Nigella Lawson is to star in new TV series ‘Cook, Eat Repeat’.

Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson

The 60-year-old culinary star will create a visual feast of heartwarming dishes in her upcoming BBC Two series that sees her explain her passion for certain vintage recipes.

Announcing the project, she said: “At its heart, it’s a celebration of the power of food to transform every single day: while 'Cook, Eat, Repeat' re-dates the pandemic as a project, I think we all learnt over lockdown that thinking about what to eat, cooking it, sitting down to what we’ve cooked, really gave a focus to our lives that we were grateful for. But the series is also a passion project, delving into the ingredients I love, the recipes I always return to, and the pleasure of cooking and eating.”

It marks her first show since the coronavirus lockdown earlier this year and the return came as a “culture shock” to the team.

Nigella explained: “It feels really lovely to be back. I’m lucky enough to work with a team I love, and have worked with forever. It feels really wonderful to be able to share my new recipes. Of course, for all of us, there was a bit of culture shock at first having been living and working remotely for so long suddenly finding ourselves on set, but after two days it felt like we had been doing it forever.”

The crew and Nigella followed strict measures set out by the BBC that included a two metre rod that kept them apart from each other.

She added: “The BBC has a whole raft of measures in place, and I won’t itemise them all. In some senses, the biggest difference from our usual set up is that we all had to keep two metres' distance from one another and were reminded of this regularly - in the nicest possible way.

“Plus there was a two metre rod that could be brought out if at any time it looked as if we were inching towards one another. This was wielded somewhat teasingly, and yet we knew it was done for serious reasons. I think we were all grateful for the strict list of safety regulations, even though it of course made an impact on how we filmed. I have to say I felt very protected by them.”


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