Pop singer-turned-cookery book author Paul Young was among the special guests.

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Her first cookery book, How to Cheat at Cooking, had been published in 1971 and, several books later, she approached the BBC with the idea for their first televised cookery course.

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Upon completion, the project hopes to deliver activities for the community such as fitness, education, ICT, craft classes and book and cookery clubs.

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