The chef prepares the perfect meals for social events, beginning with a celebratory meal for family and friends to make up for 18 months of missed family milestones. He showcases a slow-roasted, rolled shoulder of lamb with a fennel, sage and spicy sausage stuffing, drizzled with a herby green sauce made with pistachio, mint and parsley. On the side, Jamie pairs it with crispy lemon roast potatoes, garlicky dressed French beans and a thyme and apricot sauce. He also creates rainbow tomato crostini topped with crumbly cheese, mango caipirinha cocktails, and individual yoghurt panna cottas with elderflower strawberries and a crushed biscuit crumb.
The chef prepares a feast for people doing voluntary work through the pandemic, from helping at food banks and vaccination centres to sewing PPE. The centrepiece of the meal is salmon decorated and flavoured with rosemary, chillies, capers and anchovies, served with a lemony potato salad and extra sweet oregano and garlic roasted tomatoes. Jamie also serves up cheesy puffs as canapes, strawberry and prosecco cocktails, and a summer pudding made with strawberries, cucumber and Pimm's.
Jamie creates a super-relaxed menu and cooks up a dynamite Mexican taco night of slow-cooked pork belly with red cabbage slaw, followed by a chocolate semifreddo decked with brittle.
So long, soggy sandwiches... Jamie takes the classic picnic up a level with jam jar prawn cocktails, veggie quiches, a garlicky courgette and couscous salad, and a tasty tangerine drizzle cake.
Jamie creates a vegetarian feast with an array of fragrant dishes, including a coconut squash curry, beautifully fried golden paneer and a smoky aubergine dal, finished off with minted mango fro-yos
Jamie cooks steak served with twice-cooked crispy potatoes, sweet and sour sticky red onions and a watercress sauce, followed by caramelised pineapple tartlets to top it all off
Jamie gets the festivities started with a sublime Christmas party menu of bramble cocktails, a stunning beef bourguignon, and a sparkling winter bombe ice cream dessert
Jamie creates a sensational alternative to the traditional Christmas dinner with an epic mixed roast, an impressive veggie crown and a toffee panettone dessert, to make the big day even more memorable
Recipes from Jamie’s latest Christmas special, featuring cocktails, sharing plates and a showstopping main – this is the ultimate guide to putting on a party!
