:00:10. > :00:18.But across the country, I've never seen a fridge
:00:18. > :00:21.Food prices have rocketed by 25% making the weekly shop
:00:21. > :00:24.For nearly 24 hours you didn't have anything else to eat
:00:24. > :00:26.until you ate that egg sandwich?
:00:26. > :00:27.To feed their children and themselves,
:00:27. > :00:30.families are filling up on cheap convenience foods
:00:30. > :00:34.high street supermarkets put on offer every day.
:00:34. > :00:37.Family lasagne for 2.98.
:00:37. > :00:39.I couldn't make it for that.
:00:39. > :00:42.And with fewer offers in the supermarket aisles on fresh food,
:00:42. > :00:46.home cooking isn't seen as an option by budget shoppers.
:00:46. > :00:48.There's a lot of canned food here. There is, yeah.
:00:48. > :00:52.I get them in the pound shop, you know.
:00:52. > :00:57.Behind closed doors, our nation is facing a food crisis.
:00:57. > :01:02.In the last six months, I've lost just over 3.5 stone. Ooh!
:01:02. > :01:04.So, tonight,
:01:04. > :01:07.three of Britain's leading chefs, James Martin, Angela Hartnett
:01:07. > :01:12.and Richard Corrigan are going to discover just how bad things are...
:01:12. > :01:15.That doesn't look a lot. No, it's not, but I have to settle for it.
:01:15. > :01:18...by living with households who find it hard to get food
:01:18. > :01:21.on the table because money is so tight.
:01:21. > :01:25.How low was your bank account? It had about 20 pence left in it.
:01:25. > :01:27.20 pence?!
:01:27. > :01:30.The chefs will try and use their many years of experience
:01:30. > :01:33.in the kitchen to help tackle this massive problem.
:01:33. > :01:35.But it won't be easy.
:01:35. > :01:37.If you had to shop like this on a daily basis
:01:37. > :01:39.it would just do your head in.
:01:39. > :01:41.They'll pull together the great and the good
:01:41. > :01:44.for a budget banquet where they'll try to inspire the nation
:01:44. > :01:48.with nutritious dishes that cost less than a cup of coffee.
:01:48. > :01:51.Do you know how much this was? Two pounds. A quid.
:01:51. > :01:53.A pound?! You're joking.
:01:54. > :01:57.As well as trying to help by cooking their way out of the crisis,
:01:57. > :02:00.they'll attempt to convince our supermarkets and political leaders
:02:00. > :02:03.that we're now in a 21st-century food emergency
:02:03. > :02:05.that can't be ignored.
:02:05. > :02:07.What's happening in the next 18 months?
:02:07. > :02:09.Because there's a crisis.
:02:09. > :02:15.There's a crisis out there.
:02:15. > :02:18.The chefs are travelling today to homes that are struggling
:02:18. > :02:22.to put food on the table and struggling to eat nutritiously.
:02:22. > :02:25.It will be a totally new experience for me and one that...
:02:25. > :02:30.fills me with nerves, to be honest.
:02:30. > :02:33.For the next three days, Richard Corrigan, Angela Hartnett
:02:33. > :02:37.and James Martin are going to live and eat like their hosts
:02:37. > :02:40.in order to try and understand the problems faced by households
:02:40. > :02:42.on the breadline.
:02:42. > :02:44.I don't quite know what to expect.
:02:44. > :02:48.I suppose the experience will certainly be different
:02:48. > :02:50.from anything in my normal day-to-day.
:02:50. > :02:54.The chefs are heading out into a country where half a million people
:02:54. > :02:57.every year are relying on the charity of food banks and food aid,
:02:57. > :02:59.many of them working families.
:02:59. > :03:02.When I think of food poverty I suppose I always think of...
:03:02. > :03:06.maybe a cigarette out of one side of the lip, a can in the other.
:03:06. > :03:11.You know, all the stereotypes you kind of would think about.
:03:11. > :03:14.But I'm sure I'm going to be surprised.
:03:14. > :03:17.Their mission is to see if their combined experience
:03:17. > :03:20.of over 65 years can provide some practical help
:03:20. > :03:24.to the millions of people who are spending more and more money on food
:03:24. > :03:30.but getting less and less in return.
:03:30. > :03:33.Richard is nearing his home for the next few days,
:03:33. > :03:35.Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
:03:35. > :03:38.The Millers are a double income family.
:03:38. > :03:42.Darren is a software engineer and Karen works at a children's centre.
:03:42. > :03:45.Not the type of people you'd necessarily expect to be
:03:45. > :03:47.struggling to feed themselves.
:03:47. > :03:48.I just think...
:03:48. > :03:53.Obviously coming from a working household I shouldn't have to worry
:03:53. > :03:56.as much as I do about the cost of food
:03:56. > :03:59.and about scrimping and saving.
:03:59. > :04:01.Like millions of others,
:04:01. > :04:03.the Millers are being hit by food costs that have risen
:04:03. > :04:07.three times faster than wages in the last year.
:04:08. > :04:15.You can't cut the cost of your rent or the bills.
:04:15. > :04:18.save any money is the food budget.
:04:18. > :04:20.There you go, Tia. No cheese on yours.
:04:20. > :04:24.On average, the Millers have just �1.66 a day
:04:24. > :04:28.to feed each member of the family.
:04:28. > :04:31.Maybe somewhere along the line things will get easier.
:04:31. > :04:35.I really don't know, to be honest.
:04:35. > :04:38.Hi, Richard. Pleased to meet you. Hi. Karen. It's Karen.
:04:38. > :04:40.Darren, how are you doing? Fine, thank you. Come in.
:04:40. > :04:43.Richard's come to stay in the last week of the month
:04:43. > :04:46.when the family budget is at it most stretched.
:04:46. > :04:48.He wants to see what they eat, how they shop
:04:48. > :04:51.and if he can try and help improve things.
:04:51. > :04:52.So, who have we here?
:04:52. > :04:54.I'm Tia. Tia.
:04:54. > :04:57.Jack. Jack. I'm Cody. Cody.
:04:57. > :04:58.And this is Evie.
:04:59. > :05:01.Evie. How are you?
:05:01. > :05:04.Shy. Very shy.
:05:04. > :05:07.goes to waste, that's for sure.
:05:07. > :05:11.There's not a great deal. I just hope you like beans. Beans.
:05:11. > :05:21.Yeah, and tomatoes. Really?We like our pasta as well, don't we?
:05:21. > :05:23.
:05:23. > :05:26.I'm afraid not. Oh, my! Oh, my!
:05:26. > :05:30.It's lunchtime in the Miller house and, as promised, there's beans.
:05:30. > :05:33.What's for lunch for the children today?
:05:33. > :05:38.Today we've got hot dogs and beans and then ravioli for the older one.
:05:38. > :05:41.processed sweetened food here.
:05:41. > :05:45.You know what I mean? Hot dogs. Jars of hot dogs, ravioli...
:05:45. > :05:48.I can understand they're very kid-friendly.
:05:48. > :05:53.I understand that, but is it nutritional enough?
:05:53. > :05:59.When you consider the cost of that ravioli in a can...35p.
:05:59. > :06:02.35p?
:06:02. > :06:04.Research shows that, in the last few years,
:06:04. > :06:08.families have been trading down on food - buying less fresh
:06:08. > :06:12.fruit, veg and meat and eating cheaper and more unhealthy food.
:06:12. > :06:17.You're telling me 35p? 35p. Sausages are 49p.
:06:17. > :06:19.25p for the beans.
:06:19. > :06:23.�1.10p for all of this here. And how much was this?
:06:23. > :06:26.The finger cobs, I got six for ten pence.
:06:26. > :06:30.Six for ten pence? Yes.
:06:30. > :06:33.Youngest son Jack, who is ten, has agreed to give up
:06:33. > :06:37.his bedroom for Richard to stay in over the next three days.
:06:37. > :06:40.Are you sure I'm going to fit in here?
:06:40. > :06:44.I'd forgotten how small kids rooms are. I know! I know.
:06:44. > :06:46.I looked in the fridge when he was gone.
:06:46. > :06:51.HE WHISPERS: I've never seen a f
:06:51. > :06:58.There is literally nothing in it apart from milk.
:06:58. > :07:01.James Martin is in on his way to Watford.
:07:01. > :07:04.One of the most vulnerable groups are the over-65s
:07:04. > :07:08.and James is going to discover how far a state pension stretches today.
:07:08. > :07:11.My granny never had much.
:07:11. > :07:13.They were living on a basic pension
:07:13. > :07:14.but there was always food on the table.
:07:14. > :07:16.She was fortunate.
:07:16. > :07:19.She had a veg garden at the bottom o
:07:19. > :07:25.It's going to be difficult.
