Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook - Season 1

In this episode Lorraine helps 52-year-old builder Tony Sartori, who has never cooked a meal in his life, to master a delicious Mediterranean-inspired menu which includes a grilled peach and burrata salad, crispy salmon with polenta chips and grilled asparagus, and a dessert with real wow factor.

In this episode Lorraine helps 26-year-old Bryony, who admits to passing shop-bought food off as her own but who has now been tasked with hosting her best friend's hen party. So Lorraine creates an inspiring canape menu for her, including Thai larb gai, bite-sized chocolate napoleons and delicate coconut meringues filled with ginger cream.

In this episode Lorraine helps Sonia Harwood, a mother of three and foster carer, who would love to create homemade family meals but ends up relying on frozen food. She shows her how easy cooking with fresh ingredients can be, demonstrating recipes including courgette fritters, a quick seafood linguine and an impressive baked ricotta cheesecake.

Neil Forster is an impatient cook who reaches for the takeaway menu rather than making food from scratch. Lorraine shows him recipes including asparagus and cream cheese puff pastry tarts, a quick way to do roast chicken and an irresistible summer fruits pudding with a neat shortcut.

Student Travis Francis admits his mum does all the cooking, but now he wants to cook for her. Lorraine creates a menu inspired by his family's Caribbean roots, including a prawn, sweet potato and mango curry, a quick way to make bread, and some tempting chocolate and rum truffles.

Sally lacks the confidence to cook for anyone except herself, but after turning 50 she decided that had to change. Lorraine helps her with a Chinese-inspired menu, including sweet and sour ribs, chicken and cashew nut stir-fry and a show-stopping cake.