Saturday Cooks!
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Formats
There were different names for the show, depending on which day it aired. The Saturday morning show was called Saturday Cooks!, and the show which currently airs during the week is called Daily Cooks Challenge.Worrall Thompson, who fronted a similar BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
show, Saturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen Live is a 90 minute cookery programme, which is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday mornings. It is currently presented by James Martin; previous presenters have included Antony Worrall Thompson and Gregg Wallace. The programme is currently produced by Cactus TV...
defected to ITV in June 2006 after being poached from the BBC along with the production company that made the show (Prospect Pictures) in a deal negotiated by Alison Sharman
Alison Sharman
Alison Sharman born in Manchester is the director of factual, children's and daytime at ITV.She was previously controller of CBBC, with overall responsibility for BBC children's programmes, including acquisitions, commissions and CBBC online...
. It was Ms Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought Antony to the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
on Saturday Kitchen in the first place, before she herself moved to ITV.
A sister programme Sunday Feast
Sunday Feast
Sunday Feast is a cookery show on British television channel ITV. The show's hosts are Andi Peters and Anneka Rice. Their two resident chefs, who alternate week by week, are Ed Baines and Paul Merrett....
aired on Sunday mornings. The programme was canceled
Cancellation (television)
In television, cancellation refers to the termination of a program by a network, typically because of low viewership and/or unfavourable critical reviews. Another reason why television programs can be cancelled is to make room for new television programs...
due to poor ratings.
A brand new series of Daily Cooks Challenege was broadcast from the 29th March 2010 - 21st May 2010.
Scheduling
Saturday Cooks! aired from 10 June 2006 - 15 December 2007. When it first started it aired at 9:25am but then was moved first to 11:30am and later, in 2007, to 12 noon. This was to complete with the BBC's offering Saturday KitchenSaturday Kitchen
Saturday Kitchen Live is a 90 minute cookery programme, which is broadcast live on BBC One on Saturday mornings. It is currently presented by James Martin; previous presenters have included Antony Worrall Thompson and Gregg Wallace. The programme is currently produced by Cactus TV...
. Saturday Cooks! did not return for a fourth series and it has been replaced by films and drama repeats.
Spin-offs
A spin-off series, Christmas Cooks! aired during the Christmas period in 2006 at 10:30am on weekday mornings on the ITV Network. It returned for a second series in December 2007. In 2008 Christmas Cooks! was replaced by Christmas Cooks Challenge. In the 2009 "Christmas Specials" there were 3 selected Christmas Cooks episodes which were repeated from 2008.A brand new series of Daily Cooks Challenege was broadcast from the 29th March 2010 - 21st May 2010.
There will be no Christmas programme broadcast during the Christmas period for 2010.
Regular Weekly Chefs
- Antony Worrall ThompsonAntony Worrall ThompsonHenry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson is a British celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster.-Biography:...
- Gino D'AcampoGino D'AcampoGennaro "Gino" D'Acampo is an Italian chef, television personality and winner of ITV's 2009 series of I'm a Celebrity… Get Me out of Here. D'Acampo lives in the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
- Jean-Christophe NovelliJean-Christophe Novelli-Life:Born in Arras, Northern France, in 1961, in a family with Italian roots, Jean-Christophe Novelli left school at age 14 and worked in a bakery before, at the age of 20, becoming a personal chef to the Rothschild family....
- Brian TurnerBrian Turner (chef)Brian Turner CBE is a British chef, based in London. He has appeared as a cook on BBC2's Ready Steady Cook since 1994 as well as presenting other cookery programmes.-Career:...
Guest Chefs
- Ken HomKen HomKen Hom OBE with ancestry from Taishan, Guangdong is a notable Chinese American chef, author and British television-show presenter. In 2009 he was awarded by HM The Queen with an honorary OBE for ‘services to culinary arts’...
- Keith FloydKeith FloydKeith Floyd was a British celebrity chef, television personality and restaurateur, who hosted cooking shows for the BBC and published many books combining cookery and travel...
- Ching He HuangChing He HuangChing-He Huang is a Taiwanese-born British food writer, food entrepreneur and TV chef who has appeared in a variety of television cooking shows. Ching has starred in three popular TV series and is the author of five best-selling cookbooks...
- Ed BainesEd BainesEdward "Ed" Baines is an English chef best known for being a judge on Britain's Best Dish and for being an alternate chef on Sunday Feast with Paul Merrett...
- Eadie Manson
- Frank Bordoni
- Merrilees ParkerMerrilees ParkerMerrilees Parker is a British celebrity chef and TV presenter. She is mainly known for presenting television programmes combining food and travel as well as various more traditional cookery programmes...
- Jun TanakaJun Tanaka (chef)Jun Tanaka is an American-born British Japanese UK TV chef, best known for presenting Channel 4's Cooking It as well as appearing in Saturday Kitchen on BBC One....
- Maria Elia
- Sophie WrightSophie Wright (chef)Author of two cookery books, chef Sophie Wright is one of the youngest stars of British cuisine. At twenty she was the UK’s youngest head chef, running the kitchen one of Notting Hills most famous celeb hangouts, BBB....
- Paul RankinPaul RankinPaul Rankin is a Scottish born, Northern Irish celebrity chef from Ballywalter, County Down, Northern Ireland. Born in Glasgow, Scotland his parents moved back to Ballywater, where he grew up. This was stated when he was the subject of an episode of a short programme named Proud Parents on Channel...
- Martin BlunosMartin BlunosMartin Lauris Blunos is a British TV chef. Blunos earned two Michelin Guide stars for each of his two restaurants.-Early life:...
- Silvana Franco
- Rustie LeeRustie LeeRustie Lee is a television chef and actress in the United Kingdom, most famous for her appearances in the 1980s on morning station, TV-am. She was born in Jamaica, but moved to Birmingham with her family as a child. Following her successful stint as a chef on TV-am in 1983, Lee took over from...
- Jill Dupleix
- Aldo ZilliAldo ZilliAldo Zilli is an Italian-born celebrity chef who specialises in Italian cuisine. One of nine children, he was born in the small seaside town of Alba Adriatica in the central Italian region of Abruzzo...
- Mary Berry
- Richard Phillips
- Ben O'DonoghueBen O'DonoghueBen O'Donoghue is an Australian chef and television personality. Currently he is one of the hosts and contestants of The Best in Australia airing on LifeStyle Food.-Early years:...
- Andrew Nutter
- Momma Cherri
- Jo Pratt