:07:25. > :07:29.James' home for the next three days- is this sheltered housing complex
:07:29. > :07:33.with his host, 65-year-old Patrick Ryan.
:07:33. > :07:37.I am struggling at the moment. But I'm getting by there, you know?
:07:37. > :07:41.But I would never have thought when I was 44 or 45 or whatever
:07:41. > :07:43.that I'd be in the situation I am in today.
:07:43. > :07:47.I'm just ticking over. Just about, like, you know?
:07:47. > :07:51.Patrick was a truck driver in the UK for over 30 years.
:07:51. > :07:53.Now, his only income is his state pension
:07:53. > :07:55.and, after rent and other essentials,
:07:55. > :07:59.he has just �2.14 a day for food.
:07:59. > :08:02.It's a big knock back in life. What can you do? Just accept it.
:08:02. > :08:07.There's people worse off, you know.
:08:07. > :08:10.Hi, you must be James. Hello there,- Patrick. Nice to meet you.
:08:10. > :08:12.And you. Would you like to come in?- Thank you for having me.
:08:12. > :08:15.You're welcome. Yes. Thank you.
:08:15. > :08:18.This is home, yeah? Home sweet home.
:08:18. > :08:19.Right.
:08:19. > :08:21.Erm... I'll just show you the basics.
:08:21. > :08:23.It's small, like, but it's comfortable.
:08:23. > :08:26.Yeah. So this is where you sleep? That's where I sleep. Yeah.
:08:27. > :08:33.Would you like to see the kitchen? I'd love to.
:08:33. > :08:36.Er, small. It is small, yeah.
:08:36. > :08:38.There's not a lot in it at the moment, like.
:08:38. > :08:40.That's the way it is, like.
:08:40. > :08:42.You like your soup. Is that a full meal?
:08:42. > :08:47.No, no. That's two meals. Two meals out of that?! Yeah.
:08:47. > :08:53.I put it in the pot and I get two cups out of it. So...average cups.
:08:53. > :08:57.So, I have one in the evening and a slice of bread with it.
:08:57. > :08:59.And that's your meal? It is, yeah.
:08:59. > :09:02.And sometimes I have two slices of bread, you know.
:09:02. > :09:06.Chicken veg soup. I like that sort of thing. And my beans.
:09:06. > :09:09.I get them in the pound shop. Right.
:09:09. > :09:11.Sometimes, if you're in early in the morning,
:09:11. > :09:13.you get four of them for a pound.
:09:13. > :09:15.So, that's the...
:09:15. > :09:17.That's basically the cupboard, yeah. What's in that?
:09:17. > :09:19.I'll show you my fridge. There isn't a lot in it.
:09:19. > :09:22.You're not wrong, are you, Patrick? No, no.
:09:22. > :09:26.As I said earlier on, that's the remainder. If you shake it, it's OK.
:09:26. > :09:28.I put a drop of water in it. That doesn't look a lot.
:09:28. > :09:34.No, it's not. But I have to settle for it.
:09:34. > :09:35.Times are tough for pensioners.
:09:36. > :09:38.Over a million elderly people are estimated to
:09:38. > :09:45.be on the brink of poverty.
:09:45. > :09:47.Angela Hartnett is in on her way to Surrey,
:09:47. > :09:51.one of the wealthiest counties in the country.
:09:51. > :09:53.This is where superstars, millionaires
:09:53. > :09:55.and Chelsea football players live.
:09:56. > :09:58.It's a very affluent part of the world and it's hard to imagine
:09:58. > :10:01.you're going to find anyone here who is struggling to live off
:10:02. > :10:06.the money they earn or that they're struggling to feed their family.
:10:06. > :10:07.In this affluent part of the country,
:10:07. > :10:11.there are people who find it hard to afford a decent meal.
:10:11. > :10:16.Like working mum, Joanna Rendall, and her daughter, Carly.
:10:16. > :10:24.Single-parent households have been hardest hit by the economic downturn
:10:24. > :10:26.In general, I struggle to get food on the table for both of us.
:10:26. > :10:28.Carly is my number one priority.
:10:28. > :10:33.As long as she's got food filling her b
:10:33. > :10:37.31-year-old Joanna earns just over the minimum wage for her
:10:37. > :10:39.full-time job managing a charity shop.
:10:39. > :10:45.She and 11-year-old Carly have just- �2.14 per day to feed themselves.
:10:45. > :10:47.I go without eating a meal or a dinner
:10:47. > :10:52.so I can ensure Carly has got her meals.
:10:52. > :10:56.Hello. Come in, Angela. How are you? Are you Joanna? Yes.
:10:56. > :11:00.to disturb you. What are you eating?
:11:00. > :11:04.Chicken noodles with sweet corn. Nice! I love chicken.
:11:04. > :11:06.Do you like chicken noodle soup? Mm.
:11:06. > :11:08.I'll let you eat your lunch. Bye.
:11:08. > :11:10.Whilst it's lunchtime for 11-year-old Carly,
:11:10. > :11:14.her mum is making do with a cup of tea.
:11:14. > :11:16.missus. How many do you have?
:11:16. > :11:20.Three sugars. Jeez, missus!
:11:20. > :11:24.Angela first wants to discover what the family eats every day
:11:24. > :11:26.so she's keen to go through the food diary
:11:26. > :11:28.Joanna and Carly have been keeping.
:11:28. > :11:33.Is this for one week? Yes.OK. And is it both your diets? Yes.
:11:34. > :11:37.So why don't you tell me what you've been eating, Joanna?
:11:37. > :11:39.For lunch I had a cup of tea
:11:39. > :11:43.and then for dinner I also had a microwave roast dinner.
:11:43. > :11:45.You just had a cup of tea? Yes.
:11:45. > :11:47.You basically drank tea through the day? Yep.
:11:47. > :11:52.And then on the Monday for breakfast and lunch I had a cup of tea.
:11:52. > :11:55.Then I had a fried egg sandwich in the evening.
:11:55. > :11:59.Just by looking, Carly has a good couple of pages of food diary
:11:59. > :12:02.and you've barely got one because most of it is cups of tea.
:12:02. > :12:06.How long do you think you can carry on like that? I don't know.
:12:06. > :12:07.It's not something I've thought about.
:12:07. > :12:17.I try to ignore it until something changes.
:12:17. > :12:19.
:12:19. > :12:20.In the Miller house, it's chicken nuggets,
:12:20. > :12:22.fish fingers and chips for the children's dinner.
:12:22. > :12:25.And soup made from tinned veg for the adults.
:12:25. > :12:30.It's not how Karen wants things to be.
:12:30. > :12:32.At the moment, this is what works for us.
:12:32. > :12:36.We know there's going to be food on the table and, yes,
:12:36. > :12:40.all right, it's not as nutritional as we might like it to be
:12:40. > :12:42.but that's the situation we're in.
:12:42. > :12:46.It's not easy living with the guilt that you feel.
:12:46. > :12:49.You see, when you say that to me then I understand that.
:12:49. > :12:51.Sorry...
:12:51. > :12:59.I've gone!
:12:59. > :13:02.You find it tough, don't you?
:13:02. > :13:05.Yeah.
:13:05. > :13:15.I must say, you two are a hard-working couple,
:13:15. > :13:15.
:13:15. > :13:17.you're doing your best, you don't get o
:13:17. > :13:18.Nope.
:13:18. > :13:23.You honestly both deserve better than this.
:13:23. > :13:28.In Watford, Patrick has cooked one of his staple meals for James.
:13:28. > :13:31.Half a can of chicken soup and vegetable mash.
:13:31. > :13:33.It seems to me it's the meat that you're missing.
:13:33. > :13:35.I mean, I'm looking in here.
:13:36. > :13:39.We've had a few bits of chicken, but it's the meat that you miss.
:13:39. > :13:42.Such meagre portions are not that unusual.
:13:42. > :13:47.It's believed well over one million- over-65s are malnourished.
:13:47. > :13:51.Do you ever feel as if you're hungry? Yeah. Yeah.
:13:51. > :13:52.I might be watching something on the telly,
:13:52. > :13:54.a television programme, you know?
:13:55. > :13:58.Occasionally, they'd be wining and dining, you know? Yeah.
:13:58. > :14:00.And that's when you would be hungry.
:14:00. > :14:04.You know what you're missing out, but you can't afford it.
:14:04. > :14:07.You settle...
:14:07. > :14:10.Right, you've cooked. I'd better wash up.
:14:10. > :14:12.If you don't mind, please. I don't mind at all.
:14:12. > :14:14.Thanks for dinner. Yeah, you're welcome.
:14:14. > :14:19.I wish I could do more but... Don't worry.
:14:19. > :14:23.HE SIGHS
:14:23. > :14:26.Food is also at short supply at Joanna's.
:14:26. > :14:30.She and Angela have had their first- and only meal of the day.
