Cooking iPad style is becoming wildly popular, possibly because the danger is addictive. Try propping your £400 treasure up near a full washing up bowl, while hacking at broccoli, swigging wine and attempting to follow a recipe, and you’ll see what I mean.

The iPad 2 is nearing its launch and an estimated 27 million iPads will be sold in 2011. With more than 60,000 available apps (six times the amount last summer), you may wonder which food apps to download. So, we’ve narrowed down ten of the best. How? Apple representative Ted Miller said the company doesn't do interviews about specific apps or app categories, but noted "food and drink apps held many of the top spots” in the Lifestyle category for overall iPad app downloads in 2010.