Great British Food Revival: Rhubarb and Peas

The UK has a fantastically diverse range of produce, yet it seems to be widely ignored in favour of cheaper or more exotic foreign imports. Some of our heritage varieties are genuinely in danger of being lost forever unless they are used once more for cooking and eating. Each episode of the Great British Food Revival sees chefs and foodies champion a different piece of British produce and demonstrate how it can be used in the kitchen.

Greengrocer turned Masterchef host Gregg Wallace reminisces about his love of rhubarb and can't understand why sales and production have plummeted. He heads to Yorkshire, the home of forced rhubarb, to meet plucky growers who continue with their traditional labour-intensive methods and who have triumphed in the face of adversity. In the Revival kitchen, Gregg aims to prove that rhubarb has far more to offer than just the filling for good old-fashioned crumble.

Meanwhile, Ainsley Harriott wants us to remember the taste of a fresh pea straight from the pod. There is no doubt that peas are popular but over ninety percent of those we grow are frozen. Ainsley argues that we're missing out on one our homegrown treats if we don't eat them fresh when they're in season. Even HRH Prince Charles is rooting for the fresh pea, as Ainsley discovers when he visits the kitchen garden at Highgrove House.