Valentine became widely known when he presented the very successful ‘What to Eat Now’ on BBC 2. Since then he has four published cookbooks, writes a column for delicious magazine, and has appeared in, or presented, a number of television shows including, Coast to Coast, Market Kitchen, Saturday Kitchen, The Great British Food Revival, My Kitchen and most recently Valentine Warner Eats the Sixties.

A very talented chef who loves and embraces local and seasonal food, Valentine is a great champion of British asparagus and has created the delicious recipes below.