Gino served up a tasty duck risotto with mushrooms and cherry tomatoes on Gino’s Italian Escape: Hidden Italy.

The ingredients are: 6 tablespoons olive oil, 2 garlic cloves, peeled, 200g chestnut mushrooms, sliced, 2 shallots, peeled and finely sliced, 3 sprigs of fresh thyme, 2 duck breasts (about 400g total), skinned and cut into 1cm cubes, 400g Arborio, Carnaroli or Vialone Nano rice, 200ml dry white wine, 1 litre hot vegetable stock, 20 fresh red cherry tomatoes, quartered, 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley, 70g salted butter, 70g freshly grated Grana Padano cheese, plus extra to serve, Salt and freshly ground black pepper.