What do you do when BMW offers to teach you how to cook? You may well think there may have been a bit of a mix-up, but obviously, if you’re the sort of person who looks for the cooking instructions on an egg, then you’ll go along with it. So I did. It provided a top chef, Steven Saunders, Michelin-starred and commendably tolerant, and its nice compact SUV/estate car to transport me to my journey of culinary discovery. Both went well, I’m pleased to say.
The idea was that even the most indolent old curmudgeon (I like to think I was hand-picked) should be inspired to adopt an “active lifestyle” by the new BMW 2 Series Active Tourer, a smart but pricey little car which is a kind of 1 Series on platform shoes, a sort of hybrid of a small estate car, a people carrier (though only for five) and an SUV. BMW has a poll that purposes to show that 68 per cent “feel more driven than ever to embrace life and step out of their comfort zone to try new things”. Apparently, skydiving and conquering a mountain range are among the top ambitions. If you say so, lads.
