Welcome back to Fridge Raid, the delicious. interview series where people from all walks of life answer our nosiest food questions. Each week, we ask people to reveal the quirky realities of how they really eat – and the food experiences that shaped them.

Our guest this week is food legend Ainsley Harriott, one of the all-time-great TV chefs. He’s been exploring the kitchen gardens of three historic properties – Cambridgeshire’s Wimpole Estate, Tyntesfield in Somerset and Norfolk’s Blickling Estate – for new ITV series Ainsley’s National Trust Cook Off. Each episode, two guest chefs compete to create a winning dish using the gardens’ produce – judged by National Trust volunteers.

Ainsley shares how he likes his eggs (you’ll never guess), memories of his mother’s veg patch and what keeps him excited after 30 years on our screens…