Plot Synopsis

Chef Gordon Ramsay shows viewers how to cook 100 simple, accessible and modern dishes, while sharing some of his favorite recipes, useful techniques and helpful hints to save time and money. Each 30-minute episode focuses on a different theme essential for the modern cook, including: "Cooking with Chilli," when Ramsay demonstrates how to make red mullet with sweet chilli sauce, classic jerk chicken, and a super simple spicy beef salad; "Ultimate Food on a Budget," during which Ramsay shows how to inexpensively make sausage rice, roasted mackerel with garlic and paprika, and lamb with fried bread; "Ultimate Slow Cooking," where Ramsay's dishes are caramelized figs with ricotta, slow-cooked beef short ribs, and melting beef brisket; and many more topics, ranging from the secret of cooking with spice, through baking, roasting and desserts. BBC America aired the U.S. premiere of this series on Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at Noon ET, showing back-to-back episodes each weekday.