:14:30. > :14:34.Two microwave burgers which cost just one pound each.
:14:34. > :14:36.Angela wants to try and help Joanna
:14:36. > :14:39.find a way she can afford to eat healthily again
:14:39. > :14:42.and she wants to start by having a heart to heart about what
:14:42. > :14:45.she's surviving on now.
:14:45. > :14:49.Carry on drinking cups of tea instead of a proper meal and,
:14:49. > :14:59.I'm not talking a meat and two veg or anything,
:14:59. > :15:01.
:15:01. > :15:03.You can't if you carry on like that.
:15:03. > :15:06.You'll get there. You will. You'll be all right. Yeah, you will. Come on.
:15:06. > :15:08.I know.
:15:08. > :15:10.You will. It's not...you know. It's food.
:15:10. > :15:12.It's hard. Of course.
:15:12. > :15:15.I didn't realise how much! Go on.
:15:15. > :15:17.You've just got to look after your health because, you know,
:15:18. > :15:22.in the nicest possible way, you're no good to anyone,
:15:22. > :15:25.least of all your daughter, if you're not healthy and fit.
:15:25. > :15:33.You're going to be fine, yeah? We're going to help you do it.
:15:33. > :15:37.As bedtime approaches, James is heading to his temporary home,
:15:37. > :15:43.just down the corridor from Patrick.
:15:43. > :15:46.It's unbelievable. Do you really look forward to this?
:15:46. > :15:50.Do you look forward to eating tinned food?
:15:50. > :15:53.I've just left Patrick now, that's it.
:15:53. > :15:58.He's got nothing till his boiled egg in the morning.
:15:58. > :16:08.It makes it all very, very real.
:16:08. > :16:11.
:16:11. > :16:14.Today, the chefs face a very real challenge - to see
:16:14. > :16:17.if they can create healthy home-cooked meals
:16:17. > :16:20.on the budget their hosts have for food.
:16:20. > :16:22.It's a school day in Surrey.
:16:22. > :16:26.As ever, Joanna makes sure Carly has a filling breakfast.
:16:26. > :16:31.What's your favourite? Bacon sandwich. Bacon sandwich, nice.
:16:31. > :16:35.It's a good start to the day for Carly.
:16:35. > :16:37.Have a good day. Yeah, you too. Good luck. Bye.
:16:37. > :16:40.Yeah, good luck with your exam.
:16:40. > :16:43.But that is not the case for her mum.
:16:43. > :16:48.This morning, like most mornings, Joanna is skipping breakfast.
:16:49. > :16:52.How many cups? I've had one today. You've had one today?
:16:52. > :16:54.OK, that's your second one.
:16:54. > :16:58.This is just the second of the 20 sugary cups of tea Joanna
:16:58. > :17:02.has each day instead of food.
:17:02. > :17:05.It's 8am in Watford and pensioner Patrick starts each day
:17:06. > :17:11.the same way, with one egg and the occasional slice of toast.
:17:11. > :17:15.I've had my toast. I want you to have the egg. Thank you, James.
:17:15. > :17:18.Go on, have it. What I do is I'll leave it for dinner.
:17:18. > :17:21.Don't leave it for lunch! No, I'll leave it for lunch.
:17:21. > :17:23.I like to make a sandwich out of it.
:17:23. > :17:26.OK, you have that. James. Thank you, just the same.
:17:26. > :17:29.I
:17:29. > :17:34.In Mansfield, Richard's waking up to the reality of the Millers' finances.
:17:34. > :17:37.It has just been a matter of pride.
:17:37. > :17:40.Things have got so tough, they've considered doing what
:17:40. > :17:45.hundreds of thousands of Brits will do this year - going to a food bank.
:17:45. > :17:50.I can remember saying to Darren, I've just been
:17:50. > :17:54.given this information on a food bank and I said, I think
:17:54. > :17:57.we're seriously going to have to think about it.
:17:57. > :18:02.I think it were just pride really that stopped us from going.
:18:02. > :18:05.A food bank is there to help people like yourselves.
:18:05. > :18:07.You know what I mean?
:18:07. > :18:11.Just to have to go through and explain your situation to other people.
:18:11. > :18:15.You kind of feel quite embarrassed about it. You have to ask.
:18:15. > :18:18.You can't just close your doors to your house and just sit here
:18:18. > :18:21.and say, "We're hungry because we've no money."
:18:21. > :18:26.Mm.
:18:26. > :18:30.Unlike the Millers, Joanna uses her- local food bank regularly.
:18:30. > :18:34.Today, she's collecting another emergency food package.
:18:34. > :18:37.Surrey is an incredibly wealthy county,
:18:37. > :18:39.if not one of the most wealthy in the UK.
:18:39. > :18:42.I was gobsmacked to think that you would need food banks
:18:42. > :18:44.and there would be a crisis.
:18:44. > :18:48.I think that's what makes it all the more reason to set it up.
:18:48. > :18:50.We have very high levels of depravation
:18:50. > :18:54.and in the first seven months, we fed just under 1,000 people
:18:54. > :18:56.and we're the smallest borough in the county, so it just
:18:56. > :19:01.shows that the need is there and we're continuing to grow every week.
:19:01. > :19:05.The Trussell Trust, the UK's largest provider of food banks,
:19:05. > :19:12.says use of their banks has tripled this year.
:19:12. > :19:13.But this isn't a permanent solution for Joanna.
:19:13. > :19:16.Food banks can't give an unlimited supply of food.
:19:16. > :19:18.When you came the first time, how did you feel?
:19:18. > :19:20.I was very nervous the first time.
:19:20. > :19:23.It's still quite a nerve-racking thing.
:19:23. > :19:26.And also, do you think it's been a big emotional support, feeling that you're not by yourself?
:19:26. > :19:29.It has. I come here and see other people that are in the same boat,
:19:29. > :19:32.that's it, look around, it's not just me struggling and as much
:19:32. > :19:36.as I'm probably uncomfortable, they were at some point as well.
:19:36. > :19:38.Thank you. Bye. Thanks a lot.
:19:38. > :19:42.It's clear each household is stretched to the limit.
:19:42. > :19:43.Now, the chefs are going to see for themselves
:19:43. > :19:47.the challenges their hosts face.
:19:47. > :19:49.They're going to have to shop on the same budget their hosts have
:19:49. > :19:52.to spend on dinner.
:19:52. > :19:54.For the Millers, it's nearing the end of the month,
:19:54. > :19:56.when money is at its tightest.
:19:56. > :20:00.69 for dinner. That's per head.
:20:00. > :20:05.Ho-ho-ho(!) Looks like I'm going to be done for a bit of shoplifting!
:20:05. > :20:08.So that's basically, nearly a pound for each of you for dinner.
:20:08. > :20:10.Yeah. Jesus!
:20:10. > :20:17.I figured it out, about �1.04. So double it, �2.08.
:20:17. > :20:21.Yeah. So I've got to go shopping cos I haven't got long.
:20:21. > :20:23.Well, good luck to you and don't get mugged. Don't get mugged with that!
:20:23. > :20:31.No, no. Cheers.OK. See you later.
:20:31. > :20:34.The chefs are up and running.
:20:34. > :20:36.Well, there's a lot of red stickers here.
:20:36. > :20:41.There's no question about a lot of red stickers.
:20:41. > :20:43.In Leatherhead, Angela thinks her best bet is to find
:20:43. > :20:47.independent shops. I can't see any butchers.
:20:47. > :20:49.Can't see any sort of fruit and veg places.
:20:49. > :20:52.The only thing so far has been a little baker's.
:20:52. > :20:56.James is looking for his ingredients at Watford market.
:20:56. > :20:59.I've got a few things, which is a bit of a head-start.
:20:59. > :21:06.I've got an onion.
:21:06. > :21:10.Decent size onion as well. That was 48p.
:21:10. > :21:12.And then I pushed the budget out.
:21:12. > :21:20.I went to 78p and I got a...nice fresh tomato.
:21:20. > :21:24.So...78p of my budget has gone already.
:21:24. > :21:30.Angela's in the supermarket Joanna goes to in search of cheap ready-meals, but Angela's got lucky
:21:30. > :21:33.and bagged a bargain on discounted fresh food.
:21:33. > :21:37.I've bought six pieces of chicken for �1.50.
:21:37. > :21:41.So I've got �1.50 left of my budget to spend.
:21:41. > :21:44.Richard's struggling to find the food he wants at a price
:21:44. > :21:47.he can afford. He seems to find it easier to track something
:21:47. > :21:50.he can buy in the processed food aisle.
:21:50. > :21:55.Family lasagne for �2.98.
:21:55. > :22:00.I couldn't make it for that.
:22:00. > :22:02.Now, I'm after something for pensioners. What about chicken?
