Cook Me the Money

Current revision as of 20:30, 5 September 2017

Host

Broadcast

Shiver for ITV, 1 to 12 April 2013 (10 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

With £100 in their back pocket, three pairs of cooks are taken to a city centre market and invited to buy ingredients for a mobile food stall. They'll spend the morning making portions of their preferred dish, then sell it to passers-by during the lunchtime rush. Whichever of the teams has the most money in their till at the end of lunchtime wins the takings from all three sides.

In execution, the show split into three parts - the opening quarter meeting the teams and seeing them haggle for their ingredients, the bulk of the programme followed their cooking and selling, with a short coda giving the result.

Adam Shaw; the show's logo wasn't used in the titles.

Host Adam Shaw used the show as a demonstration of capitalist principles: buying cheaply, injecting labour, selling the result at a much higher price, and using every tactic possible to increase sales and revenue. Reminded us of Trade Your Way to the USA over on CBBC, complete with a few economics tips that tended to the blindingly obvious.

Theme music

David Lowe is credited for "Composed music".

Web links

ITV website

Wikipedia entry

Feedback

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 == Host ==
-Adam Shaw
+[[Adam Shaw]]
 == Broadcast ==
-Shiver Productions for ITV, 1 April 2013 to present
+Shiver for ITV, 1 to 12 April 2013 (10 episodes in 1 series)
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 == Synopsis ==
-: "The show is essentially a cook-off between three couples with a passion for cooking who want to demonstrate their skills and in the process could win a cash prize.  Each couple will be given the opportunity to create the perfect food pitch and compete against the other two couples for the chance of winning a grand prize. They’ll have to source the ingredients, pitch up and cook their chosen dish and desert to members of the public. The couple that sells the most wins. They don’t need to be top-notch chefs but experience and a love for cooking and food wouldn’t go a miss."
+With £100 in their back pocket, three pairs of cooks are taken to a city centre market and invited to buy ingredients for a mobile food stall. They'll spend the morning making portions of their preferred dish, then sell it to passers-by during the lunchtime rush. Whichever of the teams has the most money in their till at the end of lunchtime wins the takings from all three sides.
-That's the contestant call for what seems to be a cooking-and-selling show. Three teams of cooks come up with a dish of their choice, which they will have to make in an hour, then set a price on it and sell how many they think they'll sell.
+In execution, the show split into three parts - the opening quarter meeting the teams and seeing them haggle for their ingredients, the bulk of the programme followed their cooking and selling, with a short coda giving the result.
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+<div class=image>[[File:Cook me the money host logo.jpg|400px]]''Adam Shaw; the show's logo wasn't used in the titles.''</div>
+Host Adam Shaw used the show as a demonstration of capitalist principles: buying cheaply, injecting labour, selling the result at a much higher price, and using every tactic possible to increase sales and revenue. Reminded us of [[Trade Your Way to the USA]] over on CBBC, complete with a few economics tips that tended to the blindingly obvious.
 == Theme music ==
-David Lowe
+David Lowe is credited for "Composed music".
 == Web links ==
+[http://www.itvmedia.co.uk/cook-me-the-money ITV website]
 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Me_the_Money Wikipedia entry]
 [[Category:Lifestyle]]
-[[Category:ITV Studios Productions]]
+[[Category:Business]]
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+[[Category:Shiver Productions]]
-[[Category:Awaiting Review]]