On BBC Food on DStv this month there’s another exciting line up of South African chefs in Off the Menu, who serve up a tantalising taste of their culinary skills for the studio contestants. Join Ainsley Harriott and local chefs from The Restaurant in Cape Town, Osteria Tre Nonni in Johannesburg, and The Singing Fig in Johannesburg.

Jamie Oliver is back with A Night in with Jamie. See him in excerpts from The Naked Chef, Oliver’s Twist, Pukka Tuck and Friends for Dinner.

For busy people, who find themselves not having enough time to cook, watch Dinner in a Box and see how to cut corners but still manage to obtain the most glamorous and tasty food at maximum speed.

The Thirsty Traveller takes the viewer on a journey into the heart of the world's greatest wine, beer and spirit producing regions with host Kevin Brauch who visits the Port lodges of Oporto in Portugal, learns the secrets of Grappa in the spectacular and historic landscapes of Northern Italy, and samples the time-honoured product of a steam-powered cider mill in Connecticut. Then onto the exotic trail of such treasures as German Schnapps, Chilean wine, aromatic bitters, Brazilan Cachaca, Plymouth Gin, Russian vodka and Scandinavian Acquavit.

If your partner or the rest of the household want to watch sport or something boring, then treat yourself to a dual DStv decoder, then everyone is happy!