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. It is based on the original ''

Ready Steady Cook ''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...

'' series broadcast by the

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History

Original series

The show debuted in 2005, where it was hosted by former chef Nick Stratford. It aired weekdays at 1:00pm. Former

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personality Peter Everett took over the hosting job in January 2006 to coincide with Ten's new daytime lineup. From 2006, it has aired at 2:00pm. In March 2011, it was announced that

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would replace Everett from June 2011. ''Ready Steady Cook'' was axed after the final new episode on 26 August 2013, after 9 seasons. Repeats continued to air until 15 November 2014.

Revived series

In October 2023, it was announced

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would be reviving the series in 2024, with new host Miguel Maestre, which are intended to air on Friday nights in the new timeslot of 7:30pm. The reboot series premiered on 8 March 2024. Due to lower than expected viewership, the series moved to 6:30pm Saturdays from 1 June 2024, then moved to 4:00pm Saturdays from 15 June 2024.

Overview

Two teams (Capsicum and Tomato), consisting each of a professional chef and an audience member compete against each other, both trying to create the best entrée, meal and dessert in a 20-minute time limit. The final segment sees both opposing chefs teaming up to prepare a dish in a strict time limit. New challenges were introduced in 2009. As well as the regular gourmet and classic bags, the chefs are given surprise new challenges that push their cooking skills to the limit.

Chefs featured on the show

Original series

* Andy Ball * Janelle Bloom *

George Calombaris George Dimitrios Calombaris (; born 4 October 1978) is a Greek Australian chef and restaurateur and television personality. Calombaris was one of the judges of the Network 10 series ''MasterChef Australia'' from 2009 to 2019. Prior to his role ...

* Chris Cranswick-Smith * Shane Delia *

Manu Feildel Emmanuel Feildel (born 26 March 1974) is a French-Australian chef, restaurateur and television presenter trained in England, who is best known as one of the judges of the competitive television cooking show ''My Kitchen Rules''. Manu achieve ...

Matt Golinski Matt Golinski (born 1972)
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* Jacqui Gowan * Damian Heads * Mark Jensen * Tom Kime * Miguel Maestre (now become a host for the revived series) *

Alastair McLeod Alastair McLeod is a Northern Ireland-Australian celebrity chef He is a regular guest on ''Ready Steady Cook'', ''Queensland Weekender'' and ABC Radio. Alastair also hosts his own food show ″Off the Eaten Track″ that has screened in Aust ...

* Nicholas Owen * Brett Panter *

Tobie Puttock Tobie Puttock (born 1974) is an Australian celebrity chef, best known for his association with British chef Jamie Oliver. Cooking career Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Puttock trained at Box Hill Institute of TAFE, and first worked at Caffe e C ...

Adrian Richardson Adrian Richardson is an Australian chef and television presenter. Richardson has hosted a number of food shows and is most widely known for being the ''Bad Chef'' in Good Chef Bad Chef and appearing with chefs Manu Feildel, Gary Mehigan G ...

* Dominique Rizzo * Jason Roberts * Carol Selva Rajah * Darren Simpson * Adam Swanson * Anthony Telford * Yuey Then

Revived series

*Diana Chan *Adam D'Sylva *

(returning chef) *

Khanh Ong Khanh Ong is an Australian cook, television personality, author and restaurateur. He was as a contestant in the tenth season of ''MasterChef Australia'', and later appeared on the twelfth season, '' MasterChef: Back to Win''. Early life and e ...

*Anna Polyviou *Sergio Perera *

Hayden Quinn Hayden Quinn is an Australian cook. He is best known for appearing on Series 3 of ''MasterChef Australia'' and as a judge on Nine Network cooking program '' Family Food Fight''. Career Quinn has currently written two cookbooks: ''Dish It Up' ...

* Mike Reid * Sarah Todd *Mindy Woods *Alice Zaslavsky *

Adriano Zumbo Adriano Zumbo (born 6 November 1981) is an Australian pâtissier and television presenter. He opened his first patisserie in 2007 before rising to prominence as a frequent guest on ''MasterChef Australia.'' Zumbo is the titular host of the Aust ...

Celebrity guests

A celebrity version of ''Ready Steady Cook Australia'' aired separate to the daytime series during prime time for a brief period in 2005. The following celebrities have appeared at least once, though others have also been seen on the show, both during the regular series and prime time celebrity shows.

2005

In 2005, ''Celebrity Ready Steady Cook'' aired at a prime-time slot at 7.00pm Weeknights for a brief period. The show was cancelled after 2 weeks. The following celebrities have appeared on ''Celebrity Ready Steady Cook'' include: *

Natalie Bassingthwaighte Natalie Bassingthwaighte (; born 1 September 1975) is an Australian singer, actress and television personality. Born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, she began her career in musical theatre. She later pursued an acting career in 1998 ...

