Brush both sides of the aubergine slices with olive oil and season them with salt. Place the aubergines in an even layer on a baking sheet lined with baking paper. Bake them for 15 minutes, then turn them over and bake them for a further 15 minutes. Remove the slices from the oven and, when they are cool enough to handle, cut them into halfmoons. Set them aside and leave the oven on. Unlimited Prosecco, Negroni or Aperol Spritz are available for 1 hour and a half from time of arrival.

Toasted bread salad with datterini tomatoes, cucumber, red peppers, basil, capers and anchovies 234kcalInsalata mista- Mixed Italian leaves, basil, mint, cucumber and datterini tomatoes with fresh goat’s cheese and aged balsamic vinegar 110kcal Acclaimed chef Theo specialises in Italian Cuisine. Of his new book, he explained: “There’s a section on breadcrumbs, there’s a section on ricotta, there’s a section on dried porcini mushrooms. And so that kind of elevates. That’s the star point of the dish, that elevates you into these creations that I have come up with, but the idea is you kind of cook from your pantry. And that’s how I cook at home.”

Please note that our menus are subject to change depending on the availability and seasonality of the freshest ingredients.Place the meatballs in the pan on top of the sauce, evenly spaced, then transfer the pan to the oven and bake for 20 minutes, or until the meatballs are cooked through. Leave to one side for 5 minutes to cool slightly (leave the oven on). Whilst the Heinz ravioli recipe didn’t make it into Theo’s new book, he told Tom that there are plenty of fresh pasta recipes in there, and he even gave listeners one to try, describing it as, “an absolutely perfect recipe for pasta.” Pan-roasted seabass fillet with datterini tomatoes, capers and Taggiasche olives, with Swiss chard and slow-roasted Sicilian red peppers Carne For the meatballs, put all the ingredients for the meatballs (except the oil) into a large bowl and combine to form a firm, evenly distributed mixture. Chef Theo Randall joined the Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky to talk about his fourth cookbook, The Italian Pantry.

Cover your hands in olive oil, take a generous tablespoon of the mixture and roll it between your palms to form a meatball the size of a golf ball. Repeat until you have used all the mixture – you should have 16 meatballs. Place them on a tray, wash your hands and then place the tray in the fridge to firm up for 30 minutes. Insalata mista -Mixed leaf salad with fresh goat’s cheese, datterini tomatoes, cucumber, mint, basil

Hot Dinners Best Cookbooks of 2022The Times Best Food Books of 2022"I love this book, full of joyfully simple, scrumptious, honest cooking - Theo has created the most delicious dishes. The new book, which comes out on Thursday 1st September, sees Theo select ten staple Italian ingredients and create simple recipes to inspire people to cook with them. He told Tom Allen, who is in for Chris, that the idea of the book is, “ten ingredients in your pantry and the inspiration of those ten ingredients to cook from.”

From simple pasta dishes and more extravagant dinners for when you have people over, to delectable desserts and classic Italian cakes, you'll delight in Theo's take on the very best of Italian home cooking. Roasted Cornish monkfish with charlotte potatoes, fennel, thyme, garlic and crispy prosciutto with white wine, capers and parsleyRavioli di zucca-Fresh pasta stuffed with roasted delica squash, ricotta and Parmesan,with sage and butter 341kcal Ravioli di Zucca- Fresh pasta stuffed with roasted delica squash, ricotta and Parmesan with sage and butter 341kcal I love this book, full of joyfully simple, scrumptious, honest cooking – Theo has created the most delicious dishes. You won’t be able to resist."– Jamie Oliver