Episode
The F Word: Spice Up The Meatballs
Overview
First celebrity in the kitchen is Coronation Street star Wendi Peters, and she brings along her sister, husband and mother. Geri Helliwell takes up Gordon's recipe challenge. Janet Street-Porter is back, promoting British veal, and Gordon looks into a deep-sea delicacy: sea urchins.
Details
- Series
- The F Word
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2008-05-13
Episode context
Spice Up The Meatballs is Episode 1 in Season 4 of The F Word. It aired on 2008-05-13.
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