:22:02. > :22:05.Chicken legs? Chicken legs, yeah, 3.10 a kilo.
:22:05. > :22:07.Maybe I'll try one of those then.
:22:07. > :22:12.78. That'll have to do.
:22:12. > :22:15.cut it in half for me as well.
:22:15. > :22:18.James's next stop is to buy the rest of his ingredients to make
:22:18. > :22:20.a chicken curry.
:22:20. > :22:23.Meanwhile, Richard is still searching for the fresh ingredients he wants.
:22:23. > :22:27.I'm looking for a piece of salmon to feed seven people altogether.
:22:27. > :22:30.Now, he's torn between wanting to give the Millers the kind
:22:30. > :22:34.of nutritious meal they used to enjoy or sticking to the budget.
:22:34. > :22:38.What's the damage, Fred? �11.33.
:22:38. > :22:40.Go for it.
:22:40. > :22:44.There goes the budget.
:22:44. > :22:45.Right.
:22:45. > :22:47.James managed to get his single chicken leg
:22:47. > :22:51.and individual veg for �1.56, just below budget.
:22:51. > :22:57.But the rice and spice for his curry have taken him over by �1.12.
:22:57. > :23:01.It's so difficult. I cannot tell you how hard this was
:23:01. > :23:05.because when you're trying to cook for four or six, it's a lot easier.
:23:05. > :23:10.When you buy stuff individually, it just costs you so much more money.
:23:10. > :23:13.Five minutes and you're ready to eat? OK, yeah. All right.
:23:13. > :23:17.With rice and spice left over, James hopes the overspend will become
:23:17. > :23:23.an investment in many more of the curries Patrick loves.
:23:23. > :23:29.He can have the best bit, he can have the thigh.
:23:29. > :23:33.Richard knows he's gone way over budget by buying fresh salmon.
:23:33. > :23:36.But his cooking tips are also useful with budget
:23:36. > :23:41.ingredients like frozen fish, still- healthier than pre-prepared food.
:23:41. > :23:47.salmon, just in a little Thai broth,
:23:47. > :23:51.with some Jasmine rice. Sounds delicious! Fresh.
:23:51. > :23:53.So how did you find it, shopping on a budget?
:23:53. > :23:56.Very, very difficult. Yeah.
:23:56. > :24:01.And the technique is simple enough for a busy working family.
:24:01. > :24:03.I was just trying to absorb everything that's happening
:24:03. > :24:05.so we can repeat it. Yeah, pretty much.
:24:05. > :24:08.A piece of salmon. One.
:24:08. > :24:10.Two.
:24:10. > :24:12.Three.
:24:12. > :24:16.Richard also knows this dish will stretch over more than one mealtime.
:24:16. > :24:18.And there's going to be plenty of broth left over as well
:24:18. > :24:21.because when we poach the salmon, we're going to use some of it
:24:21. > :24:26.and we'll be able to make another dish maybe for tomorrow,
:24:26. > :24:28.taking it up slightly, putting a little rice into it, boil up the
:24:28. > :24:31.rice in the broth that's left over a
:24:31. > :24:34.Would you like a carrot? Eat a carrot, please!
:24:34. > :24:37.Eat a carrot, that'll make my day!
:24:37. > :24:39.That you eat a carrot.
:24:39. > :24:41.All right?
:24:41. > :24:43.Is that good?
:24:43. > :24:47.Yes? You love vegetables, don't you? I do like them.Mm.
:24:47. > :24:49.That's a good thing.
:24:49. > :24:52.Angela thinks Joanna could also afford fresh ingredients
:24:52. > :24:55.if she spread them across more than one meal.
:24:55. > :25:00.This is a big cabbage. This is going to last you a good week.
:25:00. > :25:01.And then I find with the carrots as well,
:25:01. > :25:05.I'd probably make a coleslaw out of it.
:25:05. > :25:08.I was thinking that as well today. I do like it.
:25:08. > :25:12.It's something my granddad made for years, home-made coleslaw.
:25:12. > :25:15.There's enough of the half price chicken for tomorrow as well.
:25:15. > :25:18.You could take one drumstick for you for lunch.
:25:18. > :25:20.Yeah.
:25:20. > :25:23.But ultimately, by buying the extra- veg to go with dinner,
:25:23. > :25:26.Angela too has gone over budget.
:25:26. > :25:28.When was the last time you ate a meal like this?
:25:28. > :25:31.I'm not sure, to be honest. a while? Yeah, quite a while.
:25:31. > :25:35.Bon appetit!
:25:35. > :25:37.Nice. Hey, nice?
:25:37. > :25:39.Hmm!
:25:39. > :25:43.At the Millers' house, Richard's freshly cooked meal is a success.
:25:43. > :25:48.Did you taste that salmon? Yeah, I tried it. What do you think? It's really nice.
:25:48. > :25:52.Fresh cooking is nicer than, like, chicken nuggets and stuff.
:25:52. > :25:59.And I did enjoy it today. It was really nice.
:25:59. > :26:01.There you go, Patrick.
:26:01. > :26:05.Oh, my God! Chicken curry. Is that all right? Oh, yes! My favourite!
:26:05. > :26:12.Is that right? Honestly!
:26:12. > :26:15.It's so long since I had a chicken dinner.
:26:15. > :26:19.You're a fantastic cook, James. Fair dos to you. I try.
:26:19. > :26:26.Mm. You haven't seen all the washing up! I don't mind. I'll do that.
:26:26. > :26:30.The chefs have given their hosts a few tips to help them cook more.
:26:30. > :26:32.But they couldn't stay within budget.
:26:32. > :26:35.So Patrick's had a decent meal at last.
:26:35. > :26:38.But it kind of makes me feel a bit depressed, really,
:26:38. > :26:41.because I didn't achieve it in the budget.
:26:41. > :26:45.I did actually genuinely think I was going to be able to do it.
:26:45. > :26:52.So although we had a great meal, it's still tinged with sadness.
:26:52. > :26:55.Yeah, I feel I failed really.
:26:55. > :26:57.If the chefs want to succeed at the budget banquet,
:26:57. > :27:04.they'll need to be a lot more creative with their pennies.
:27:04. > :27:07.The next morning and Angela thinks she'll be able to give Joanna
:27:07. > :27:10.recipe ideas on her budget.
:27:10. > :27:17.But first, she wants Joanna to confront her current sugar consumption in all that sweet tea.
:27:17. > :27:22.So, if we sort of say each spoon, cos they're quite big spoons, you do
:27:22. > :27:27.say five grams, so that's 15 grams of sugar in every cup you have.
:27:27. > :27:32.You do 20 cups. Averages about 300 grams of sugar a day.
:27:32. > :27:38.So you're looking at over two kilos of sugar a week.
:27:38. > :27:40.That's halfway through the week. That's Monday to Wednesday.
:27:41. > :27:47.This is Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
:27:47. > :27:51.That is how much sugar you have. Are you shocked by seeing that? I am.
:27:51. > :27:54.That's an awful lot, to look at it.
:27:54. > :27:58.I'm surprised I'm not bouncing off the walls. I'm surprised.
:27:58. > :28:03.From now on, Angela wants Joanna to start the day properly.
:28:03. > :28:06.I'm going to make her just the simplest, cheapest of breakfasts,
:28:06. > :28:10.which is a lovely porridge with the sweetness from bananas.
:28:10. > :28:11.What's in there?
:28:11. > :28:16.Do you like porridge? I do.You do?- Hallelujah! Lots of sugar on top!
:28:16. > :28:19.Well, we're not going to maybe do that bit.
:28:19. > :28:23.The banana again, it's going to give you energy, for a start,
:28:23. > :28:26.which is what you lack in the morning.
:28:26. > :28:28.The great thing about something like this is because you're not
:28:28. > :28:32.buying cereal covered in sugar, it's a lot cheaper.
:28:32. > :28:37.Porridge is one of the cheapest cereals on the market.
:28:37. > :28:40.In Mansfield, Richard's pleased to see the Miller children
:28:40. > :28:43.are also having a nutritious breakfast.
:28:43. > :28:47.How are you doing, kids? All right.
:28:47. > :28:48.Is this one of your favourites?
:28:48. > :28:51.Yeah.
:28:51. > :28:54.Enjoy. Thank you.
:28:54. > :28:59.Richard's joining Karen on her weekly shop in the car she's borrowed from her dad.
:28:59. > :29:01.It's a job that can take many hours,
:29:01. > :29:04.as she hunts for bargains in several stores.
:29:04. > :29:06.But the shopping is always more enjoyable
:29:07. > :29:09.when the wages have landed in the bank account.
:29:09. > :29:14.When it's payday, you can afford to go and restock the fridge
:29:14. > :29:19.and have lots of choice in there, lots of variety, lots of colours.
