California Prune Board Ambassador Peter Sidwell, is a chef, baker, TV presenter, author, and innovator of all things food related. Peter has been a chef all his working life and over the years has developed a simple, fresh and innovative way of cooking which focuses on the importance of fine ingredients and technical know-how to ensure the best results.
Peter has travelled the world cooking, talking and demonstrating his approach and explaining how and why it works so well for all manner of food offerings. Peter works both with chefs, consumers, food producers and retailers to innovate, create process or refine procurement.

Working from his new innovation centre in England’s beautiful Lake District, Peter and his team create exciting, attractive and mouth-watering new recipes with digital content, showcasing the delicious flavour and versatility of California Prunes.

California Prune & Orange Hot Cross Buns

California Prune & Orange Hot Cross BunsA healthy and inspirational take on the traditional Hot Cross Bun Makes: 10Prep Time: 1 hour 35 minutesCook Time: 25 minutesEMAIL PIN SHARE INGREDIENTS  For the buns: 500g strong flour 50/50 wholemeal/white 200ml green tea 7g yeast 7g salt 50g caster sugar 150ml milk 140g California Prunes, finely chopped…

Californiaires Shortbread

Californiaires ShortbreadMakes: 15 squaresPrep Time: 50 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutesEMAIL PIN SHARE INGREDIENTS  For the base: 250g butter 125g sugar 1 egg yolk 1 tsp vanilla 375g plain flour Zest of one orange For the Cailfornia Prunes filling: 300ml California Prune Juice 300g California Prunes 1 tsp vanilla extract 30g creme fraiche 20g icing…