Mark Moriarty: Off Duty Chef

Mark dishes up four comfort classics, all based on meat. To start, there is the perfect midweek dinner: bolognese and garlic bread. He also gives an old Irish classic the five-star treatment as he makes bacon and cabbage with proper parsley sauce.

Mark puts Irelands national treasure, the potato, front and centre in four recipes, including potato and beef hotpot, crispy potatoes, mashed potatoes, and potato gratin with a butchers cut.

Mark makes some quick and tasty meals based around pasta, including a chicken and mushroom lasagna, spaghetti with shellfish, mac and cheese, and a spring green fusilli.

Mark Moriarty focuses on breads and desserts. He makes chocolate honeycomb squares, brioche garlic bread, perfect rosemary focaccia, and a chocolate souffle in a mug.

Mark focuses on making some classic dishes, including spaghetti carbonara and a carrot cake, and teaches some essential knife skills.

Mark Moriarty encourages home cooking with the humble spud as his main ingredient. He cooks a potato and beef hot pot, crispy potatoes with a twist, perfect mashed potatoes, and potato gratin with a butchers cut.

The chef demonstrates quick and tasty dishes based around pasta, including chicken and mushroom lasagne, spaghetti with shellfish, garlic and chilli, and macaroni cheese.