:29:19. > :29:24.How low was your bank account? I think I had about 20p left in it.
:29:24. > :29:29.Karen! 20p?! Yes.That was what you had in the account?
:29:29. > :29:32.Yes.
:29:32. > :29:39.I spent the last... 20p?! That's a monthly occurrence.
:29:39. > :29:45.It happens every month.
:29:45. > :29:48.With Joanna consuming so much sugar,
:29:48. > :29:52.Angela wants her to see a professional about her diet.
:29:52. > :29:54.Hello. Joanna, would you like to come through?
:29:54. > :29:56.Pleased to meet you. Come in.
:29:56. > :29:58.So she's brought Joanna to Paula Gilbert,
:29:59. > :30:02.who's worked as a dietician for over 30 years.
:30:02. > :30:06.It's been roughly six months, coming to replace breakfast
:30:06. > :30:09.and lunch with cups of tea.
:30:09. > :30:12.And having a lot of microwaved food at the moment.
:30:12. > :30:16.So lots and lots of tea and three sugars in my teas.
:30:16. > :30:20.How often do you have vegetables with your ready-meal? I don't.
:30:20. > :30:24.The vegetables, I will save for Carly.
:30:24. > :30:27.And what's happened to your weight over the last few years?
:30:27. > :30:31.In the last six months, I've lost just over three and a half stone.
:30:31. > :30:33.Ooh.
:30:33. > :30:36.My first thoughts are you're most likely to be suffering
:30:36. > :30:40.from anaemia because you're getting- very little red meat in your diet.
:30:40. > :30:42.And fruit and vegetables.
:30:42. > :30:45.If you eat a low fibre diet, long term,
:30:45. > :30:47.you may be at risk of sort of bowel cancer.
:30:47. > :30:51.So again, we need to look at your fibre intake for more beans,
:30:51. > :30:54.pulses, lentils. There's a history in my family. That is in your family?
:30:54. > :30:57.Yeah, bowel cancer. On both sides. Really?Yeah.
:30:58. > :31:01.With that family history, on both sides, which is quite unusual,
:31:01. > :31:05.we don't want you or your daughter to go down that path.
:31:05. > :31:07.It's very important both for you
:31:07. > :31:11.and for your daughter that you get the right nutrition in your diet.
:31:11. > :31:15.The good news is that you're young enough that if you make
:31:15. > :31:20.the changes now, hopefully these problems are reversible.
:31:20. > :31:24.OK? Yep.
:31:24. > :31:29.How did it go? Intense. You were in there quite a long time.
:31:29. > :31:33.A lot of reality in facing things. How are you feeling about it all?
:31:33. > :31:37.It's a lot to take in. It's going to run through my mind and at the moment,
:31:37. > :31:41.I
:31:41. > :31:45.I know it's not going to be easy. Good. Well done. Done a great job.
:31:45. > :31:48.OK? Yeah.Proud of you.
:31:48. > :31:52.For dietician Paula, Joanna's story- is an increasingly familiar one.
:31:53. > :31:56.I think we are now in a nutritional recession.
:31:56. > :31:59.People are not eating as well as they perhaps did 30,
:31:59. > :32:02.40 years ago, or even less than that.
:32:02. > :32:04.And convenience foods are certainly playing
:32:04. > :32:06.a part in lots of people's diets.
:32:06. > :32:12.And they're not getting the basic nutritional requirements.
:32:12. > :32:15.It's almost time for the chefs to leave their hosts.
:32:15. > :32:18.They've realised that in order to start cooking more, it would
:32:18. > :32:22.help to make a small investment in a store cupboard of ingredients,
:32:22. > :32:26.staples that could be used as the base for a variety of recipes.
:32:26. > :32:29.I've got you...this.
:32:29. > :32:32.So James has a starter pack of basics that are not too
:32:32. > :32:35.expensive to restock when they run out.
:32:35. > :32:40.In amongst all this is what I believe is a good little starter for you, all right?
:32:40. > :32:43.Now, you know you were on about basics, peeled tomatoes,
:32:43. > :32:48.If you've got some pasta.
:32:48. > :32:50.I'd like you to try a little bit more of this. More of that.All right? A bit more pasta.
:32:50. > :32:53.bit of garlic there. Milk.
:32:53. > :32:59.And then what I've done is I've put together just two recipes for you.
:32:59. > :33:01.Yeah. All right? You've got a chicken leg.
:33:01. > :33:04.You know that chicken leg? I really enjoyed that.
:33:04. > :33:09.budget. Yeah, I really enjoyed it.
:33:09. > :33:16.Thanks so much for that. I won't be- falling asleep after that.
:33:16. > :33:19.Angela also thinks there are ways Joanna can cook the nutritious
:33:19. > :33:22.meals she needs on her budget and to get her started,
:33:22. > :33:25.she's stocking up her store cupboard.
:33:25. > :33:28.This costs under �20, all this stuff in here.
:33:28. > :33:32.So I've even written down a recipe for you which is meatballs in tomato sauce.
:33:32. > :33:37.My mum made them with me, my grandma made them with my mum and it's such a simple thing to do.
:33:37. > :33:39.So that's for you and that's one of many that are going to come
:33:40. > :33:43.and that's under budget. Do you feel that you can do it? I can.
:33:43. > :33:46.It's going to be hard. And it is going to be a struggle. Come on.
:33:46. > :33:50.Do it for yourself and do it for your daughter.
:33:50. > :33:55.Not for me, for yourself. Yeah? Yeah. more cup of tea before I go, yeah?
:33:55. > :33:57.Go on, you sit down, I'll make it.
:33:57. > :34:00.Bye-bye.
:34:00. > :34:04.Richard's saying goodbye to the Millers. He's leaving them with recipes, a store cupboard
:34:04. > :34:07.and a special delivery in the back garden.
:34:07. > :34:10.An extra source of food to supplement the weekly shop -
:34:10. > :34:13.four egg-laying chickens.
:34:13. > :34:16.You just have to feed them, make sure they've got water,
:34:16. > :34:20.shut them up in their coop at night, clean them out once a week.
:34:20. > :34:22.It's easy.
:34:22. > :34:25.Richard's given the family enough feed and grit for several months.
:34:25. > :34:29.The chickens should provide the Millers with 20 or more eggs a week,
:34:29. > :34:31.which, even when they need to buy their own feed,
:34:31. > :34:35.will save them about �4 on their weekly food budget.
:34:35. > :34:38.One's in. That's Mary.
:34:38. > :34:43.Really chuffed. Yeah, I'm pleased about the eggs!
:34:43. > :34:46.It's been a long time since I've had any animals in my house,
:34:46. > :34:50.so I'm a bit nervous about that, but I'm going to go with it.
:34:50. > :34:55.In Watford, James is bidding Patrick a fond farewell.
:34:55. > :34:59.Thank you very much. You're more than welcome. Lovely, thank you.
:34:59. > :35:05.A man hug. I will indeed. You're an absolute star.
:35:05. > :35:08.I hope it hasn't been too unbearable for you. It's been good.
:35:08. > :35:10.It's been an eye-opener.
:35:10. > :35:14.It's also time for Angela to say goodbye to Joanna and Carly.
:35:14. > :35:17.Are you going to really try? Yeah. Sure? Yeah?
:35:17. > :35:24.For this one's health. Yep. And for yours.Bye.
:35:24. > :35:27.I think I'm just beginning to understand what it must be like,
:35:27. > :35:29.living off such a low budget.
:35:29. > :35:32.I think we're just hitting the tip of the iceberg
:35:32. > :35:33.and this is just one part of the country.
:35:33. > :35:39.There must be hundreds of families like that.
:35:39. > :35:43.The chefs have all taken a first small step with Joanna, Patrick
:35:43. > :35:45.and the Millers.
:35:45. > :35:47.Now, they need to take things up a gear
:35:47. > :35:51.and come up with even more recipes and prepare for the budget banquet.
:35:51. > :35:54.Where the chefs will bring together- a specially invited
:35:54. > :35:57.group of VIPs to confront the issues head on and ask -
:35:57. > :36:05.are we doing enough to tackle the nation's food crisis?
:36:05. > :36:12.A week later and preparations have started for the budget banquet in South East London.
:36:12. > :36:16.It's the day before the big event and the chefs are out shopping.
:36:16. > :36:19.If I just wanted one? 30p.
:36:19. > :36:22.But two for 50, one for 30? That's right, yeah.
:36:22. > :36:24.The more you buy, the cheaper it gets.
:36:24. > :36:26.They left their households with their first recipes and a store
:36:27. > :36:31.cupboard of ingredients to help them start to do more home-cooking.
:36:31. > :36:33.Now, the chefs are buying the ingredients for a new
:36:33. > :36:36.set of recipes for their banquet meals.
