Scotland’s National Chef Gary Maclean shows you all the essentials you need to cook like a champion in your own kitchen. 

Maclean’s years of experience as a chef and teacher inform the recipes in his book Kitchen Essentials – complete with practical guidance on how best to kit out your kitchen and use the tools of the trade with confidence. 

He’ll alert you to all those places where mistakes might be made, and outlines key techniques to showcase your new skills to perfection. 

There’s even a chapter devoted to the pleasures of cooking with the younger generation – as a father, Gary knows exactly how to get kids involved.