Broadcasting
‘If you love wine, follow Susie & Peter. Legends and the best in the business.’ Laila Rouass, actress and keen amateur cook.
When it comes to telly and radio, it’s a privilege to be able to work with so many talented, brilliant people constantly finding new and exciting ways to put food and drink on the airwaves and screen.
Along with Susie, I’m a regular wine presenter on BBC1′s Saturday Kitchen, reaching up to three million viewers, with our wine recommendations often selling out as a result. Other TV credits include:
- Taste (Sky One)
- Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (BBC2)
- The Alan Tichmarsh Show (ITV1)
- Market Kitchen (BBC2/UKTV Food)
- FA Cup Final breakfast show (ESPN)
- Daily Cooks (ITV1)
- Great Food Live (UKTV Food)
- Food Uncut (UKTV Food)
I’ve created a short compilation of clips from my appearances on Saturday Kitchen, which you can find by clicking on ‘Saturday Kitchen’ on the menu (top left). Here’s a taster clip for illustrative purposes (filmed at the London International Wine Fair in London’s Docklands in May 2012, working with a cheeky James Bond theme…)
Radio credits include:
BBC Radio 4: The Food Programme, You & Yours- BBC Radio Five Live
- BBC Radio Two: Simon Mayo Drivetime
- BBC Radio London
- BBC Radio Solent
To hear a clip of Peter on BBC Radio 4, click here.
If you’d like to see a showreel, please get in touch.
To see Peter’s recent TV clips/podcasts and other videos, click here.
A few choice reactions to Peter’s TV recommendations:
‘Inspired’ (Vivek Singh via twitter)
‘Bless Peter!’ (Gennardo Contaldo gets messianic after a great match)
“mmmmm” (Antonio Carluccio, celebrity chef and author)
“It’s red, it’s alcoholic…it’s good enough for me.” (Jo Brand, TV comic)
“Absolutely delicious”, “he’s on fire”, “spectacular choices”, “great combination”, “unbelievable value”, “one of the best wines we’ve had on the show” (James Martin, celebrity chef and Saturday Kitchen presenter)
“absolutely beautiful, that”, “gorgeous” (Samantha Janus, actress – I took it she was referring to the wine)
“Fantastic”, “oozes quality, sophisticated” (Michael Caines, Michelin-starred chef, Gidleigh Park and Abode – see comments as per Samantha Janus)
“Pretty strong” (Pat Cash, tennis star and pundit)
“Amazing: i don’t know how these guys do this, they don’t go and cook this dish, they just look at the ingredients, and they can see what the dominant ingredients are and they pair the character of wine to it. It fits like a glove, delicious…Some of these ingredients are quite difficult to match. But he’s just picked it out.” “Amazing” “Peter’s got this bang on…he’s matched it to the aromatics, the slight sweetness and acidity. Quite a difficult thing to find.” “beautiful, ready to drink, fantastic, absolutely perfect … really terrific” (Paul Rankin, celebrity chef and wine connoisseur)
“really good, connects really well with the steak..amazing!” “another winner – great combination” (Alex James, rock star and cheese maker)
“Delicious, really delicious, really good choice”, “Absolutely lovely – a steal” (Galton Blackiston, Michelin-starred chef, Morston Hall)
“That kind of thing should be in an engine” (James Martin clearly doesn’t like dry sherry)
“great”, “delicious, goes really nicely” (Theo Randall, high-profile chef)
“this is fantastic” (Vivek Singh, head chef, The Cinnamon Club)
