Ready Steady Cook

Ready Steady Cook is a BBC daytime TV cooking programme first aired in 1994. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994-2000 until celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott became the new host. The format is that two members of the public provide two celebrity chefs with a bag of ingredients. The chefs then proceed to make a meal out of the said ingredients (and a generously stocked kitchen containing basic ingredients and spices) in twenty minutes, with the help of the contestants and the programme host. Their creations are then voted upon by the studio audience, and the runner-up (there are no outright losers) receives a wooden spoon (most often a hamper).

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BBC - TV - Cooking - 1994 - Fern Britton - 2000 - Celebrity chef - Ainsley Harriott - Chef - Wooden spoon

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A recent inclusion is the quickie bag where, after the winner has been chosen the chefs have to make a dish with the help of Ainsley Harriott from a bag of ingredients provided by the show. Just after the winner of the first round has been announced the two chefs describe what they would cook using the supplied ingredients. The audience then votes for who they want to see cook.

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Chef - Ainsley Harriott

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Each programme lasts 45 minutes and is aired three times per week on the BBC Two channel.

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A similarly themed program entitled Ready Steady Cook began on Australian television station Network Ten in early 2005.

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Australian - Network Ten

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