Britain's Best Dish
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Host
Mark Nicholas (2007-10)
Mary Nightingale (2011-)
Co-hosts
Judges: Ed Baines, John Burton Race, Jilly Goolden
Voiceover:
Caroline Morris (2007-10)
Rob Jarvis (2011-)
Broadcast
ITV Productions for ITV, 17 September 2007 to present
as Britain's Best Celebrity Dish, 23 February 2009 to present
Synopsis
A six week competition for amateur cooks, in which they're challenged to cook their one best dish. Unlike certain other programmes, only one dish is to be cooked.
The final was decided by a premium-rate telephone vote, which we still say defeats the whole object. It's for eating, not looking at!
Somewhat bizarre in the choice of a cricket presenter as host, but at least it means that we can make excellent jokes about looking at the slow-motion replays on the Snackometer.
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Champions
2007 John Kenny, Slow-cooked pork belly with spiced roast apple and crackling
2008 Susie Carter, Smoked trout and watercress tart
2009 Murray Grant, Strawberry soufflé with cream pannacotta and strawberry coulis
2010 Jonathon Davies, Seared masala cannon of spring lamb
2011 Conor McLean, Vanilla friande with amaretto cream, fromage blanc sorbet and blueberry compote (Spring series)
Trivia
The first series was produced by the appropriately-named Helen Cooke.