Best Home Cook

Best Home Cook
GenreCooking
Reality
Presented byClaudia Winkleman
JudgesMary Berry (2018–2021)
Chris Bavin (2018–2021)
Angela Hartnett (2020–2021)
Dan Doherty (2018)
ComposersMatthew Cracknell
Peter Nickalls
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes24
Production
Executive producerClaire Nosworthy
Running time60 minutes
Production companyKEO Films
Original release
NetworkBBC One
Release3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) –
17 February 2021 (2021-02-17)
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Best Home Cook (previously Britain's Best Home Cook) is a competitive cooking show produced by KEO Films and distributed internationally by Endemol Shine Group. It premiered on BBC One on 3 May 2018, presented by Claudia Winkleman, with judges Mary Berry, Chris Bavin, and Dan Doherty.[1] A second series, with "Britain's" dropped from the title and Angela Hartnett replacing Doherty, returned in January 2020.[2] The series was created in the wake of Berry's previous show, The Great British Bake Off, departing the BBC for Channel 4,[3] and has received mixed reviews from critics.[4] The programme was axed in 2022.[5]

  1. ^ Midgley, Carol (4 May 2018). "TV review: Britain's Best Home Cook; Syria: the World's War". The Times. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  2. ^ Midgley, Carol (3 January 2020). "Best Home Cook review — saccharine and stodge, this was no Bake Off". The Times. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  3. ^ Ruddick, Graham (1 August 2017). "Mary Berry to lead judges on BBC show Britain's Best Cook". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Britain's Best Home Cook: Any good?". BBC News. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Best Home Cook Axed". Media Mole/BBC. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.