:36:36. > :36:38.They need to cost just �1 a head.
:36:38. > :36:43.That's the average of what their hosts have to spend.
:36:43. > :36:44.That's going to cost me two quid, which is
:36:44. > :36:47.still too much for what I want.
:36:47. > :36:50.They didn't manage to cook on budget when they stayed
:36:50. > :36:54.with their families, but for the banquet, that's not an option.
:36:54. > :36:57.These are now going to cost me more than I wanted to spend,
:36:57. > :37:00.so I'm going to have to sacrifice something along the way.
:37:00. > :37:02.So they're having to go from place to place
:37:02. > :37:06.until they find what they want at the right price.
:37:06. > :37:11.Pound a bowl. Any one you like, a pound.
:37:11. > :37:15.Markets are often good places to try and strike a deal.
:37:15. > :37:19.I know it's a pound a bowl, but can I sort of do four lemons,
:37:19. > :37:21.two limes and a bit of ginger for a pound?
:37:21. > :37:23.OK, that's fine. Thanks a lot.
:37:23. > :37:25.Cheers. Thank you.
:37:25. > :37:28.They all want a bit of protein in their dinner, but meat is
:37:28. > :37:34.expensive, so James is considering the cheaper end of the scale.
:37:34. > :37:37.What's the best price a kilo on your sausages?
:37:37. > :37:41.It's what we have there. I'd love to, but it's still out of my budget.
:37:41. > :37:44.Angela is still looking for her main ingredient.
:37:44. > :37:46.Oh. Well, they've got chickens here.
:37:46. > :37:52.Well, that's actually a steal. That is exactly what I wanted.
:37:52. > :37:55.So we've got whole British chickens- that are high welfare standard
:37:55. > :38:01.and it's three for �10.
:38:01. > :38:03.Just around the corner, Angela discovers more chickens,
:38:03. > :38:06.but on a different offer.
:38:06. > :38:08.Actually, I'm going to change them
:38:08. > :38:11.because you look here now,
:38:11. > :38:14.I've got a medium chicken,
:38:14. > :38:18.so the weight of this, these are there for a tenner
:38:18. > :38:22.and then I can get three now for under a tenner.
:38:22. > :38:25.I've got that wrong. I've totally got that wrong.
:38:25. > :38:27.Angela's finding out that the supermarkets don't always
:38:27. > :38:31.make it easy to figure out what the best deal is on the shelves.
:38:31. > :38:37.You have to really read your labels- and really think.
:38:37. > :38:41.Richard discovers that local shops can sometimes offer good bargains.
:38:41. > :38:44.So what could you do, the best price? I
:38:44. > :38:46.How many are you looking for?
:38:46. > :38:50.Four chickens. I'll do you a buy three, get one free.
:38:50. > :38:52.Thank you. See you later.
:38:52. > :38:54.This is so difficult.
:38:54. > :38:57.Already today, I've been to two supermarkets, I've been to the market.
:38:57. > :39:01.If you had to shop like this on a daily basis, it would just do your head in.
:39:01. > :39:04.James still needs his main ingredient,
:39:04. > :39:08.so he finds the place with the biggest discounts.
:39:08. > :39:11.I've been told there's a clearance aisle down here.
:39:11. > :39:13.There's a few people around it.
:39:13. > :39:16.Maybe there's a couple of bargains in there.
:39:16. > :39:22.It's generally the stuff that's maybe got a day or two days left on its shelf life.
:39:22. > :39:24.He's in luck.
:39:24. > :39:28.They've just marked down what he wants for dinner - sausage meat.
:39:28. > :39:32.So I've got about...just over three quid for a kilo, which is
:39:32. > :39:35.a decent amount.
:39:35. > :39:38.So I'm going to buy that before nobody else does.
:39:38. > :39:41.Some supermarkets make big reductions on certain items
:39:41. > :39:45.more than once a day, but you've got to ask when they happen.
:39:45. > :39:49.That's �21.13. Can I give you these- peas to put back? Sorry.
:39:49. > :39:52.I'm not going to take those. That's fine.
:39:52. > :39:54.Would you like a carrier bag? long as you don't charge me for one.
:39:54. > :39:56.No!
:39:56. > :39:58.That's �15.51 please.
:39:58. > :40:01.I haven't got �15.51.
:40:01. > :40:04.What happens in this circumstances when someone doesn't have enough money?
:40:04. > :40:08.Do you start deducting food from the bill? Yes.
:40:08. > :40:11.We are going to have to do that, I'm afraid. No problem.
:40:11. > :40:13.The chefs have finished their shop.
:40:13. > :40:15.Now, they need to take all those ingredients and turn them
:40:15. > :40:24.into a delicious and inexpensive meal at tomorrow's budget banquet.
:40:24. > :40:27.It's morning on banquet day.
:40:27. > :40:29.James, Angela and Richard need to bring what they've
:40:29. > :40:32.learned about the nation's food crisis to the attention
:40:32. > :40:34.of people who can do something about it -
:40:34. > :40:38.to the MPs and supermarket execs coming today.
:40:38. > :40:41.It's hard to believe that food poverty is such a big issue in the UK
:40:41. > :40:44.and the Government has to do more.
:40:44. > :40:46.And, of course, the chefs have to show they can create meals
:40:47. > :40:50.that are cheap, nutritious and easy to cook at home
:40:50. > :40:54.to inspire their families and the millions of others in the UK
:40:54. > :40:57.who are struggling to put healthy food on the table.
:40:57. > :40:59.It's not going to be the most elaborate banquet
:40:59. > :41:02.but it's not about that, it's about making simple, quick,
:41:02. > :41:05.nutritious meals out of fresh produce.
:41:06. > :41:09.The chefs had to create a meal that- costs just one pound per head
:41:09. > :41:11.so that it's affordable for their households
:41:11. > :41:13.when they are back at home.
:41:13. > :41:16.They've all come in right on, or just under, budget.
:41:16. > :41:19.How tight was that shop?
:41:19. > :41:21.I've never done so much maths since I did my maths O-level,
:41:21. > :41:25.for crying out loud!
:41:25. > :41:26.Today, they are getting
:41:27. > :41:31.help in their kitchens from the families they've lived with.
:41:31. > :41:33.Working mum of four, Karen,
:41:33. > :41:37.struggles to do home cooking for her family on her tiny budget.
:41:37. > :41:40.Karen! Good morning. Good morning. Good to see.
:41:40. > :41:43.What do you hope to get out of today in the kitchen?
:41:43. > :41:45.I'm hoping to learn some of your skills
:41:45. > :41:49.because I really don't do the cooking in my house. I'm hopeless!
:41:49. > :41:52.With very little to spend, pensioner Patrick has got
:41:52. > :41:56.stuck in a food rut and eats the same things over and over.
:41:56. > :41:59.Looking forward to doing some cooking.
:41:59. > :42:02.Hello, how are you?
:42:02. > :42:05.Single mum Joanna has been fuelling- herself with sugary teas
:42:05. > :42:09.and skipping breakfast and lunch to try and save money.
:42:09. > :42:12.Main question, how many sugars?
:42:12. > :42:15.I'd make you a cup of tea but there- is no tea. How many sugars? One.
:42:15. > :42:19.Wow! Brilliant.
:42:19. > :42:21.Now that the chefs' new assistants have arrived,
:42:21. > :42:25.it's time to get started on the cooking.
:42:25. > :42:30.I've got this, Joanna, and I want you to slightly start to season all these pieces up.
:42:30. > :42:33.Angela has gone for a one pot wonder - chicken with veg
:42:33. > :42:39.and spicy rice packed with flavour and nutrients.
:42:39. > :42:42.James has created a meal that mixes- inexpensive meat with filling
:42:42. > :42:47.carbohydrates - gnocchi with two different kinds of sausage meat.
:42:47. > :42:51.It's so long since I've had beef sausages.
:42:51. > :42:56.It's a long time since you had beef! Yeah.
:42:56. > :42:59.Richard is serving up a hearty creation of roast chicken
:42:59. > :43:02.bulked up with cheap bread stuffing- and a side of filling
:43:02. > :43:05.and protein-packed lentils.
:43:05. > :43:12.The inspiration for dinner tonight is...your family.
:43:12. > :43:16.The Great British Menu regulars, Prue Leith, Oliver Peyton
:43:16. > :43:18.and Matthew Fort will be judging dinner at the budget
:43:18. > :43:22.banquet along with special guest judge Mary Berry.
:43:22. > :43:25.But it's not all about taste and presentation.
:43:25. > :43:30.They'll need to decide if the meals- deliver on value and cookability.
