It's one thing to produce an entirely new portfolio of recipes for Tesco's range of fresh Oriental meals, but quite another to be able to collaborate with a master. We are therefore thrilled that Ken Hom, quite simply the world's leading authority on Chinese food, agreed to work with us on this project.

Early testing of Ken's recipes in the Tesco kitchens got off to a great start but it wasn't until Ken himself walked in, we knew we had the makings of a truly marvellous range of authentic, quality Chinese made-meals.

He made subtle but important changes to the way we were doing things. So, now we fry our garlic and fresh ginger for a more toasted flavour and use more fresh lemon and orange zest to lift the final dish.

Ken also brought a completely new ingredient to the table. Called Chee Hou sauce and similar to a deliciously spicy hoisin sauce, it adds a fantastic meaty flavour where it's needed. We swapped sugar for richer plum sauce and black rice vinegar instead of normal vinegar, and together, these two ingredients alone achieve a wonderfully complex sweet and sour flavour.

However, any range of Chinese can be judged alone on its aromatic duck and ours is superb. Hand-rubbed with Ken's unique blend of spices, the ducks are left to marinate before being hung in a special flame-grill oven to roast slowly and carefully to get that succulent meat and parchment-crisp skin.

What we have achieved is a range of meals that taste exactly like they should, simply because we are using authentic ingredients and cooking them in an authentic way. Ken agrees. “What I like most is Tesco's passion for getting it right. The commitment is impressive, and what we have created together has truly set a new standard. It's hard to believe this is Chinese food straight off the supermarket shelf."

The range includes all the dishes you love like meaty spare ribs, crunchy spring rolls and wontons to start, sweet and sour chicken, punchy chilli beef and prawns, egg fried rice and chow mein.

The Ken Hom range of oriental prepared meals is now availble exclusively from Tesco. See the range here.