With the latest series heating up in London, the host talks about her love of British pies, why American cheese is ‘very extreme’ and her favourite chocolate bar of all time
“London is a food gateway,” says. “It’s a multicultural city like nowhere else in Europe, with its own food traditions, but really, from a food perspective, it’s a story of immigration.”
The premise is simple. In each episode, “cheftestants” create themed dishes to impress the judges: Simmons; the restaurant chef Tom Colicchio; and the model turned cookery writer. Over the course of the series, they are whittled down to a group of finalists who compete for the show’s eponymous title. Against Colicchio’s technical insights and Lakshmi’s coolly delivered conclusions, the chef-trained journalist Simmons brings the warmth: her feedback taps into how a dish made her feel.
“Brits love cheese. I love their cheese. Even at regular grocery-store level, the quality is amazing and there’s so much variety; while we were there, we’d get smoked cheddar from the cornershop, which my kids loved. And then there are specialist cheesemongers like, an explosive and beautiful world of flavour owing to a rich, historic dairy tradition.
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