Padstow Kitchen Garden. Stein uses some vegetables from Chef Geach's garden to make a Briam — a type of Greek vegetable casserole, that he cooks at Tresillian House near St Newlyn East.[14][15]

1–099"Episode 9"14 January 2021 (2021-01-14)
After taking the ferry across the Tamar, Stein travels to Liskeard's Golitha Falls, to meet Dawn French, who moved to Cornwall from London in 2006. Later, Stein visits Cornwall's first Buckthorn berry orchard; the berries (also known as seaberries) are said to be a superfood. Afterwards, Stein cooks duck with a sea buckthorn sauce.[16]
1–1010"Episode 10"15 January 2021 (2021-01-15)
Stein visits St Austell china clay pit. Later, Stein cooks a fennel and Sea bass dish. Stein creates a dessert of pears poached in red wine and blackberries. In the seaside town of Newlyn, Stein visits his niece Lucy who is an artist and enjoys painting the picturesque local scenery; later they visit Boscawen-Un - a Bronze Age stone circle that dates back to between 2500-1500 BC.[17]
1–1111"Episode 11"18 January 2021 (2021-01-18)
In St. Ives, Stein sees firsthand why the area has been popular with leading artists such as Barbara Hepworth and Terry Frost. After a fishing trip for Red mullet, Stein cooks Red Mullet with sliced roast potatoes and a black olive tapenade. At Land's End, Stein learns about the conservation work going on to protect Red-billed Choughs; especially important because they feature on the Cornwall coat of arms.[18]
1–1212"Episode 12"19 January 2021 (2021-01-19)
In the Roseland peninsula, Stein visits St Just's Church. Later, he travels to St Mawes to meet hoteliers Olga and Alex Polizzi, before enjoying a meal of duck breast with rosti and roasted beetroot with red wine due. Stein visits Philip Warren Butchers in Launceston, who specalises in dry-aged meat, afterwards he makes Ribeye steak with bearnaise sauce. In the harbourside village of Mousehole, Rick meets Irish studio potter and author Jack Doherty, who finds inspiration in the Cornish landscape.[19]
1–1313"Episode 13"20 January 2021 (2021-01-20)
Stein visits Tintagel Castle, the supposed birthplace of King Arthur. Travelling inland, Stein visits the town of Camborne, that is best known as a centre for the former Cornish tin and copper mining industry. Afterwards, he makes Saffron buns. Stein travels to the Roseland Peninsula to meet The Cornish Saffron Company owners Brian and Margaret Eyers and to see first-hand how saffron is grown, picked, and processed.[20]
1–1414"Episode 14"21 January 2021 (2021-01-21)
After going for a swim at Lamorna Cove, Stein travels to Botallack, west Cornwall to see its famed Crowns engine houses. After having a Cornish Pasty in St Just, Stein visits Chûn Quoit. Rick meets author Patrick Gale, who wrote Notes from an Exhibition. Later, Stein makes a Cornish Bouillabaisse made with gurnard, langoustines & mussels.[21]
1–1515"Episode 15"22 January 2021 (2021-01-22)
Rick travels to Truro, the county's only city and visits Truro Cathedral. Just outside Truro, at Nancarrow Farm, Rick cooks butterflied Lamb with rosemary and thyme. Later, he travels to an organic farm whose family is passionate about offal. At the rugged Morwenstow coast, Rick recalls the story of clergyman Robert Hawker who gave Christian burials to shipwrecked seamen washed up on the shores of the parish. Rick visits Hawker's Hut, the National Trust's smallest property.[22][23]


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