Episode
The F Word: Veal is on the Menu
Overview
In the restaurant Gordon takes on the challenge of cooking one of Janet's veal calves for 50 vegetarians who want to try meat again. Gordon also goes sky-fishing for puffin off the cliffs of Iceland and returns to Rangers Football Club to teach them how to cook a poached chicken.
Details
- Series
- The F Word
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2008-07-29
Episode context
Veal is on the Menu is Episode 12 in Season 4 of The F Word. It aired on 2008-07-29.
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Episode 5: So Healthy, It's Funny
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Episode 4: In The Kitchen With Mum
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy from Channel 4 news takes his family into the F Word kitchen and Janet gets tender with her calves
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