“I would eat it on Christmas Day. It’s that good.”
James replied: “When your team spoke to me about dishes, and asked what I wanted to do, I said well we lost the legend Gary Rhodes in late November and Michel Roux Senior in March this year.
“Both I worked with, they were friends of mine who I worked with and had even worked with Michel this year.
“There are so many iconic dishes they both did, and this is right up there. It’s one of my favourite, favourite dishes. I’m glad you like it, it is amazing.”