Power of a single flower
The Grandiflora Magnolia is one of the finest trees. It stands tall and majestic outside our front door shading us in the heat of the summer and sending out a firework display of enormous fragrant flowers for months.
Welcome To My World
Going Green
There is an abundance of figs this summer and I like to serve them quite simply quartered. The best way to showcase them is on a large platter, I really like the depth of the green one here, it adds an earthiness to the ripe darkness of the fruit.
COLLETTE’S KITCHEN
I picked these broad beans last night in my vegetable garden. I was going to add them to a salad but ended up blanching them and creating a new bruschetta.
SUMMER FLOWERS MAKE ME HAPPY
Summer is almost here, and the tall foxgloves, delphiniums and bushes of lavender are starting to bloom.
MAKING OUR OLIVE OIL
Every late October or early November, we harvest the olives at our home in Puglia, which is surrounded by olive groves.
READ ALL ABOUT IT: SANTA LOVES AUSTRALIA
I have always loved reading, there is nothing to beat the powerful, magical world that a good book provides.
PODCAST MUSINGS
If you have time to spare, I have now done three podcasts. They really are meanderings and thoughts about life, my learnings.
GIVING AS GOOD AS YOU GET
I have always believed in supporting people. At the beginning of Masterchef we were all invited to choose a charity and so I decided to work with Hope Delivery.
THE MAGIC OF MASTERCHEF
I suppose I decided to go on the show for fun. What was I thinking! It has been one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, forget showing in Paris…