A family got to taste the delights of Michelin star chef Tom Kerridge’s cooking when he visited their Welsh farm.

Gumma Farm, near Presteigne, produces beef, lamb and, poultry with the latter being sold to M&S, which led Marlow-based Mr Kerridge to pay a visit to Powys.

As part of the new Tom Kerridge Cooks Britain series, filmed for ITV, Billy Davies and his family featured on episode six of the brand new series, which aired on August 6.

The show shares the name of the chef's new book.

Mr Kerridge, 51, visited Gumma Farm’s three chicken sheds, which each house 10,000 birds, drove a forklift and cooked Billy and his family a delicious meal from a recipe in the new book – he even played football with the chickens.

“They spent a day filming, taking video of him coming up the drive, taking a look outside and inside the sheds," said Mr Davies.

"He then cooked one of the recipes from his book and we sat outside in the freezing cold and ate what he cooked us.”

Mr Davies, his wife Rachel and daughters Sophie, 16, and Katie, 11, sat down to eat and were impressed with the dish of chicken thighs and peas.

“He was a really nice bloke, down to earth and he was really interested in what we were doing at the farm”, added the farm owner.

“I was quite nervous beforehand, but he made me feel at ease. He’s a big chap and had a go at driving the loader; I could definitely use him on the farm."