Tim Brunero ''Big Brother Australia 2005'', also known as ''Big Brother 5'', was the fifth season of the Australian reality television series '' Big Brother'', and was aired on Network Ten in Australia, and TV-2 in New Zealand with a four-week delay. The s ...

Anthony Callea Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of ''Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli' ...

* Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald * John Foreman *

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Mike Goldman Michael Goldman (born 7 November 1972), is an Australian actor, television and radio host and voice over. He has appeared in television roles, mini-series and films like '' Young Rock'', '' The Wilds'' and '' A Place to Call Home''. He is the s ...

Marcia Hines Marcia Elaine Hines AM (born July 20, 1953) is an American-born Australian singer and TV personality. Hines made her debut, at the age of 16, in the Australian production of the stage musical ''Hair'' and followed with the role of Mary Magdalen ...

Ryan Moloney Ryan Moloney (born 24 November 1979) is an Australian actor, known for his portrayal of the fictional character Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from 1995 until his departure in 2025. Career Moloney's first ...

James Mathison James Mathison (born 14 January 1978) is an Australian television presenter and radio personality, known for his distinctive interviewing style. Mathison gained recognition for his work as a host, interviewer, and journalist, covering a divers ...

* Leah McLeod *

Kyle Sandilands Kyle Dalton Sandilands (born 10 June 1971) is an Australian radio host, shock jock and television personality. He is currently the co-host, with Jackie O, of the weekday morning radio program '' The Kyle and Jackie O Show'' on Sydney's radio s ...

2008

In 2008, there were a number of 'celebrity cook-offs' on the daytime show. The celebrity cook-offs were randomly put into the schedule throughout 2008. Some of the celebrities that appeared in 2008 are: * Faustina 'Fuzzy' Agolley (host from Video Hits) *

Christine Anu Maia Christine Anu (born on 15 March 1970) is an Australian singer-songwriter and actress of Torres Strait Islander origin. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song " My Island Home" in 1995. Anu has been no ...

Natarsha Belling Natarsha Belling (born 29 May 1970) is an Australian journalist, television and radio presenter. Belling currently presents '' Seven National News at Noon.'' Belling has previously worked at Network 10 as a television presenter, news prese ...

* Billy Bentley ( Big Brother 2007 housemate) *

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* Aleisha Cowcher (Big Brother 2007 winner) * John Dee (

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Founder) * Wes Dening *

Anh Do Anh Do (born 2 June 1977) is a Vietnamese Australian, Vietnamese-born Australian author, actor, comedian, and painter. He has appeared on Australian TV shows such as ''Thank God You're Here'' and ''Good News Week'', and was runner-up on ''Danci ...

Bianca Dye Bianca Dye (born 24 August 1973) is an Australian radio presenter. Throughout her career, Dye has presented programs in the competitive Sydney and Brisbane metropolitan radio markets as well as in the provincial radio markets of the Central Coas ...

(first 'celebrity cook-off') * Peter Everitt * Bobby Flynn * Nic Fosdike *

Adam Harvey Adam Harvey (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian country music singer. Harvey has sold over half a million records, has been nominated five times for an ARIA Music Award and has won nine golden guitars at the Country Music Awards of Aust ...

Vijay Khurana Vijay Khurana is an Australian writer and radio announcer, who has worked on radio stations 2SER and Triple J. Radio career Starting at 2SER in 2004, he first hosted the 3am-6am slot with his co-host Andre Leslie, which they called 'The Peru ...

Jade MacRae Jade Aurora MacRae is an Australian Soul music, soul singer and the daughter of professional musicians Joy Yates and Dave MacRae. MacRae is best known for her top 40 singles "So Hot Right Now (Jade MacRae song), So Hot Right Now" and "Superstar ...

Brad McEwan Brad McEwan (born 28 April 1971) is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist. McEwan has previously been a sport presenter on the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne editions of ''10 News First'' and is best known for his hosting du ...

Erin McNaught Erin McNaught (born 22 May 1982) is an Australian model, actress, presenter, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. McNaught grew up in Australia alongside her older brothers and began playing in a band named "Short Straw" in her ...

* Nathan Sapsford (host from Video Hits) *

Sandra Sully Sandra Lee Sully (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian news presenter and journalist, currently presenting ''10 News First'' in Sydney. Sully attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1978. Career Sully started out presenting ...

* Peter Timbs ( Big Brother 2001 housemate) * Zoran Vidinovski (Big Brother 2007 housemate) * Kim Watkins * Ron Wilson * Tiffani Wood *

Bill Woods William Woods (born 1962 in Moruya, New South Wales) is an Australian television journalist, radio and television broadcaster, and author. He is best known as the presenter, alongside Sandra Sully, of Network Ten's '' Ten News at Five'' in Sy ...

