Valentine unpacks the best ingredients for the perfect picnic. He reveals his top five picnic tips, searches out salad leaves for the ultimate summer salad, ‘bigs up’ the broad bean and bakes the sweetest cake. Don’t waste time and money eating tasteless food flown from thousands of miles away. The best way to eat is to eat food that is in season – it is plentiful, cheap, packed full of flavour and, cooked Valentine’s way, it is always absolutely delicious.