''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
Endemol Shine Group B.V. (stylized as EndemolShineGroup) was a Dutch production and distribution company of scripted and non-scripted content, responsible for programmes such as '' Big Brother'', '' Deal or No Deal'', '' The Money Drop'', '' Fe ...
. It premiered on
BBC One
BBC One is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's oldest and flagship channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream programming, which includes BBC News television b ...
on 3 May 2018, presented by
Claudia Winkleman
Claudia Anne Irena Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English broadcaster and writer. She has been nominated three times for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance for co-presenting the BBC One dancing compet ...
, with judges
Mary Berry
Dame Mary Rosa Alleyne Hunnings (''née'' Berry; born 24 March 1935) is an English food writer, chef, baker and television presenter. After being encouraged in domestic science classes at school, she studied catering at college. She then move ...
,
Chris Bavin
Christopher Bavin (born 1 February 1980) is a television presenter and fresh produce importer, known for co-presenting '' Britain's Best Home Cook'', ''Eat Well for Less?'', ''Britain in Bloom'', ''Food: Truth or Scare'', and is one of the presen ...
, and Dan Doherty. A second series, with "Britain's" dropped from the title and
Angela Hartnett
Angela Maria Hartnett (born September 1968) is an English Michelin-starred chef. A protégée of Gordon Ramsay who became well known by her appearances on British television, she was Chef-Patron at Angela Hartnett at the Connaught in London. ...
replacing Doherty, returned in January 2020. The series was created in the wake of Berry's previous show, ''
The Great British Bake Off
''The Great British Bake Off'' (often abbreviated to ''Bake Off'' or ''GBBO'') is a British television baking competition, produced by Love Productions, in which a group of amateur bakers compete against each other in a series of rounds, atte ...
'', departing the BBC for
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...
,
and has received mixed reviews from critics. The programme was axed in 2022.
Series 1 (2018)
Cooks
Elimination table
: (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)
Cooks
Elimination table
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.
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)
Celebrities
Elimination table
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
External links
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''Celebrity Best Home Cook''*
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2018 British television series debuts
2021 British television series endings
BBC television game shows
British cooking television shows
2010s British game shows
2020s British game shows
British English-language television shows
2010s British cooking television series
2020s British cooking television series
Television series by Banijay
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