Great british chefs

Nothing beats the smell of freshly-baked bread in the kitchen. See how the UK's best chefs bake their own and follow these ten bread recipes for a loaf that's guaranteed to please.

March is a bit of an in-between month; not quite spring but definitely not winter. Here are some of our favourite recipes to cook during it, from some of the UK's best chefs.

A collection of oxtail recipes from the UK's best chefs including oxtail and celeriac lasagne and sirloin of beef with braised oxtail

This isn't just any leek and potato soup recipe! Garnished with crispy potato, smoked haddock, parsley crisps and light-as-air potato doughnuts, this is a starter to impress.

This simple pork belly starter recipe combines sweet and tart crab apples with the uniquely numbing heat of Sichuan peppercorns.

This simple vegetarian fennel side dish is packed with flavour thanks to fragrant saffron and fiery harissa. With the bulb gently simmered until yielding and soft, it's the perfect small plate to serve as part of a larger Middle Eastern feast.

Richard Bainbridge serves up a stunning baked Norwegian cod recipe, topped with seaweed butter before cooking for a pleasantly salty, umami finish. A simple lettuce and pea fricassee and new potatoes make great accompaniments, along with an unusual mint Hollandaise that he makes with rapeseed oil, instead of the customary clarified butter.

This is a dish all about contrast – the chilled, fresh, vibrant, tangy, slightly fiery cucumber soup and warm, creamy, rich, savoury Parmesan custard work with each other surprisingly well.

To call this a salad is in fact somewhat reductive: it's a saucy, towering meal that's heartier than most

Scott Hallsworth cooks his lamb chops recipe with a Korean barbecue twist, adding a spicy miso sauce, matcha tea smoke and smoky miso aubergine.