''Too Many Cooks'' is a British cookery competition that aired on ITV from 1 November 2004 to 4 September 2005 and hosted by

Kate Garraway Kathryn Mary Draper-Garraway (born 4 May 1967) is an English broadcaster and journalist. In the 1990s, Garraway was a journalist for ITV News Central and later a co-presenter of ITV News Meridian. From 2000 to 2010, she co-presented GMTV. Cur ...

for the first series and Jeni Barnett for the second series. The judges for the first series were Brian Turner and James Martin while the second series judges were

Gino D'Acampo Gennaro Sheffield D'Acampo (born Gennaro D'Acampo; 17 July 1976) is an Italian celebrity chef, television personality, and writer. Based in the United Kingdom, he is best known for his food-focused television shows and cookbooks. Since 2009, D' ...

, Richard Phillips and Alex MacKay.

Format

Four teams of two amateur chefs each competitively cook for three judges. Each team cooks a specified starter, a main course, and a pudding. One team is eliminated after each course, leaving two teams to compete at the pudding stage.

Transmissions

Reception

TV critic Melinda Houston wrote in ''The Age'' about the second series, "a large part of the entertainment comes from watching the judge, the rather bemused Italian chef Gino d'Acampo, examining what the cooks have done with a series of straightforward recipes."

References

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* 2004 British television series debuts 2005 British television series endings Cooking competitions in the United Kingdom ITV game shows Television series by ITV Studios {{UK-tv-prog-stub