Come Dine with Me

2005
6.5| 0h30m| TV-14| en| More Info
Released: 10 January 2005 Returning Series
Producted By: LWT
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me
Synopsis

Amateur chefs compete against each other by hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.

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lucyweb-29898 Can i please ask why nearly everything episode has got a kevin the name haunts me and drives me insane
sakharovatasha I really love this program but I really fill a shamed for "THE Russians" people Who have no imagination or perhaps knowledge and assume that Russian food it's only Shuba, Olivje and Borsch. It's the same as to declare to the world that the English food has only two things - fish & chips !!!!!!!! Its obviously NOT Shame on you all "Russians " Stop it ;-z Best wishes With love Russia ,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,xxxxxx
Jackson Booth-Millard "Come Dine with me, let's dine, let's dine away" (LOL) When I first heard of this programme I thought it was going to be a pretty boring alternative look at the cookery show, but when I tried an episode it actually turned out to be better than I initially thought. Basically four or five strangers or celebrities (I mostly watch the celebrity versions, but I may watch the occasional public version) are invited to each others houses to compete for a £1000 prize. The game is simple, one of the group has to cook a three course meal for the other three or four guests, the guests only have a menu as a guide and clue. So the guests eat the three courses, starter, main and dessert, and after the evening is over we see them driving away in a taxi, and it is there that they mark both the food and the evening out of ten, the winner of the £1000 is obviously the person with the highest score. Narrated by Dave Lamb gives it a little something as well, it is not just a mini guide of how the people are preparing their meals, but he also adds some little comedic one-liners about the people themselves, and what they are getting up to. Celebrity guests have included Ulrika Jonsson, Helen Lederer, David Quantick, Aggie MacKenzie, Anneka Rice, Rowland Rivron, Linda Robson, Toby Young, Lesley Joseph, Linda Lusardi, Paul Ross, Abi Titmuss, Barry and Paul Chuckle, Big Brother 5's Nadia Almada, Big Brother 9's Brian Belo, Big Brother 2's Brian Dowling, Big Brother 10's Sophie Reade, John Fashanu, Neil 'Razor' Ruddock, Michael Barrymore, Jenny Powell, Pat Sharp, Edwina Currie, Janice Dickinson, Samantha Fox and many more. It was nominated the National Television Award for Most Popular Factual Programme. Very good!
welshNick This is shown on Channel 4 in the late afternoons and as late afternoon programmes go is really quite good.Five people who do not know each other each have to throw a dinner party for the other four on consecutive days and are secretly marked by the other diners. The winner at the end of the week receives £1000. All of this is narrated by a rather sarcastic Dave Lamb who does get on my nerves sometimes.The problem I sometimes have with this is the appalling manners of some of the contestants who take part. When at a formal dinner party you do not ask for any condiments that are not on the table. When the main course arrives, asking for salt before you have tried it is the biggest insult you can give whoever cooked it. I appreciate that this is an entertainment show but showing such low social standards does not reflect well on the British particularly as this show is now being exported abroad.Where have standards of politeness gone ? You can say what you like afterwards to the camera but don't have a go about the dessert to the host. I have been to many dinner parties both formal and informal but hopefully I will never have to endure any of the people who appear in this show.