Beat the Chef UK
- Country
- United Kingdom
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Home cooks go up against professional chefs by making the same family recipe. A panel of food critics decides which dish is better. The show compares everyday home cooking with high-end restaurant versions.
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What happens
Beat the Chef is a British television cooking game show broadcast by Channel 4 and hosted by Andi Oliver. The series features contestants preparing a home-cooked family recipe, while professional chefs Mark Sargeant, Frederick Forster and Clodagh McKenna make the same recipe in an upscale restaurant version. The two dishes are then judged by a panel of food critics, including BBC Food Programme presenter Leyla Kazim. The series premiered on 27 May 2019. In 2022, the series was embroiled in controversy by continuing to employ Mark Sargeant after a jury in the U.S. ruled that he sexually assaulted an American woman in Germany. After the allegations were made public, episodes featuring Mark Sargeant were not broadcast with repeat episodes from the previous series broadcast instead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Ready Steady Cook (1994)- More like this series, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.