''...Cooks!'' is an ITV television

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, hosted by

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, broadcast on the ITV networks between 10 June 2006 to 21 May 2010.

Formats

There were different names for the show, depending on which day it aired. The Saturday morning show was called ''Saturday Cooks!'', whilst the show that aired during the week was called ''Daily Cooks Challenge''. This series aired in a weekday prime-time slot and from its second series was shot in front of a studio audience. Worrall Thompson, who previously hosted a similar

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show, ''

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'', 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 Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought Worrall Thompson to the BBC on ''Saturday Kitchen'' in the first place, before she herself moved to ITV. A sister programme ''

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'' aired on Sunday mornings. The programme was cancelled due to poor ratings. A brand new series of ''Daily Cooks Challenge'' was broadcast from 29 March 2008 to 21 May 2010.

Scheduling

''Saturday Cooks!'' aired on the various ITV networks from 10 June 2006 to 15 December 2007. When it first started it aired at 9:25 am but then was moved first to 11:30 am and later, in 2007, to 12 noon. This was to initially compete with the BBC's offering ''

''.

Spin-offs

A spin-off series, ''Christmas Cooks!'' aired during the Christmas period in 2006 at 10:30 am 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 three selected ''Christmas Cooks'' episodes, which were repeated from 2008. In 2010, there were no episodes over the festive period. A brand new series of ''Daily Cooks Challenge'' was broadcast from 29 March 2010 to 21 May 2010.

Regular weekly chefs

* Gino D'Acampo *

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* Brian Turner

Guest chefs

* Ken Hom *

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* Ching-He Huang *

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*Eadie Manson *

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* Jun Tanaka *Maria Elia * Sophie Wright *

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*Jill Dupleix *

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* Richard Phillips * Ben O'Donoghue *Andrew Nutter *Momma Cherri *Jo Pratt

Wine experts

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* Matt Skinner *Joe Wadsack

DVDs

* Daily Cooks Challenge: Mains Volume One * Daily Cooks Challenge: Mains Volume Two *Daily Cooks Challenge: Desserts *Daily Cooks Challenge: 3 DVD Box set

References

External links

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