BBC - Kew on a Plate (2015) Part 3 Autumn
Kew on a Plate
Michelin-starred chef Raymond Blanc, together with Kate Humble, has been given the unique opportunity to spend a year at the most famous botanical gardens at Kew to re-establish the long-lost kitchen gardens that once provided produce for the royal table from George II to Queen Victoria.
Part 3: Autumn
It's autumn and the vegetable garden is set to produce a bumper harvest. Kate Humble finds out why the tomato was once considered a deadly poison, while Raymond Blanc makes a salad using some of their crop. The chef also sets up a mushroom farm in Kew's old ice house, while Kate finds out how the pineapple was grown in Georgian Britain and local children help harvest pumpkins for Halloween. Plus, Kate tries her hand at traditional cider-making and Raymond rounds off the season by making an apple charlotte.
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