Picnic recipes

Picnic season is here again. Fill your basket with tasty treats and scrumptious snacks from our selection of alresco favourites.

  • Tomato and Pepper Focaccia

    Recipe of the Day

    Filled with classic Italian flavours, this vegetarian sandwich is savoury and filling…

  • Tom Aiken's Lime and Coriander Chicken and Tenderstem Rice Salad

    Latest recipe

    Tom Aikens, Chef and Patron of Tom Aikens and Tom's Kitchen restaurants: "Tenderstem …

Arthur with plates

Chef Spotlight

Arthur Potts Dawson

Arthur Potts Dawson opened London’s Acorn House in 2006 as an eco-restaurant, following the ethos ‘reduce, recycle and reuse’. Before that he trained with the Roux brothers, going on to work with renowned chefs Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Jamie Oliver. His recipes are inspired by both British and Mediterranean cooking, with an emphasis on produce and seasonality.