2009

The celebrity cook-offs return for the 2009 series. Participants include: * Performers

Gina Riley Gina Riley (born 6 May 1961) is a retired Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian, known for portraying Kim Craig in the television series '' Kath & Kim'', and for her work in musical theatre. Career Television and film Riley became a ...

and

Craig McLachlan Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap o ...

* Country music stars

Beccy Cole Beccy Cole (born Rebecca Diane Thompson, 27 October 1972), also known as Beccy Sturtzel, Rebecca Diane Albeck and Bec O'Donovan, is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has released ten studio albums, w ...

and

Gina Jeffreys Gina Jeffreys (born 1 April 1968), also known as Gina Jeffries, Gina Hillenberg and Gina McCormack, is an Australian country singer-songwriter and radio presenter. Career In 1991, Jeffreys competed in the Toyota Star Maker Quest at the Tamworth ...

* Newsreaders Ron Wilson and Kathryn Robinson * Newsreaders

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and

Belinda Heggen Belinda Heggen is an Australian journalist and news presenter. She worked at ADS (TV station), ADS10 in Adelaide as a general assignment reporter, and also wrote occasional columns for the newspaper ''Messenger Newspapers, Messenger''. She moved ...

* Newsreader

and retired netball player

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s Dr.

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and Dr. Lisa Chimes * ''

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'' lifeguard Tom Bunting and pro-

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er Alex Bunting * Singers

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and

Paulini Pauline Curuenavuli (born 15 October 1982), known professionally as Paulini, is a Fijian-Australian singer, songwriter and musical theatre actress. Born in Suva, Paulini moved to Sydney with her family at the age of four. She rose to fame in 20 ...

* ''

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'' judge

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and choreographer Jason Gilkinson * NRL players Ben Ross and Luke Grant * ''

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contestants Sam Rouen and Sean Holbrook * ''

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'' team captain

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and ''

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'' comedian Josh Thomas * Radio personalities Jonathon "Jono" Coleman and Ian "Dano" Rogerson * Socceroos players

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and

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* Former Hi-5 member Nathan Foley * Country singer,

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and singer/songwriter

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* Australian Idol performers, Luke Dickens and Teale Jakubenko *

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* Father Chris Riley – Youth Off The Streets

2024

During the special episodes of the show, there will be some celebrities from the series: *

* Laura Byrne * Matty Johnson * Amy Harrison, A-League Women footballer *

Amanda Keller Amanda Rose Keller (born 25 February 1962) is an Australian television and radio presenter, comedian, writer, actress, journalist and media personality, best known as the hostess of the popular Australian lifestyle program ''The Living Room''. ...

and Brendan Jones, radio hosts *

Julia Morris Julia Carolyn Margaret Morris is an Australian comedian, television presenter, and actress. She has worked extensively in Australian television and radio, touring the country with her solo comedy shows. She relocated to the United Kingdom in ...

& Robert Irwin, hosts of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! *

Jessica Rowe Jessica June Rowe (born 22 June 1970) is an Australian former journalist, author and television presenter. She was the co-host of '' Studio 10'' on Network Ten until March 2018, and is Member of the Order of Australia for her mental health advo ...

Kyah Simon Kyah Pam Simon (born 25 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker. She has represented Australia from 2007 to 2023, making 111 caps and scoring 29 goals. In 2011, Simon became the first Indigenous Australian ...

, A-League Women footballer

Episodes

Series 10 (2024)

* On 28 January 2024, OzTAM's ratings data recording system changed. Viewership data will now focus on National Total ratings instead of providing data on the 5 metro centres and overnight shares, meaning only National total ratings will be added to episodes. * "I'm A Celebrity" special episode where Robert Irwin &

appeared on 15 March 2024. * Ready Steady Cook's Easter Special on 22 March 2024. * "The Bachelor" special episode where Matty Johnson and Laura Byrne appeared on 5 April 2024. * "A-League Women" special episode where

and Amy Harrison appeared on 12 April 2024. * An entertainment royalty special where

and

appeared on 10 May 2024. * Jonesy & Amanda appeared on 1 June 2024.

Awards

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Logie Awards of 2009 The 51st Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 3 May 2009 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Gretel Killeen, while the red carpet arrivals was hosted by Jules Lund, Shelle ...

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Logie Awards of 2011 The 53rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 1 May 2011 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Shane Bourne, while the red carpet arrivals was hosted by Shelley Craft, Livini ...

, , , - ! scope="row" , 2012 ,

Logie Awards of 2012 The 54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 15 April 2012 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. Public voting for the "Most Popular" categories were conducted through an online survey from 5 December ...

, ,

References

External links

Official ''Ready Steady Cook'' websiteReady Steady Cook at the National Film and Sound Archive
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History

Original series

Revived series

Overview

Chefs featured on the show

Original series

Revived series

Celebrity guests

2005

2008

2009

2024

Episodes

Series 10 (2024)

Awards

See also

References

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