Making the most of ingredients, limiting waste, and cooking from scratch help to keep a kitchen frugal, as Mary proves that watching pennies does not have to mean sacrificing flavor. School Chef of the Year Holly Charnock shows how she recreates her award-winning recipes for schoolchildren on a budget. Mary then visits Cackleberry Farm to learn about the useful and economical egg.

Full of foolproof recipes and shortcuts for inexperienced cooks, this episode aims to build confidence in the kitchen. Mary demonstrates an easy stir fry, a simple salmon burger, and a delectable sponge dessert before meeting with the Men’s Pie Club, a group set up to combat social isolation. Then she joins a pair of food-blogging brothers as they teach their cousins how to make family recipes.

Mary and her daughter, Annabel, head to Carmarthen Bay with forager Craig Evans, who has vast knowledge of edible plants. Mary then travels to Cumbria to meet Harrison, “The Fell Foodie,” who roasts a seabass followed by a lemon and blueberry cake all made from scratch on a camp stove near an idyllic stream. Finally, Mary rustles up her family’s favorites, including Paradise Chocolate Cake.

“The more the merrier” is a motto Mary Berry lives by, as do the team from Homebaked Bakery, who feed the hordes attending Liverpool FC soccer games. On a smaller scale is Andrews, who can smore more than 400 lbs. of meat a night in his suburban backyard.

A new series with host Berry sharing the joy of our obsession with food, from cooking and growing to sharing it. She meets up with some of Britain’s most passionate cooks and growers who share their stories and reveal the power food has to change lives and shape futures.