Food TV

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‘Genuinely groundbreaking’: how the Hairy Bikers’ Dave Myers redefined masculinity on British TV
Sensitive, erudite, so warm it blew viewers away – alongside his colleague and great friend, Si King, the presenter made television a kinder, more open place

Stuart Heritage

29, Feb, 2024 @12:52 PM

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I recreated Gregg Wallace’s perfect Saturday. Let me tell you: nobody’s doing it like him | Rich Pelley
The MasterChef presenter’s viral routine involved war games, a 7am sauna and a fry-up at Harvester. Naturally, I had to try it, says writer Rich Pelley

Rich Pelley

11, Feb, 2024 @2:31 PM

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The Hairy Bikers Go West review – an absolutely magical return to the open road
Their first series since Dave Myers was diagnosed with cancer is so funny, welcoming and hopeful that it would warm the heart of even the most hardened misanthrope

Rebecca Nicholson

06, Feb, 2024 @8:00 PM

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MasterChef review made me laugh my Pollocks off | Brief letters
Brief letters: Witty observations | Expensive TV to devour | Self-driving cars | Triggers for dementia | Hot cross buns are out

01, Jan, 2024 @6:03 PM

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MasterChef: Battle of the Critics review – the contestants get so stressed you fear they’ll need oxygen
Former champions from the show get to decide which of five food critics, including Jay Rayner and Grace Dent, deserves a knife and fork trophy. If you can’t stand the heat …

Stuart Jeffries

28, Dec, 2023 @9:00 PM

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I’ve spent years tasting dishes on MasterChef. Now it’s my turn to put on the apron | Jay Rayner
I steadied my nerves and donned whites for a Christmas special – while trying not to cry on camera

Jay Rayner

23, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM

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The Hairy Bikers: Coming Home for Christmas review – more moving than any other festive cookery show
This warm, touching festive special reunites the duo on TV for the first time since Dave Myers’s cancer treatment. It’s a genuine, unaffected tribute to food, loved ones and being alive

Jack Seale

19, Dec, 2023 @10:00 PM

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Prue Leith: ‘The audience was all whooping, ‘We love you Prue!’ Who doesn’t want to hear that?’
The Bake Off judge on her stage show, the days she was lost for words – and the secret to her Christmas trifle

Tim Adams

10, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

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It’s time to admit Bake Off is feeling stale. As a former contestant, I know how to make it rise again | Michael Chakraverty
The show needs to return to its original recipe, says Michael Chakraverty, a former Great British Bake Off contestant

Michael Chakraverty

03, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

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The Great British Bake Off final – as it happened
After 10 weeks, only three contestants remained. As the nerve-wracking finale kicked in, who was crowned the ultimate Star Baker?

Scott Bryan

28, Nov, 2023 @9:29 PM

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The Great British Bake Off final review – one last spicy twist changes everything
The bakers are virtually identical, the format repetitive, the standards low – we’ve just seen everything on this show far too many times before. Until one final moment livens things up …

Jack Seale

28, Nov, 2023 @9:15 PM

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The Great British Bake Off semi-final – as it happened
Only four bakers remained for pastry week. Whose patisserie was an absolute dream – and whose puff was totally rough?

Scott Bryan

21, Nov, 2023 @9:15 PM

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