Episode 2

Chef and passionate foodie Valentine Warner returns for a second series of his guide to seasonal cooking and eating, and this time he has set his greedy sights on the culinary delights of summer. Each week, Val will be taking us through the very best of summer's ingredients, showing us the food we should be eating now, how it grows and how to cook it.

Valentine unpacks the best ingredients for the perfect picnic. He reveals his top five picnic tips, searches out salad leaves for the ultimate summer salad, 'bigs up' the broad bean and bakes the sweetest cake. Don't waste time and money eating tasteless food flown from thousands of miles away. The best way to eat is to eat food that is in season - it is plentiful, cheap, packed full of flavour and, cooked Valentine's way, it is always absolutely delicious.