I was fortunate to win a prize from the BBC for my Champ Masala recipe in '03. The prize was a long weekend in the company of Thane Prince and Sara Fox at Aldeburgh Cookery School, Suffolk. What a hoot these ladies are. Serious about food but fun to be with, they are a class act. And what's more, I actually learnt something as well - brilliant. Check out their site to find out about them and their school.
"...being a Chile-Head is a serious business. It means expressing a devotion to all things Chile pepper related; not just 'how hot?', but the length of the 'burn', the after-taste, the growing, harvesting and cooking of chiles."