''Soapstar Superchef'' was a cooking show on the
ITV
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Network, where soap stars from ''
Coronation Street
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'', ''
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Neighbours
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'' competed to be crowned "kings" or "queens" of the kitchen.
Their culinary efforts were judged by an expert panel of three judges. Each judge gave a mark out of ten, and the teams were able to gain extra points by answering questions about a short clip from their rivals' soap.
Each team cooked twice and their points from both episodes were added together and the two teams with the highest totals competed head-to-head to win the show.
The show was hosted by
Richard Arnold, known as
GMTV
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's TV critic, and
Nicki Chapman
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Mathew Bose and
Hayley Tamaddon were crowned ''Soapstar Superchefs'' on Friday 13 April 2007.
Scores
Judges/Chefs
*
Gino D'Acampo
*
Keith Floyd
*
Jilly Goolden
*
Ken Hom
*
Jonathan Meades
*
Jean-Christophe Novelli
*
Merrilees Parker
*
Paul Rankin
*
Jay Rayner
*
Rosemary Shrager
*
Brian Turner
*
Antony Worrall Thompson
Anniversary list
*''Soapstar Superchef 15th Anniversary'' (19 March 2022) ()
15 Years of Soapstar Superchef
*''15 Years of Soapstar Superchef'' (19 March 2022) ()
References
2007 British television series debuts
2007 British television series endings
ITV (TV network) original programming
Television series by ITV Studios
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