Lazy bank holiday brunch: Try Chris Barber's quick and easy pesto baked eggs

A brunch in minutes made from store cupboard ingredients

For a quick and easy brunch try pesto baked eggs from Easy by Chris Baber (Ebury Press, £16.99). 

Growing up in the northeast of England, Chris Baber was always obsessed with food – but he never thought he’d actually be able to make it into a career.

“I’m not from a massive foodie family,” he admits. “We had good, home-cooked food, but by no means was it MasterChef – it was spag bol, cottage pie, roast dinners – the classics.” Baber has fond memories of food, particularly going to his granddad’s house on the weekends. He recalls being in the kitchen with him – “and I guarantee there’d be music, he’d be having a good time cooking, dancing, enjoying it. I could see he enjoyed the process, and I loved being part of that. I could see how much satisfaction he got from serving us as a family,” Baber adds.