UKTV and nine graduates from Fifteen, the Jamie Oliver founded London restaurant that runs a pioneering chef apprentice scheme, have teamed up for a special project in which they share a range of cooking methods on the Good Food website.

The techniques, from blind baking to making salsa verde, are designed to help both beginners and confident cooks learn some essential kitchen secrets.

The idea came about as part of UKTV’s support for the work of Fifteen which recruits hard-to-reach young people and offers them the chance to train as chefs. They were filmed at Lewisham College, where the trainee chefs spend part of their training studying for their NVQ2.

In addition to its work with young people, Fifteen’s chefs and apprentices often go out into the community leading workshops and training sessions on a wide range of food related topics. Fifteen reached 2,000 people in this way last year and the UKTV techniques will help the organisation to reach many more.

Wendy Richmond, Communications Manager, Fifteen says: “Quite a few of the chefs on the film have only graduated in the last year and it’s fantastic to see them being the teachers, sharing their knowledge in this way. We are very proud of them and hope that website visitors will find the techniques helpful when they’re next tackling a recipe.”

Jane Mote, Director of New Media, Lifestyle and Factual, UKTV says: “We love the work that Fifteen does and wanted to find a way to help the trainees grow their presentation skills by becoming the trainers of the nation through our website. These ‘how-to’ videos are a great addition to our very popular library of useful cooking techniques already on goodfoodchannel.co.uk.”

The success of the former trainees at Fifteen is epitomised by Aaron Craze, who now has his own television series on Good Food; Rude Boy Food and is a regular on the channel’s daily TV show Market Kitchen.

The young chefs taking part in this project include:

• Meringues - Julian Bailey, graduated 2009
• Cutting techniques - Barnaby Benbow, graduated 2008
• Tortelloni & Blind Baking - Steve Estevez, graduated 2009
• Meatballs - Joe Gray, graduated 2005
• Mayonnaise - Carlton Henry, graduated 2008
• Salsa Verde - Trina Lewis, graduated, 2009
• Cooking steak - Daniel Parish, graduated 2009
• Knife sharpening  & ravioli- James Santrey, graduated 2009
• Pesto - Sandy Simmons, graduated 2009

Click here to view the Fifteen 'how to' videos