We asked favourite food lovers and delicious. fans on social media about the

blowout they’ve been dreaming of these past weeks... Prepare to get hungry

R

ecently, food has become

an undeniable source

of comfort for the nation.

But alongside the back-of-the-

storecupboard suppers and

increasingly creative baking

(sourdough discard trifle,

anyone?), there are other meals

occupying our minds. The ones

we can’t eat just now.

That beloved restaurant, scene

of so many special dinners; the

favourite street food van that’s

always worth the queue; the

destination bakery you make

a beeline for on holiday; or even

just a fry-up at the local caff

where they remember exactly

how you like your toast... Among

the many things we’ve learned to

appreciate in lockdown is that

eating out is about so much more

than just paying someone else to

do the washing up (although we’ll

never take that for granted again).

And it’s not just eating out

you might be missing most. It

could be the suddenly exotic

pleasure of having friends

or family round for a big

Sunday roast. Time for

some gratuitous detail.

1 MEAL

ST

WHEN

WHAT’S THE

YOU’LLEAT

ALL THIS

IS OVER?

I’m intent on going to Kerridge’s Bar & Grill at the Corinthia

Hotel in London. It was meant to be the venue for an episode of

my podcast, Out To Lunch – and nothing would signify to me that

life had started again better than being able to eat that cancelled

meal. What’s more, I can’t think of anyone better to feed me

than Tom Kerridge. The first post-lockdown meal requires

big-fisted flavours and he’s brilliant at those. The braised beef

pie with sauce Diane, clotted cream mash and fried ox tongue

has to be in my future. JAY RAYNER, WRITER AND BROADCASTER

The thing I’m most

missing is being looked

after by other people.

I want to go to my

favourite café,

Caper & Cure

in Bristol, for an oat-milk

flat white made by the

owner, Giles. He won’t need

to take my order – he knows

what I like. I might get a bit

tearful as I drink it! FOOD

WRITER ELLY CURSHEN (AKA ELLIE PEAR)

An important thing

will be to surround

myself with a buzzy

atmosphere. My first

evening out would be

to The Ivy in Tunbridge

Wells with my dear friends Saad and

Anna. We’ll drink cosmopolitans

with truffle arancini, then no

doubt some beautiful red wine

such as a pommard. Scallops

for a starter, then a really good

aged steak. For pudding, the

tarte tatin. TV CHEF ROSEMARY SHRAGER

CAROLINE GREENE @CAROGREENEBXLS

Frites mayonnaise and ramen.

Not at the same time.

CG @GIGI6630

Fish and chips by the sea with

all the family. There’s nothing better,

but how good it will taste being able

to smell that lovely sea air and have

cuddles with the family.

ANNA BLEWETT @ANNIE_KNOWSBEST

A hideously salty takeaway.

We’re all home-cooked out here!