...Cooks!

...Cooks!
Presented by	Antony Worrall Thompson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	167
Production
Producer	Prospect Pictures
Running time	60-90 minutes (including adverts)
Original release
Network	ITV, STV, UTV
Release	10 June 2006 – 21 May 2010
Related
ITV Food

...Cooks! was an ITV cookery show, hosted by Antony Worrall Thompson.

Formats

There were different names for the show, depending on which day it aired. The Saturday morning show was called Saturday Cooks!, and the show which currently airs during the week is called Daily Cooks Challenge.

Worrall Thompson, who fronted a similar BBC One show, Saturday Kitchen defected to ITV in June 2006 after being poached from the BBC along with the production company that made the show (Prospect Pictures) in a deal negotiated by Alison Sharman. It was Ms Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought Antony to the BBC on Saturday Kitchen in the first place, before she herself moved to ITV.

A sister programme Sunday Feast aired on Sunday mornings. The programme was cancelled due to poor ratings.

A brand new series of Daily Cooks Challenge was broadcast from the 29 March 2008 - 21 May 2010.

Scheduling

Saturday Cooks! aired from 10 June 2006 – 15 December 2007. When it first started it aired at 9:25am but then was moved first to 11:30am and later, in 2007, to 12 noon. This was to complete with the BBC's offering Saturday Kitchen.

Spin-offs

A spin-off series, Christmas Cooks! aired during the Christmas period in 2006 at 10:30am on weekday mornings on the ITV Network. It returned for a second series in December 2007. In 2008 Christmas Cooks! was replaced by Christmas Cooks Challenge. In the 2009 "Christmas Specials" there were 3 selected Christmas Cooks episodes which were repeated from 2008. In 2010 there were no episodes over the festive period.

A brand new series of Daily Cooks Challenge was broadcast from the 29 March 2010 - 21 May 2010.

Future

With Antony Worrall Thompson's contract ending, it is unlikely whether the programme will return to produce more editions.

Regular weekly chefs

• Antony Worrall Thompson
• Gino D'Acampo
• Jean-Christophe Novelli
• Brian Turner

Guest chefs

• Ken Hom
• Keith Floyd
• Ching He Huang
• Ed Baines
• Eadie Manson
• Frank Bordoni
• Merrilees Parker
• Jun Tanaka
• Maria Elia
• Sophie Wright
• Paul Rankin
• Martin Blunos
• Silvana Franco
• Rustie Lee
• Jill Dupleix
• Aldo Zilli
• Mary Berry
• Richard Phillips
• Ben O'Donoghue
• Andrew Nutter
• Momma Cherri
• Jo Pratt

Wine experts

• Jilly Goolden
• Matt Skinner
• Joe Wadsack

See also

List of celebrities appearing on Daily Cooks Challenge

External links

• Saturday Cooks! at IMDb
• Daily Cooks! at IMDb