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Food can be good-looking without being all neatly arranged on the plate. A tomato and olive salad looks better rough and rustic than perfect and pretty. For a fruit salad, you can leave the peel on or off, cut up fruit in big chunks, slice it thinly or even grate it. You'll get a different effect every time.

Chefs make everything they serve look fantastic by keeping a careful eye on the colours they use. When you cook, aim to make a dish that excites the eye as well as the palate. Go for colourful garnishes, like pomegranate seeds, brilliant red chilli or a scattering of purple and green basil. Or pick one perfect ingredient to serve alone. Jamie suggests really good fresh figs, because, 'they are amazingly sweet. Make a criss-cross cut across the top to about halfway down, squeeze the base and the fig will pucker up and look extremely funky. Great stuff!'

Is your mouth watering yet? Eating simple but tasty food is a great experience, so get to know your flavours, make your food look tempting, and enjoy bloomin' gorgeous meals, every time–end of story!