Roux Down the River

Michel Roux starts his journey at his family's riverside restaurant and Heston Blumenthal's pub. Plus he cooks up lobster ravioli and venison pies.

In Henley, Michel visits a local butcher, farmer's market and a chocolate fuelled café. He also cooks a duck burger, cheese and ham pie, and lemon tarts.

Michel goes fishing with an old friend and makes an alfresco fish dish by the river. Plus, he makes watercress soup, a winter salad, and roast apples.

Michel arrives in London, where he goes mud larking and visits a 500-year-old pub. He cooks pan roast chicken, mussel stew and pear and plum crumble.

In Southend, Michel meets a family of fishmongers and chefs keeping it local. Plus, he makes scallop curry, prawn toast, and fried custard beignets.