Jamie's Feasts for a Fiver

Jamie starts the series with a comforting chicken hotpot and a flavour-packed, budget-friendly quick fish curry. He creates an incredible French toast crumpet brunch and a show-stopping almond and pear dessert. Plus, Gennaro Contaldo pops in to share his recipe for Sardinian hand-pleated pasta, culurzones, proving that traditional techniques save money and elevate everyday ingredients!

Jamie proves budget cooking is beautiful with caprese chicken burgers and golden spinach pies made with simple homemade pastry. He then elevates overlooked ingredients into a luxurious pork & fennel white ragu. Plus, there's a comforting, retro tinned peach cobbler, and guest chef Anissa Helou shares her soulful Lebanese chickpea dish, madfüneh.

Jamie shows that with just a few simple tricks you can create big flavour without the hefty price tag. From his Thai red chicken & squash traybake and Sardine puttanesca, to Homemade bagels and a Tinned cherry chocolate mousse – all brilliantly low cost, and totally delicious! Plus, guest chef Gulu Anand shares his spectacular North Indian Punjabi masala chicken.