:43:30. > :43:33.There are a lot of politicians and supermarket bosses,
:43:33. > :43:36.people of influence, who can do something about this
:43:36. > :43:39.coming to this banquet today and it's a lovely opportunity -
:43:39. > :43:49.I just hope they listen and t
:43:49. > :43:51.As things heat up in the kitchens,
:43:51. > :43:58.the budget banquet guests start to arrive.
:43:58. > :43:59.Politicians, supermarket well-known faces, excutives, and Joanna
:43:59. > :44:01.and Karen's families are coming together to put
:44:01. > :44:05.the issue of food poverty centre stage.
:44:05. > :44:07.I think the fact we have the rates of food poverty
:44:07. > :44:08.we do at the moment in Britain
:44:08. > :44:11.is completely scandalous and unacceptable.
:44:11. > :44:15.We are one of the richest countries in the world a
:44:15. > :44:19.We all have to wake up to the fact that hunger is in our midst.
:44:19. > :44:22.10,000 children in this country hospitalised with malnutrition.
:44:22. > :44:26.Over a million children going to school too hungry to learn.
:44:27. > :44:31.The guests have to choose which of the three dinners they want.
:44:31. > :44:36.Angela's thought carefully about how bulk buying can make money go further.
:44:36. > :44:40.Do you know how much this chicken cost me, Joanna? pounds?
:44:40. > :44:43.Where are you shopping to get chicken for �6 like that?!
:44:43. > :44:45.Ten quid which was a bargain.
:44:45. > :44:48.Eventually when you start getting your budget in order and you've got
:44:48. > :44:53.excess cash, you can buy three for ten, put two in the freezer and use one.
:44:53. > :44:56.Or you cook it all in one big pot and freeze it off in portions
:44:56. > :44:58.and then you've got it, OK?
:44:58. > :45:01.Richard is making his chicken go that bit further by bulking
:45:01. > :45:06.it with carbs, in this case, bread stuffing.
:45:06. > :45:11.Spread it out, that's great. Every bit of that chicken is used, Karen.
:45:11. > :45:13.Yeah?
:45:13. > :45:15.The bones are boiling away for a lovely stock to
:45:15. > :45:18.go on top of the lentils.
:45:18. > :45:20.James is giving more flavour to his cut-price meat by using
:45:20. > :45:23.value brand seasoning.
:45:23. > :45:26.Spice it with chilli - I know you like a bit of chilli.
:45:26. > :45:28.I do indeed.
:45:28. > :45:31.Is this a more difficult challenge than you expected?
:45:31. > :45:33.JAMES: The toughest thing is the shopping side of it.
:45:33. > :45:36.When you're cooking for one, like Patrick is, everything is
:45:36. > :45:42.so much more money. The eye-opener for me was when you see...
:45:42. > :45:44.What pensioners are living on. It is unbelievable.
:45:44. > :45:48.If people see this now, which I'm going to take back to my place.
:45:48. > :45:53.Will you start making gnocchi for everybody in Watford?!
:45:53. > :45:54.Start a trend!
:45:54. > :45:57.He will! He'll have a van. I know you will!
:45:57. > :46:00.Angela is using the same technique as James making relatively
:46:00. > :46:06.bland carbohydrates more tasty with- just a couple of simple ingredients.
:46:06. > :46:10.We've got a bit of bay leaf and that's cinnamon.
:46:10. > :46:12.And we've got these things called cardamom
:46:12. > :46:16.and that will flavour up the rice which is what we want.
:46:16. > :46:20.Angela knows to get people on tight- budgets to do more home cooking,
:46:20. > :46:23.it has to be user-friendly.
:46:23. > :46:27.How did you decide what to cook?
:46:27. > :46:29.Um, I mean, we wanted to have a protein
:46:29. > :46:31.so chicken is the cheapest protein
:46:31. > :46:34.and I wanted to show Joanna stuff she could do in one pot
:46:34. > :46:37.so basically we sauteed the rice and spices and everything
:46:37. > :46:42.in the pot, we added the chicken, added stock and put it in the oven.
:46:42. > :46:47.That's what I wanted to show. Her biggest problem is time.
:46:47. > :46:50.The chefs are keen to promote home cooking with fresh food
:46:50. > :46:54.but finding great deals to make that possible isn't always easy.
:46:54. > :46:57.You get frustrated because when the supermarkets are offering
:46:57. > :47:03.Buy One Get One Free deals, they are on foods that are...
:47:03. > :47:06.They're not brilliant...
:47:06. > :47:10.Ready meals and things like that that are frozen.
:47:10. > :47:13.Imagine how great it would be if the fresh fruit
:47:13. > :47:16.and veg were on really good deals.
:47:16. > :47:19.It is about time they took some responsibility
:47:19. > :47:24.and put some more great deals on the fresh fruit and veg.
:47:24. > :47:27.Richard takes up the point with one of the supermarkets.
:47:27. > :47:29.The first thing I see is offers, offers, offers,
:47:29. > :47:32.and they are always on the processed food side of things.
:47:32. > :47:36.I'd like to see offers, offers, offers on the fresh food side of things!
:47:37. > :47:38.You walk into one of our stores, every week,
:47:38. > :47:41.week in, week out, there will be at least 50 promotions on fruit
:47:42. > :47:45.and vegetables alone as well as money off on fish and meat.
:47:45. > :47:49.Let's be clear, there is a place for offers on other foods,
:47:49. > :47:54.let's remember there are no such things as... Er, bad foods.
:47:54. > :47:57.Often there are poor diets and to your point we do need to help
:47:57. > :48:02.people to understand how they can eat affordably and well.
:48:02. > :48:04.We all want to treat ourselves sometimes.
:48:04. > :48:07.The economy hasn't been great the last few years, from time to time
:48:07. > :48:10.you want a biscuit with your cup of tea to cheer yourself up. That should be fine.
:48:10. > :48:12.Richard, I really think
:48:12. > :48:15.because you guys are so powerful that maybe you should start taking,
:48:15. > :48:22.leading by example, setting up some- food academies on the local basis.
:48:22. > :48:32.There could be more we could do, we have our own cafes in store which close at seven o'clock.
:48:32. > :48:34.
:48:34. > :48:35.We could get people in. Maybe you'd like to come with us and put on a class, let's do it together.
:48:35. > :48:36.I think it's a really good idea, we do a lot of it already.
:48:36. > :48:39.Of course there's always more we can do.
:48:39. > :48:46.Look at that for a meal. You wouldn't get that in the Hilton!
:48:46. > :48:48.Now, all the chefs have dinner ready.
:48:48. > :48:51.So, the budget banquet guests queue- up beside their kitchen of choice.
:48:51. > :48:55.I hope you enjoy it, I didn't put too much. Lovely, thank you.
:48:55. > :48:57.That smells good.
:48:57. > :48:59.Angela's kitchen serving up chicken with rice
:48:59. > :49:03.and vegetables is the most popular choice.
:49:03. > :49:07.I'll put one of each for you to try. Try it, Carly.
:49:07. > :49:10.The first dinner to go before the judges is James's gnocchi
:49:10. > :49:12.with two kinds of sausage meat.
:49:12. > :49:16.A bit of gnocchi, some meatballs, some are beef and pork.
:49:16. > :49:19.That's clever buying to keep it all within budget.
:49:19. > :49:22.I really like this, he's got lots of great flavours in it,
:49:22. > :49:23.this is a proper meal.
:49:23. > :49:26.The great thing about being a skilled chef is you take very
:49:26. > :49:29.ordinary ingredients and get fantastic flavours out of them.
:49:29. > :49:36.But the gnocchi, I hope people can do that at home.
:49:36. > :49:40.This is a really good meal. My kids would have liked it.
:49:40. > :49:46.It's the sort of thing kids would eat and enjoy and not complain about.
:49:46. > :49:49.It's such a fantastic imagination to put those basics together
:49:49. > :49:52.and produce something so tasty. It's great and I'll be doing it at home.
:49:52. > :49:55.I'm not surprised something so delicious could be so cheap
:49:55. > :49:59.but I'm surprised something with protein in could be.
:49:59. > :50:01.It's time for the judges to taste their second dinner - Angela's
:50:01. > :50:05.one pot chicken with spicy rice.
:50:05. > :50:09.Oliver, I'm amazed you can have, within this budget, have chicken
:50:09. > :50:12.and she's done excellent rice with it.
:50:12. > :50:17.and spicy. I
:50:17. > :50:19.And it's very, very cheap!
:50:19. > :50:21.This is very achievable food,
:50:21. > :50:24.there's nothing complicated or frightening about this dish.
:50:24. > :50:27.It's tasty, it's got veg, rice, chicken.
:50:27. > :50:31.It's got great ingredients going on.
:50:31. > :50:33.You can do an awful lot with a bird.
:50:33. > :50:37.Use the bones of the soup, you can roast the wings, you can
:50:37. > :50:41.do all sorts of things with bits of chicken and it's very good value.
