Watercress on Jamie & Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
In the brand new series of Channel 4’s Jamie & Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast watercress joins a star-studded list including Ant & Dec, Taron Egerton, Susan Sarandon, Mel B, Mary Berry and many more.
For the episode featuring us and watercress, Comedian Rob Beckett joins Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty to discover the wonders of watercress and try the Guinness World Record Watercress-Eating Competition. The boys also visit one of our Alresford watercress farms and learn exactly what’s involved in growing the unique and healthy crop…as you can imagine, it got a bit competitive!
The episode is due to air on Channel 4, Friday the 17th January at 8pm….watch this space for more details and check out the series trailer below:
Looking for something to grow in your kitchen garden? BBC Gardener’s World speak to 9 year old Harvey who is growing watercress at home.
Escape To The Country visit M.D. Tom Amery on our Dorset watercress farm to learn more about the rich food scene in Dorset.
The annual Alresford Watercress Festival appears on ITV Meridian – get a snapshot of what a fresh and fun family day out it is!
Chef Phil Vickery cooks live on This Morning from our Hampshire Farm – a delicious watercress pesto sauce served with salmon.
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What do Celebs think of watercress?
Our montage below showcases a range of celebs both on and off our farms all enjoying watercress!
The Watercress Company on TV
The watercress company has appeared many times on the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Chefs and personalities featured include Jamie Oliver, Raymond Blanc, Mary Berry, James Martin, Sir terry Wogan and Kate Humble.
Terry and Mason’s great food trip - Terry and Mason make a visit to the watercress farms to see how its grown and try some in a pie. Later they visit a restaurant and sample some wasabi brought to them by Tom.
Great British Railway Journeys - Michael Portillo speaks to Tom about the watercress grown on the farms and then goes for a ride on the watercress line.
Classic Mary Berry - Mary talks to Penny Ede about watercress and makes some watercress soup
Saturday Kitchen - Raymond Blanc meets Tom at The Watercress Company farm to talk about Watercress and cooks classic watercress soup.
Back To The Land - Kate Humble meets Jon and Tom to investigate the wasabi growing at The Wasabi Company.
Countryfile, 2013. James Wong visits the Watercress Company to discuss how it farms watercress
Back To The Land - Kate goes to the packing facilities at The Wasabi Company and visits a restaurant with Jon to taste the fresh wasabi.
Commissioned by the COOP for Love British food, Liz Earl presents an interview with Tom at Waddock, Dorchester
Saturday Kitchen - James Harper explains how watercress is harvested. He also discusses the many ways watercress is used including Cerne Abbas Brewery's Watercress Warrior beer!
Saturday Kitchen - Tim Anderson goes to the Wasabi growing beds and checks out how the crop is being used to make Wasabi Vodka.
CBBC, Down On The Farm - JB comes to The Watercress Company and gets to do a bit of harvesting. The kids with him get to wrap up some watercress in presentation bags.
A Place In The Country - Alistair opens the program with a short piece from the farms in Hampshire, and explains a bit about watercress.
Countrywise - Paul visits The Watercress Company farms to see how its produced, talks to Shawn and Penny Ede, and finally takes a ride on the Lord Nelson, a steam train on the original watercress line.