Come Dine With Me - Series 3 Rachel Tooher-Rudd's menu

Date Published:

03/01/2008

This week's chefs hail from Cambridge and first to take the culinary challenge is super-giggly mum of three, Rachel Tooher-Rudd.

It doesn’t take long for the gregarious host to rope in some help to get her through the day. Husband Greg is assigned plenty of tasks from ironing table cloths to buying saucepans, so whilst he’s kept busy it's up to her young daughters to help in the kitchen.

Things don’t go according to plan for Rachel as the brownies the kids made go straight in the bin. Then Rachel takes her eye off the ball when she can’t find a helper and husband Greg burns the sauce for her starter.

With her guests on the way Rachel makes her third mistake of the day by adding the crème fraiche to her dessert, a whole four hours before she’s serving it!

Not surprisingly it melts and yet again Rachel has to start afresh.

After a frantic day of preparation our nervous host is relieved to finally meet her guests.

Can Rachel pull off a successful first night, and will everyone get on?

Baked Figs With Ribblesdale Goat's Cheese And Pink Peppercorns
Ribblesdale goat's cheese is a hard Yorkshire cheese with a chicory tang to it - superb with figs

Monkfish And Crushed Potatoes, Olive Oil And Watercress With Green Beans
A light and creamy monkfish recipe from Rachel in Cambridge

Rhubarb With Sloe Gin and Chocolate Brownies
Both of these recipes sit well on their own, but together they're dynamite