:50:41. > :50:44.As Angela and Joanna finish up in the kitchen,
:50:44. > :50:47.they've got their eye on an executive from a supermarket.
:50:47. > :50:50.They'd like to find out what the supermarkets can do to help
:50:50. > :50:55.the millions of people like Joanna who need to find the best deals.
:50:55. > :50:59.To me, it would be great to have one aisle that is your discount aisle or
:50:59. > :51:03.your value stuff instead of... She works five days a week.
:51:03. > :51:06.She doesn't have the time to do the whole day's shopping.
:51:06. > :51:09.People don't have a problem with buying basics any more.
:51:09. > :51:14.Why spread them out and hide them in each section, put them together.
:51:14. > :51:20.So, it could be that they are there but we're not displaying them well.
:51:20. > :51:22.It's nice you mention basics
:51:22. > :51:26.because we've increased how much we've got in the basics range -
:51:26. > :51:31.we've got 500 things in basics but if you can't see them that's not good.
:51:31. > :51:35.Another thing we do and we are committed to is brand match
:51:35. > :51:37.where if you buy a brand,
:51:37. > :51:42.branded stuff, at the till we check 14,000 prices there
:51:42. > :51:45.and then at the till and if you could have bought that stuff cheaper
:51:45. > :51:47.somewhere else, that includes all the offers...
:51:47. > :51:51.That's only when it is over �20. That's true. That's very true.
:51:51. > :51:54.It doesn't apply to me because that's over my budget.
:51:54. > :51:58.She's on two pounds a day. It won't apply to the bits I buy.
:51:58. > :52:04.That's a really good point, Joanna, and we will take that away and think about it.
:52:04. > :52:07.The top table gets its final dinner.
:52:07. > :52:11.Richard's roast chicken with lentils. Lentils are not expensive.
:52:11. > :52:13.There's a lot of protein in lentils
:52:13. > :52:17.through that, carrot, celery.
:52:17. > :52:20.I would have trouble persuading my children that this was going
:52:20. > :52:22.to taste good.
:52:22. > :52:25.The bread stuffing is a very good substitute for chicken
:52:25. > :52:28.because it's imbued with flavour but costs nothing.
:52:29. > :52:32.I love the idea of lentils with these vegetables in
:52:32. > :52:34.and the idea of chicken.
:52:34. > :52:37.That was a big satisfying meal.
:52:37. > :52:40.It was really moist, you could taste the chicken
:52:40. > :52:44.but he padded the meal out with bread and onions.
:52:44. > :52:47.It tasted really tasty.
:52:47. > :52:51.I love the idea that you can cook well on a budget nutritiously
:52:51. > :52:54.but with lots of flavour and this is really delicious.
:52:54. > :52:57.While most of the diners are eating their meals,
:52:57. > :53:00.Richard and James are keen to find the MPs.
:53:00. > :53:03.The chefs know that trying to cook food on a budget is only
:53:03. > :53:05.part of the solution.
:53:05. > :53:07.What they want to ask the politicians is how can
:53:07. > :53:09.the Government even start to tackle the problem
:53:09. > :53:12.when they don't know how big the problem really is.
:53:12. > :53:16.There is no monitoring by Government of food poverty in the UK.
:53:17. > :53:23.Do you think we need to start something?
:53:23. > :53:24.I think it's one of the most important things that families,
:53:24. > :53:26.and low income families in particular, are facing.
:53:26. > :53:29.And that's why I've raised it in Parliament. Let's be frank,
:53:29. > :53:39.the last 25 years no government has taken food policy seriously.
:53:39. > :53:43.
:53:43. > :53:44.And that's why I've raised it in Parliament. Let's be frank,
:53:44. > :53:46.the last 25 years no government has taken food policy seriously.
:53:46. > :53:47.What they've been doing is either pandering to the supermarkets
:53:47. > :53:50.or looking at production. What they're not looking at is consumers.
:53:50. > :53:55.I think it's changing, we're going to introduce food education at primary school,
:53:55. > :53:59.you know how important it is to... When you are young and passionate about food,
:53:59. > :54:01.it's such an important moment.
:54:01. > :54:05.So, to get that back into the curriculum is essential.
:54:05. > :54:09.Do you actually think the Government has acknowledged it's happening
:54:09. > :54:14.because I don't. I don't know if they realise how bad it is.
:54:14. > :54:17.I think personally we need a national food strategy
:54:17. > :54:20.because if we have one of those we can get the Government
:54:20. > :54:24.working across departments to address the issue of how we get
:54:24. > :54:28.affordable and healthy food on people's tables.
:54:28. > :54:31.At the moment, if you are worried you are talking to the Department of Education
:54:31. > :54:34.about schools' curriculum, the Department of Health
:54:34. > :54:38.about obesity, biz about what the supermarkets are doing.
:54:38. > :54:40.There's no way to get hold of it.
:54:40. > :54:45.Food poverty should be on the top of everyone's head... It is!
:54:45. > :54:50.Normally you cannot do the Marie Antoinette - let's feed them brioche -
:54:50. > :54:54.because you end up with revolution and insecurity
:54:54. > :54:57.and people on the streets demonstrating.
:54:57. > :55:01.Food security must be a high government issue.
:55:01. > :55:04.Of course it is and one of the issues
:55:04. > :55:07.and something I'm campaigning for is unit pricing so you actually
:55:07. > :55:13.get pricing so families can made judgements about food per unit.
:55:13. > :55:17.The judges have taken the last bite- and retired to make their decision.
:55:17. > :55:21.It gives the budget banquet guests a moment to reflect on the day.
:55:21. > :55:26.It's hard for a lot of people but it shows you what you can do
:55:26. > :55:29.and can create but we have to do a lot more to make sure those
:55:29. > :55:33.that can't afford things have access to great food,
:55:33. > :55:40.great cooking skills, great information so they can do it.
:55:40. > :55:44.There's so much publicity about poverty eight hours
:55:44. > :55:47.away on an aeroplane but actually it's on our doorstep.
:55:47. > :55:49.People are really struggling these days and to try
:55:49. > :55:53.and create a balanced diet.
:55:53. > :55:59.What you've highlighted today is just how hard that is.
:56:00. > :56:03.It was a struggle but James, Angela- and Richard are pleased
:56:03. > :56:06.to have succeeded at producing a good nutritious dinner
:56:06. > :56:09.for no more than one pound per head.
:56:09. > :56:12.Ladies and gentlemen, these chefs today have proved to us
:56:13. > :56:19.that you can have delicious, nutritious food for almost nothing.
:56:19. > :56:21.In a sense, they are all winners, really.
:56:21. > :56:23.LAUGHTER
:56:23. > :56:28.But there can only be one winner of the Great British Menu Budget
:56:28. > :56:30.Chef Of The Year trophy
:56:30. > :56:32.and that winner
:56:32. > :56:35.is Angela Hartnett.
:56:35. > :56:38.APPLAUSE
:56:38. > :56:41.Angela came out on top because not only was her dinner cheap,
:56:41. > :56:43.nutritious and full of flavour
:56:43. > :56:46.but it was a meal many people could cook at home.
:56:46. > :56:56.Proud of your mum? Going to cook it at home? Good girl.
:56:56. > :56:58.
:56:58. > :57:02.We didn't win. No, we didn't. There's always another time. I'm more sorry than you, believe you me.
:57:02. > :57:05.It was brilliant.
:57:05. > :57:08.We have learned a lot from this experience, Richard.
:57:08. > :57:12.We are going to sit down as a family more to enjoy food.
:57:12. > :57:15.The chefs have shown cooking healthy food on a tiny budget is
:57:15. > :57:19.possible but having the skills to do it is essential.
:57:20. > :57:23.With the combined experience and years between us...
:57:23. > :57:28.And you might be talking 65 years between us all of food knowledge.
:57:28. > :57:33.That's a lot so I'm glad we achieved it but it was hard work.
:57:33. > :57:37.Change can happen. But change will take time.
:57:37. > :57:41.There's huge food poverty in this country and the politicians,
:57:41. > :57:45.the supermarkets, us as a society, really need to get on top of it.
:57:45. > :57:48.The politicians here today agree the Government should
:57:48. > :57:51.strategically address the problem of food poverty
:57:51. > :57:54.but until that happens, the chefs have their contribution -
:57:54. > :57:59.a book of over 50 budget recipes they've gathered from colleagues.
:57:59. > :58:01.This is a recipe book -
:58:01. > :58:06.this has been compiled by some of the most well-known chefs in the UK.
:58:06. > :58:10.All priced up for you, all can be done on a budget.
:58:10. > :58:13.Fantastic. Enjoy.
:58:13. > :58:18.That's a treat. T
:58:18. > :58:21.Take care.
:58:21. > :58:25.OK, well done, Joanna.