Express Newpaper

Check out Antony's recipes and tips in the Saturday and Sunday Express magazines.

Join Antony on

This weeks tip

Click for more tips

You only have to walk down a residential road on a sunny day to have the smell of grilled meats teasing your nostrils. I have to be honest; the fare on offer is usually pretty uninspiring, involving mass-produced sausages, plain burgers and tough, badly cooked steaks. So let me give you some advice. When buying mince, buy the best meat with approximately 20 per cent visual fat. I’m not saying it’s an art form, but when it comes to burgers you don’t want to be mediocre. And don’t forget the vegetarians out there; there are some great burgers to be made out of chickpeas or black beans. Sir Paul McCartney’s late wife Linda made great inroads to elevate the humble veggie burger. And uy making your own marinade to suit your family’s taste. That way you know exactly what’s in it. .

Asparagus tips

How wonderful English asparagus can be, even if it does only have a six-week season from the beginning of May to June 21. So make the most of it now! It is such an adaptable vegetable and can be used for so many different and delicious dishes. The supermarkets have some great offers on locally grow asparagus so have a go: you can roast it, barbeque it, sauté it or turn it into a salad.

A favourite starter of mine is prosciutto wrapped asparagus. Simple to make, blanch the asparagus in boiling salted water for 5-6 minutes, depending on the thickness of the spears. Drain and plunge into cold water, then wrap around a slice of Parma or Seranno ham. just before serving, pan-fry in a little olive oil to crisp up the ham. This can then be served with a drizzle of olive oil and some shavings of Pannesan, or alternatively with a hollandaise sauce or a salsa verde.

Saturday Express magazine 12^th June

Products

This Month's special
offer
AWT Barbecue
Click for more details

Antony's products are available from the above online stores and many more.

Video

Antony talks to
Channel M 12th March

Fish and Chips

Chef Antony Worrall Thompson cooks homemade fish and chips on GMTV's Kitchen

Recipes - Starters - Main - Desserts

Restaurants, Food and Wine to Go

Gluten Free Marinades

New Ambient AWT Gluten Free Marinades

Target the Growing Freefrom Category

Celebrity Chef and author Antony Worrall Thompson launches five mouth-watering gluten free marinades to spice up the Freefrom aisle. The marinades are the second line from Antony’s new AWT Lifestyle Choices range and follow the launch of his yeast free and gluten free organic stock cubes earlier this year which have been successfully embraced by Sainsbury, Waitrose and Tesco.

The Antony Worrall Thompson Gluten Free Marinades contain only natural ingredients and herbs and spices from around the world to provide five delicious seasonings that will enhance home cooked dishes by tenderising and adding flavour and aroma to meat and vegetarian alternatives.

With no artificial colours, preservatives or flavours the marinades are perfect for barbecue, conventional oven and grilling methods and will appeal not only to people who need to exclude gluten from their diet but also to those who prefer to opt for a ‘free from’ day or two as part of their commitment to enjoying a healthier lifestyle. The 200g ambient sachets serve 4 to 6 people and have simple and striking packaging that give great on-shelf presence and include:

AWT Hot Mexican Marinade; a tomato based marinade stoked with cumin, cayenne, garlic and more. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs.

AWT Spicy Tikka Marinade; Asian herbs and spices combined with tomato and garlic gives a truly eastern flavour to this delicious marinade. Suitable for vegetarians and coeliacs.

AWT Sweet & Smoky Barbecue Marinade; a finger-licking combination of traditional herbs and spices including garlic, ginger and cayenne pepper with the addition of smoky paprika for a real authentic American barbecue taste. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs.

AWT Mediterranean Tomato & Herb Marinade; a special blend of Mediterranean herbs and spices with the zing of white wine vinegar and tomatoes, perfect for flavouring meats to create a warm summer salad. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs.

AWT Sweet Mint Marinade; a simple mint marinade sweetened with red bell peppers and tomatoes creates a taste of the quintessentially British summer. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and coeliacs.

Antony says: “Whether it is the summer barbecue or a regular evening meal that needs a bit of spicing up, these marinades have been carefully developed to give a delicious gluten free alternative to conventional marinades.

“Everyone needs a convenience ingredient from time-to-time and the freefrom category is an area that has had less choice than the mainstream aisles for some time now. I hope that consumers will embrace my marinades to enhance their cooking experience.”

First to list the marinades is Sainsbury (June 2010) where they will join the existing AWT Yeast Free and Gluten Free Stocks.

Sarah Crow, Marketing Manager for Sherriffs Foods Ltd says: “This is an exciting step forward in our development of a wide range of high quality freefrom ingredients and food products that involve an element of preparation. Our NPD is very active in this area as we rise to the challenge of providing innovative and interesting products that will help freefrom cooks to be creative and produce delicious meals in their home kitchen.”

The AWT Lifestyle Choices range will be supported with a comprehensive programme of promotions, consumer media relations and targeted advertising.

For press enquiries and images please contact Minx PR representative Michelle Redmond,
Tel:    020 8288 0849
Email:michelle@minxpr.com

 Adventures in Brunei Darussalam

Antony Worrall Thompson
Explores Brunei and its Cuisine.
Stan Green Management produced this latest special for Discovery Asia featuring ITV’s Antony Worrall Thompson exploring Brunei titled:

‘Antony Worrall Thompson’s Adventures in Brunei Darussalam’.

Produced in 2009 this new programme the first in a series of adventure programmes follows Antony as he explores Brunei
it’s culture and cuisine.

Transmission Dates: 
South East Asia: 22:00 6th September .
India, China and Japan: 20:30 26th August 2010

The Producer is Stan Green, the programme is distributed by TVF International London.
Click for full story, download free ebook recipes from the program.

British Hen Welfare Trust

News

 Antony Worrall Thompson launches five mouth-watering gluten free marinades

Click for full story

Rodney - Antony's pet golden retriever, 
see him with Antony on PetNation

Where you can see Antony

Prince of Wales's curtains to be made into carrier bags

Visitors to a 12-day (Sep 8-19) long garden party being staged on the Mall in London in September will be able to sew their own Morsbags out of curtains which until recently hung in Clarence House.  

Celebrities including Alan Titchmarsh and Antony Worrall Thompson will be on hand to give expert advice and demonstrations.

more information...

Every day, citizens of the world flock to their favourite pavement vendors for affordable sustenance. Some of the best food in New York, Tokyo and Ho Chi Minh City is served on the street. But vendors on British streets don’t have a reputation like that.

The food journalist and broadcaster Richard Johnson is trying to change all that – and he’s recruited Antony, Mark Hix, Marco Pierre White and Thomasina Miers to help. The British Street Food Awards – www.britishstreetfood.co.uk September 9-12 – will recognise the best of the 10,000 people selling their wares on the streets of Britain.

There are now thousands of mobilers (as street sellers are known) producing restaurant-quality food at supermarket prices. And they are all characters. Men and women who have learnt to make their living on the streets. Who love food, but don’t have enough money to open a restaurant of their own. And they are all entering the British Street Food Awards.

There’s Petra, a professional chocolatier who sells everything from Jimmy, a Mr Whippy Van, that she bought (sight unseen) from ebay. There’s Michael and Crisp Hut, a facility offering gourmet deli crisps cooked on demand and served ‘hot in the hand’ in Swansea. And there’s Roland, who was the first to use a classic American Airstream trailer. He’s customized the wonderful silver machine, and it now produces great Mexican food.

Come and see Antony and the judges at the grand cook-off in Ludlow on Sunday 12^th September.  It isn’t a white tie event. It’s white apron. And – just maybe – it will start a revolution in the way we eat.