Rachel Allen's Dinner Parties

Jonny Lacey learns how to prepare a menu of scallops with cabbage, bacon and orange, followed by chicken confit with rosemary potatoes and lentils, and a dessert of blackberry mousse.

Rachel gives keen cook Michele Davies a dinner party masterclass, creating a menu of smoked mackerel and goat's cheese souffle.

Rachel helps keen cook Avila Lipsett to spice up her dinner party. Meanwhile, interior designer Hannah Sandling transforms her dining room into a glamorous gothic space.

Rachel lends a hand with Jesh Persaud's dinner party, and the pair make crab bisque, coq au vin with a winter leaf salad, and a gently spiced rhubarb and ginger crumble cake.

Rachel helps Kate Smith-Bingham make spinach soup with rosemary oil, beef Wellington with potato and gruyere gratin and French beans with lemon and pine nuts.

Rachel shows Cara Sheerin how to create a French-inspired menu, featuring chicken liver pate with sweet apple relish, and steak au poivre with roast garlic colcannon.

Rachel helps Jonathan Welford overcome his dinner party nerves by demonstrating how to prepare a menu of poached monkfish with a tomato and toasted hazelnut salsa, a mushroom tart.

Rachel teaches keen cook Tony Gallagher to prepare a menu inspired by Asian cuisine.

Rachel teaches Eva Braga-Ng Kon Tia how to prepare a dinner party menu that features chilled avocado soup with coriander salsa

Racehl gives Nerys Royal a masterclass, demonstrating how to prepare baked beetroot risotto with Parmesan crisps, a zesty pine nut-crusted fish with salsa verde, and a rich coffee zabaglione.