Whether you’re holding a dinner party for some friends or you’re a professional caterer, the presentation will be an essential part of giving your guests the perfect culinary experience. If the presentation is right, they are far more likely to enjoy what they are eating.

The kind of presentation you choose will, of course, depend on the types of food being served. However, even if it is a casual buffet, there is still a lot that can be done with your presentation. Consider serving food on wooden boards rather than the usual disposable platters – they will be easy to clean and they are practical, but they will look elegant as well.

It’s often the case that simplicity is key. Don’t go overboard with your presentation and just make sure your food looks delicious! A presentation that is too fussy will end up distracting people and they won’t get the most out of what they are eating.

Who doesn’t love a good semolina? Easy to make and very tasty, it’s a perfect, light snack. Check out our how to guide and try it out. Let us know how you get on.

Place the semolina and 50ml of the milk into a large microwave-safe bowl and mix into a smooth paste. Gradually add the rest of the milk and the vanilla extract and stir well. Cook in the microwave on full power for 4 minutes and stir well (timing based on an 800W microwave). Cook for a further 2 minutes, add the sugar and stir. Cook for 1 more minute and stir. Leave to stand for 2 minutes before serving.

Shrove Tuesday, which is more commonly known as Pancake Day is a day in February or March which precedes Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent if you did not realise this. The reason why Shrove Tuesday is celebrated in many countries by consuming pancakes is due to celebrating giving up something for lent.

It is very easy to prepare pancakes, specifically making the mixture. Pancake mixture is made from flour, milk and one egg, stirring together to create essentially a batter mix. This batter mix is then normally poured in small amounts onto a hot fry pan with a small amount of butter. This will stop the mixture sticking to the pan whilst the pancake cooks. Then the fun part, flipping the pancake to generate an even cook on each side. Either use a flipping action with the frying pan or flip it with a spatula. Serve, sugar and lemon juice – perfect pancakes!

When it comes to enjoying Salmon, you have a variety of options to chose from. For example you can buy the pre cut fillets from supermarkets that are nicely packaged which will cost around £4 for 500g. This is fairly expensive and you will see why later on in this article.

However if you go to the supermarkets fish monger, you will notice that there is a whole abundance on fish on offer, especially whole salmon’s that have been gutted (removal of all internal organs). You will notice that the price will be significantly cheaper especially when there is an offer on (£5 per kg for example). If you buy the whole salmon the trick is it to ask for it filleted as this will cost you no extra money and many people don’t realise that they’ll do this free of charge. Therefore don’t spend large amounts of the pre-packaged stuff, go down to the supermarkets fish monger and buy heaps of it!