What happens when you hold food to flame? It’s time to find out how a bit of fire can make your food delicous! Jay Behrouzi joins Filipino chef Rex de Guzman in London to cook his version of Chicken Inasal, a grilled delicacy from the Visayan region of the Philippines.

She next heads to Wokingham to meet her teenage idol, Filipina actress Bangs Garcia who lets us in on why she left a successful celebrity career in the Philippines behind while cooking her recipe of pork lumpia - a spring roll that steals the show at any buffet table.

We also hear about the Maillard Reaction from Melting Pot’s resident scientist Big Manny and the different ways to get a crispy outside whilst maintaining a juicy inside.

Have a go at Jay’s versions of Chicken Inasal and Lumpia:

Chicken Inasal -

Tuna Lumpia -

Melting Pot is a BBC Audio North Production for BBC Sounds Audio Lab

Written and produced by Jay Behrouzi