1. From pre–balled tri–colour melon to hand–tied bundles of frozen haricots verts, from olive oil mash to ready–poached egg and ready–to–use Hollandaise sauce, every short cut can be delivered to the kitchen door.

2. Like lazy domestic cooks who pop out to the shops for a boxed ready–meal, chef only needs the catalogue and phone number for nationwide catering suppliers such as Brakes, who supply all the above mentioned dishes, and who promise a "superior taste, performance and appearance that will delight both you and your customers", or 3663 (the numbers spell out "FOOD" when dialled on a phone), which offers "the complete food service". These outfits will do all the chef‘s work, delivering to the kitchen door every shortcut from pre–balled tri–colour melon, hand–tied bundles of frozen haricots verts, olive oil mash, ready poached egg and ready–to–use Hollandaise sauce to fully prepared dishes such as paella, Malaysian beef rendang, lamb with dumplings in cider sauce, asparagus and lemon risotto, braised lamb with flageolets, three cheese pasta and broccoli bake, and whole William pears with stalks on baked in red wine.