Puffed with pride for a stunning joint effort

AS A keen home cook being invited to an exclusive masterclass on how Tesco has created the most luxurious dish in its Chef's Collection was too good an opportunity to pass on.

- JON COATES

Tesco's Finest Beef Wellington was developed by its executive chef Jamie Robinson and Russ Sanders, innovation chef for Hilton Food Group.

They welcomed me to their R&D hub at the supermarket giant's head office in Welwyn Garden City last week, which resembles the top restaurant kitchens seen in TV shows like MasterChef - a sea of gleaming silver gadgets, wooden chopping boards and ovens, without the shouting.

Jamie and Russ, who both started their culinary careers in top restaurant kitchens, have spent 18 months perfecting the processes to make a restaurant-quality Wellington for customers to cook at home.