Aghadowey's TV chef and broadcaster Paula McIntyre returns with new series of her 'Hamely Kitchen'

In this four-part series, made with the support of Northern Ireland Screen’s Ulster-Scots Broadcast Fund, Tom Read Wilson, Andi Osho, Carol Kirkwood and Holly Hamilton brave the elements to join Paula for a barbeque and a ‘blether’ in her outdoor kitchen.

Paula says: “I'm delighted to be back on the north coast for a fifth series of Hamely Kitchen.

“As well as cooking in the Hamely Kitchen, we’re heading outdoors for some cooking over an open fire with celebrity guests. I’m very excited about this different element of the new series.”

In episode one, television personality and author Tom Read Wilson joins Paula on the outdoor terrace to make cider-glazed lamb chops with mint brown butter, blackened leeks and crunchy sugar snap peas.

Back in the kitchen, Paula whips up a tasty mushroom, potato and onion pie, served with a pickled walnut ketchup. She then bakes a traditional caramel nut cake with a pecan topping and ‘droothed’ apples sprinkled with a unique ‘whin flower salt’.

In the second episode, Paula cooks for Blue Lights actor Andi Osho and takes the humble sausage to a whole new level with beef sausage kebabs, ‘neeps on sticks’ (turnip kebabs) and smoky onion wedges.

Andi - who is also a published author, a stand-up comedian and television presenter - is a keen home cook who specialises in West African delicacies.

Later in the series Paula is joined by former BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkword and broadcaster Holly Hamilton.

Paula and Carol whip up some signature hearty fare with a warming roast carrot dish topped with a soda bread crumb, kimchi butter and sheep’s cheese topping. And Holly helps Paula to make a smoked fish pie.

Throughout the series Paula also rustles up a warm salad of local beetroot, pickled blackberries, roasted hazelnuts and crispy blue cheese balls, gives mackerel a modern makeover with a ‘Scandi twist’, and makes a ham hock soup served with a ham and cheese soda bread toastie.

Paula also ‘hokes’ about in the cookery archives to bring her very own twist to a traditional traybake. And for those with a sweet tooth, Paula also makes her own version of the classic pavlova, with sloe gin roast pears, and a gooey warm treacle tart with rhubarb and custard.

Paula McIntyre’s Hamely Kitchen, made by Clean Slate TV for BBC Northern Ireland, starts Friday 27 November at 7.30pm on BBC One Northern Ireland and BBC iPlayer. The full series will be available to watch from Friday 27 November.