Too Many Cooks (TV series)

Too Many Cooks
GenreCookery
Presented byKate Garraway (2004)
Jeni Barnett (2005)
JudgesBrian Turner (2004)
James Martin (2004)
Gino D'Acampo (2005)
Richard Phillips (2005)
Alex MacKay (2005)
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes35
Production
Running time60 minutes (Series 1)
45 minutes (Series 2)
Production companyGranada
Original release
NetworkITV
Release1 November 2004 (2004-11-01) –
4 September 2005 (2005-09-04)
Related
ITV Day
ITV Food

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 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, Richard Phillips and Alex MacKay.[citation needed]

Format

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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.[1]

Transmissions

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Series Start date End date Episodes
1 1 November 2004 12 November 2004 10
2 6 June 2005 1 July 2005 25
30 August 2005 4 September 2005

Reception

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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."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Best on Foxtel". Sunday Mail. Adelaide. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
  2. ^ Houston, Melinda (29 June 2009). "Green Guide's Critical View". The Age. Retrieved 26 May 2024 – via ProQuest.
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