Night in with Marco Pierre

First, the good news for all those lovers of fine dining - celebrity chef Marco Pierre White is going to prepare restaurant-quality food for you to eat in your own home.

The bad news for anyone whose culinary skills do not extend further than making toast is that you will still have to cook the food yourself.

White, 41, the youngest chef to win three Michelin stars, has promised to bring his stamp of quality to supermarket ready meals.

Food fans will be able to pick up the sort of fancy dishes on offer at White's restaurants, such as The Mirabelle, in London's Mayfair.

The chef has worked with fitness trainer to the stars Matt Roberts in a bid to come up with meals that will keep you both fit and healthy.

White, of course, will not be doing much other than devising the ingredients and recipes for starters, main courses and desserts. It will be left to others at his company, Corone Products, to measure out the ingredients and package them for the shops.

Vegetables will come washed and chopped, and fish and meats will be ready for cooking.

'The prices will be at the top end of the supermarket scale, but we are anxious to keep them affordable for the masses,' said Corone director John Roberts. They will be ideal, for instance, for couples with children who want a treat at the end of the week but can't get out to a restaurant.'

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