Best Home Cook (previously Britain's Best Home Cook) is a competitive cooking show produced by KEO Films and distributed internationally by Endemol Shine Group. It premiered on BBC One on 3 May 2018, presented by Claudia Winkleman, with judges Mary Berry, Chris Bavin, and Dan Doherty.[1] A second series, with "Britain's" dropped from the title and Angela Hartnett replacing Doherty, returned in January 2020.[2] The series was created in the wake of Berry's previous show, The Great British Bake Off, departing the BBC for Channel 4,[3] and has received mixed reviews from critics.[4] The programme was axed in 2022.[5]
| Best Home Cook | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Cooking Reality |
| Presented by | Claudia Winkleman |
| Judges | Mary Berry (2018–2021) Chris Bavin (2018–2021) Angela Hartnett (2020–2021) Dan Doherty (2018) |
| Composers | Matthew Cracknell Peter Nickalls |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Claire Nosworthy |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | KEO Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 3 May 2018 – 17 February 2021 |
Series 1 (2018)
editCooks
edit| Cook | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyrus Kay | 27 | Wine consultant and entrepreneur | York |
| Dipa Jakhu | 44 | Civil servant | Wolverhampton |
| Fiona Hamill | 59 | Retired shop keeper | County Down, Northern Ireland |
| Josie Ingram | 37 | Wealth client executive | Glasgow |
| Katie Davies | 32 | Police emergency call handler and dispatcher | Neath, Wales |
| Philip Friend | 48 | Maths teacher | Surrey |
| Pippa Middlehurst | 28 | Oncology research biobank technician | Salford |
| Queta "Q" Double | 38 | Children's A&E nurse | Balcombe, West Sussex |
| Tobi Akingbolagun | 27 | Compliance manager | London |
| Trevor Jones | 29 | Farmer | Kent |
Elimination table
edit| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Pippa | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | ULT | E | WINNER | ||||||||
| Dipa | E | E | E | ULT | ULT | E | E | RUNNERS-UP | |||||||
| Philip | E | ULT | E | E | ULT | E | |||||||||
| Tobi | ULT | E | ULT | E | E | OUT | |||||||||
| Katie | ULT | ULT | ULT | OUT | |||||||||||
| Trevor | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Cyrus | ULT | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Josie | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Q | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Fiona | OUT | ||||||||||||||
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
- The cook got through to the next round.
- (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
- (OUT) The cook was eliminated.
Series 2 (2020)
editCooks
edit| Cook | Age | Occupation | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ayo Salau | 28 | Accountant | London |
| Elisabetta Ludica | 52 | NHS receptionist | London |
| Georgia May Salamat | 24 | Model | London |
| Kate Smith | 62 | Farmer's wife | Devon |
| Katie Mahady | 33 | Supermarket supervisor | Essex |
| Oli Mannion | 34 | Restaurant supervisor | Cheshire |
| Robin Watkinson | 63 | Maintenance supervisor | Bristol |
| Sarah Woods | 42 | Pharmaceutical recruitment partner | Cheshire |
| Sean Hughes | 37 | IT project manager | Warwickshire |
| Suzie Arbuthnot | 36 | Accountant | Northern Ireland |
Elimination table
edit| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Suzie | ULT | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | WINNER | |||||||||
| Georgia | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | ULT | E | RUNNER-UP | ||||||||
| Sarah | E | ULT | ULT | E | 3RD PLACE | ||||||||||
| Oli | E | E | E | OUT[b] | |||||||||||
| Katie | ULT | E | E[a] | OUT | |||||||||||
| Robin | E | E | ULT | E[a] | OUT | ||||||||||
| Elisabetta | ULT | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Ayo | ULT | E | ULT | OUT | |||||||||||
| Kate | OUT | ||||||||||||||
| Sean | OUT | ||||||||||||||
[a] Because the judges were unable to decide on the worst dish during the elimination challenge, no-one was eliminated this week. As a result, two cooks were eliminated the following week.
[b] Oli was not well enough to compete in the Rustle-up challenge and was automatically placed into the elimination challenge.
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
- (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
- The cook got through to the next round.
- (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
- (OUT) The cook was eliminated.
Celebrity series (2021)
editCelebrities
edit| Celebrity | Age | Known for | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desiree Burch | 42 | Comedian & television presenter | California, United States |
| Ed Balls | 53 | Retired Labour politician | Norfolk, England |
| Ed Byrne | 48 | Comedian & actor | Dublin, Ireland |
| Ferne McCann | 30 | Former The Only Way Is Essex star | Essex, England |
| Gareth Thomas | 46 | Former Wales rugby player | Bridgend, Wales |
| Karim Zeroual | 27 | Television presenter & actor | London, England |
| Rachel Johnson | 55 | Journalist & author | London, England |
| Ruth Madeley | 33 | Actress | Westhoughton, England |
| Shobna Gulati | 54 | Actress | Oldham, England |
| Tom Read Wilson | 34 | Receptionist on Celebs Go Dating | London, England |
Elimination table
edit| Contestant | Episode | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
| Ed Balls | ULT | ULT | ULT | E[a] | E | ULT | ULT | E | WINNER | ||||||
| Tom | E | E | E | ULT | RUNNER-UP | ||||||||||
| Rachel | ULT | E[a] | ULT | E | E | 3RD PLACE | |||||||||
| Ferne | ULT | E | ULT | ULT | E | ULT | OUT | ||||||||
| Shobna | ULT | ULT | ULT | E | OUT | ||||||||||
| Ed Byrne | ULT | E[a] | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Karim | E | E | E | OUT | |||||||||||
| Ruth | E | E | OUT | ||||||||||||
| Gareth | ULT | OUT | |||||||||||||
| Desiree | OUT | ||||||||||||||
[a] Because the judges were unable to decide on the worst dish during the elimination challenge, no-one was eliminated this week.
- (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
- (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
- (3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
- (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
- The cook got through to the next round.
- (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
- (OUT) The cook was eliminated.
References
edit- ^ Midgley, Carol (4 May 2018). "TV review: Britain's Best Home Cook; Syria: the World's War". The Times. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ Midgley, Carol (3 January 2020). "Best Home Cook review — saccharine and stodge, this was no Bake Off". The Times. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ Ruddick, Graham (1 August 2017). "Mary Berry to lead judges on BBC show Britain's Best Cook". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Britain's Best Home Cook: Any good?". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Best Home Cook Axed". Media Mole/BBC. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
External links
edit- Best Home Cook at BBC Online
- Celebrity Best Home Cook
- Best Home Cook at IMDb
- Celebrity Best Home Cook at IMDb
- Best Home Cook at UKGameshows.com
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