Extraordinary Places to Eat

It must be hard being an award-winning chef. You go for dinner, but all you do is nitpick - the starter overdone, the main underspiced... It takes perfection to make it into their little black book. With this in mind, Fred Sirieix - one of London's most famed maître d's - heads to Venice to try chef Angela Harnett's top eats, tucking into local langoustine, pilgrim scallops and semifreddo tiramisu

Michelin starred Chef, Tom Kerridge takes Fred to Edinburgh for a fine dining experience at Kitchin, the Michelin starred restaurant of Chef Tom Kitchin. Kitchin specialises in showcasing Scottish ingredients, sourced from a network of suppliers to ensure that the menu really captures a taste of Scotland.

Fred's friend and former boss, Chef Michel Roux Junior takes him to Paris to sample the signature pressed duck dish at the City's most historic restaurant, La Tour D'Argent. But he also wants to prove that a truly great meal in Paris doesn't have to come with a fancy wine list and a hefty price tag, so he lets Fred in on the secrets of the perfect jambon beurre.

San Sebastian in Spain's Basque country is where restaurateur Nisha Katona believes truly incredible food is to be found. She takes Fred to the world's most experimental restaurant, Mugaritz, where they are wowed by the effort involved in delivering dishes that are more like crazy works of art than meals.