Multi award-winning food writer and TV cook Nigella Lawson and food maverick Anthony Bourdain are joined by the critically acclaimed chef Ludo Lefebvre in the search for the first British winner of the high-stakes cooking competition where flavour is the only thing that matters.
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The three mentors sample the cooking of twenty five different hopefuls. Each of them has to deliver just one spoonful of food that will showcase their talent and gain them a place on the show.
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s01e02Classics2014-01-1421:00⌄
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Classics
s01e02 ·
2014-01-14 ·
21:00
The three mentors get to witness their hand-picked contestants in action for the first time. Richard Corrigan sets and judges a 'classic' challenge, where the mentors have to coach their cooks to create the best prawn cocktail. In the elimination challenge, the contestants are on their own as the mentors return to the role of judges. At the end of the show one of them is eliminated.
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s01e03Comfort Food2014-01-2121:00⌄
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Comfort Food
s01e03 ·
2014-01-21 ·
21:00
This week's challenge features comfort food, with dishes ranging from ginger and black pepper rice pudding. To remain in the competition the contestants have to make a pie fit for Michelin-starred guest chef Michael Caines. At the end of the show there is another elimination.
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s01e04Spice2014-01-2821:00⌄
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Spice
s01e04 ·
2014-01-28 ·
21:00
This week, the remaining hopefuls have to prepare some spiced sweet dishes for guest chef Yotam Ottolenghi, then serve up the spiciest spoonfuls they can muster to Nigella, Anthony and Ludo. At the end of the show there is another elimination.
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s01e05Legacy2014-02-0421:00⌄
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Legacy
s01e05 ·
2014-02-04 ·
21:00
The remaining hopefuls have to take recipes that have been passed down through the generations for years and turn them into food good enough for Anthony, Ludo and Nigella to sample. Ruth Rogers sets the immunity challenge this week.
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s01e06Chocolate2014-02-1121:00⌄
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Chocolate
s01e06 ·
2014-02-11 ·
21:00
The cooks are challenges to cook sweet and savoury dishes that contain chocolate as an ingredient. Sweet chef, Eric Lanlard is on hand as dishes such as chocolate and stilton tarts and cupcakes are produced.
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s01e07Leftovers2014-02-1821:00⌄
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Leftovers
s01e07 ·
2014-02-18 ·
21:00
Simon Rogan shows the remaining cooks how one man's trash could be another man's treasure, as they are challenged to create a meal using leftovers. At the end of the show there is another elimination.
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s01e08Meat2014-02-2521:00⌄
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Meat
s01e08 ·
2014-02-25 ·
21:00
This week is all about meat with Fergus Henderson as guest chef. To make it to the semi-final the cooks have to prove they can make exceptional food from the very finest cuts of meat and from the 'forgotten cuts', including bone marrow and tripe.
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s01e09Simplicity2014-03-0421:00⌄
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Simplicity
s01e09 ·
2014-03-04 ·
21:00
The competition reaches the semi-final stage and the five remaining hopefuls know that only four of them will make the final. Simplicity is the theme this week and Angela Hartnett, is the guest chef everybody's desperate to try and impress. The contestants have to cook using just three ingredients as they battle it out to make it through to the final.
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s01e10Episode 102014-03-1121:00⌄
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Episode 10
s01e10 ·
2014-03-11 ·
21:00
The first challenge for the four finalists features Champagne, as they attempt to create the perfect canap to go with a glass of bubbly. Pierre Koffman is this week's guest. At the end of the show the series winner is revealed.
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