Food Glorious Food (TV series)

Food Glorious Food
GenreCooking
Presented byCarol Vorderman[1]
JudgesTom Parker Bowles
Loyd Grossman
Anne Harrison
Stacie Stewart
Andi Oliver (guest judge)
Theme music composerBanks & Wag
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producersSimon Cowell[2]
Becky Clarke
Running time60 minutes (inc. adverts)
Production companiesOptomen
Syco Entertainment[2]
Original release
NetworkITV
Release27 February (2013-02-27) –
24 April 2013 (2013-04-24)
Related
ITV Food
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Food Glorious Food is a British cooking competition show that aired on ITV from 27 February[3] to 24 April 2013, hosted by Carol Vorderman[4] with judges Tom Parker Bowles, Loyd Grossman,[5] Anne Harrison, Stacie Stewart[6] and Andi Oliver who was a guest judge for the Harrogate heats.[7][8] The competition, in which anyone of any age could enter, searched the country looking for the best home cooked dish, with the winner receiving £20,000 and their dish made and sold by Marks & Spencer.[9][10]

An official Food Glorious Food cookery book was published by The Octopus Publishing Group on 25 February 2013 and is available to purchase online and from major book retailers.[11][12] The book contains over 100 recipes, including all the regional heat winners and the overall series winner. The winning recipes from the heats and overall winning recipe will also be made available on the ITV website after appearing on the show.

  1. ^ Fletcher, Alex (19 February 2013). "Carol Vorderman on 'Food Glorious Food', Simon Cowell, naked gardeners". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b Earp, Catherine (20 February 2013). "Carol Vorderman: 'Simon Cowell not involved in Food Glorious Food'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Food Glorious Food". ITV. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. ^ Fletcher, Alex (15 February 2013). "Simon Cowell 'X Factor' cookery show 'Food Glorious Food' gets airdate". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ^ Fletcher, Alex (27 February 2013). "Carol Vorderman, Loyd Grossman take swipe at 'shouty' rival food shows". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  6. ^ "Sunderland's Stacie Stewart makes Food Glorious Food debut tonight". Sunderland Echo. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  7. ^ Fletcher, Alex (28 February 2013). "'Food Glorious Food': A tasty treat? Share your verdict". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  8. ^ Laughlin, Andrew (28 February 2013). "Ricky Gervais's 'Derek' back above 1 million". Digital Spy. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  9. ^ "Food Glorious Food". Marks & Spencer. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Food Glorious Food Episode 1". ITV. 27 February 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  11. ^ "Food Glorious Food Press Pack" (PDF). ITV. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  12. ^ Food Glorious Food: The Official Cook Book. ASIN 1845338138.