“I used to rave but now I roast” is a very odd title for a make-away kit, but this is an unusual chef combination: Sheffield based chef Luke French and multi-platinum selling UK rapper Professor Green (aka Stephen Manderson). The food-obsessed musician and rising star chef have teamed up with top food distributer Finish & Feast to offer the ultimate Sunday Roast dinner.  We all love a Sunday roast and when I saw the menu I decided I had to order a kit at £74 plus £6 delivery.  Finish & Feast’s couriers made a mistake on my delivery, but, most impressively, one of F&F’s staff drove down to personally deliver my box!  What great service.

The main course part of the meal featured rolled dry-aged rib of beef, which I pan seared and basted for around 3 minutes, then placed in the oven for 6 minutes, and rested for 10.  The meat was supported by a huge beef fat  Yorkshire pudding (3 minutes in the oven), beef fat roast potatoes (45 minutes), truffled cauliflower cheese with beef fat breadcrumbs (15 minutes), carrots with parsley butter, sprouting broccoli with smoked butter, and cabbage with bacon lardons (all 10 minutes). Plus there was a gravy to reheat in a pan.

I really appreciated the extra little treats of baby jars of strong horseradish cream, and little tins of smoked Malden salt.

For me the rolled rib of beef was a bit sinewy but it had great flavour. The potatoes were surprisingly good, I thought the cauliflower cheese had a good punchy flavour and the carrots and broccoli were very nice and still al dente.  The cabbage was good and the Yorkshire was brilliantly crisp.  And everything was brought together by a lovely fruity gravy, enhanced with tarragon.  My plate of food was a fine example of a Sunday roast 9/10

For dessert we had a miso sticky toffee pudding (10 minutes in the oven), “no churn” vanilla ice cream, and a heated rich toffee sauce.  The pudding was delicious; the miso worked very well with the rich date flavours. The “no churn” ice cream was a revelation; smooth, creamy and not a hint of ice crystals or graining.  As is the way with sticky toffee pudding, this was a very rich and filling dessert.  9/10

 Overall this oddly-named meal kit provided a delicious and filling Sunday dinner. It didn’t seek to be a deconstructed fancy restaurant meal, just a very good Sunday roast dinner, and it definitely succeeded.  It’s possible that you or I might be able to make it all ourselves, but I for one would struggle to bring meat and five vegetables and gravy together on time without a lot of stress. Weekend stress reduction must be welcomed, so I’ve already reordered one of these kits! 9/10