One of the questions I am asked is how does one prepare a fried or grilled meal so that everything is ready at the same time. The answer is simple, of course... one doesn't! Because a fry-up often involves many different foods that cook at different rates and at different temperatures using different methods, it's seldom possible to time everything to finish cooking simultaneously. In fact for those of us with just one grill pan and one frying pan, it is impossible!

The secret is to cook everything in the right order. For example, a cooked egg should be eaten immediately, so it should be cooked last. A sausage, however, will keep warm without any noticeable difference in taste, so cook your sausages first. A typical full fried meal might be cooked as follows...