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Daily Cooks Challenege Format Cookery Presented by Antony Worrall Thompson Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 8 No. of episodes 167 Production Producer(s) Prospect Pictures Running time 60-90 minutes
(including adverts)Broadcast Original channel ITV (ITV1/UTV/STV) Picture format 16:9 Original run 10 June 2006
(as Saturday Cooks!) – PresentChronology Related shows Sunday Feast ...Cooks! is an ITV cookery show, hosted by Antony Worrall Thompson.
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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 show, Saturday Kitchen 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. It was Ms Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought Antony to the BBC on Saturday Kitchen in the first place, before she herself moved to ITV.
A sister programme Sunday Feast aired on Sunday mornings. The programme was canceled 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 Kitchen. 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 did not return for a fourth series and it has been replaced by films and drama repeats.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. [1]
There will be no Christmas programme broadcast during the Christmas period for 2010.
Regular Weekly Chefs
Guest Chefs
- Ken Hom
- Keith Floyd
- Ching He Huang
- Ed Baines
- Eadie Manson
- Frank Bordoni
- Merrilees Parker
- Jun Tanaka
- Maria Elia
- Sophie Wright
- Paul Rankin
- Martin Blunos
- Silvana Franco
- Rustie Lee
- Jill Dupleix
- Aldo Zilli
- Mary Berry
- Richard Phillips
- Ben O'Donoghue
- Andrew Nutter
- Momma Cherri
- Jo Pratt
Wine Experts
- Jilly Goolden
- Matt Skinner
- Joe Wadsack
See also
List of celebrities appearing on Daily Cooks Challenge
References
External links
- ...Cooks! at itv.com
- cooksforcooks.com - Official website
- Saturday Cooks! at the Internet Movie Database
- Daily Cooks! at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- 2000s British television series
- 2006 in British television
- 2006 British television programme debuts
- British cooking television programmes
- ITV television programmes
- United Kingdom television programme stubs
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