Great British Food Revival: Cherries and Walnuts

Cookery series where chefs and foodies champion British produce. Gary Rhodes is horrified to discover that, not only have we lost the vast majority of our cherry orchards, but hardly any of the cherries eaten in the UK were grown here. His campaign takes him to meet growers who are trying to buck the trend and fight back, not only with new strains of sweeter, larger cherries, but with old-fashioned heritage varieties. Yotam Ottolenghi is passionate about nuts. He uses them in many of his recipes as they are an integral ingredient in Middle Eastern cookery. He discovers that although Britain has a rich history of growing nuts, most of us are completely unaware of this tradition. We can grow fantastic walnuts in the UK, but not enough for them to be commercially viable so most walnuts we eat are imported. Yotam wants this to change and for us to get behind our native nuts like the British cobnut