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50. Celebrity Christmas Special
2011 - Season 2011
The final pantomime curtain call belongs to ex-Doctor Who actor Colin Baker, who throws a Cinderella themed evening despite being unused to cooking fancy meals
48. Celebrity Christmas Special
2011 - Season 2011
Day three's pantomime is Snow White, casting model Bianca Gascoigne in the lead role as host. But her festive blow-out is blighted by tension among the guests.
47. Rugby World Cup Special
2011 - Season 2011
Four rugby greats - Kyran Bracken, Martin Offiah, Victor Ubogu and Gareth Chilcott - go shoulder-to-shoulder in a charity rugby special. Cheeky scrum half Kyran Bracken kicks off a week of banter and boisterousness by comparing manly war wounds with his fellow players. Also the quartet play 'egg Russian roulette', involving one fresh egg and three boiled eggs. On Night 2, winger Martin Offiah attempts an evening of fine dining involving mussels and an 'authentic' Nigerian stew. Prop forward Victor Ubogu decides to lighten the mood on Night 3 by getting everyone up close and personal with some sheep. And as 'lightweights' Martin and Kyran are left lagging, things get even more lively when Victor's guests discover that his dining table doubles as a pool table. Gareth Chilcott rounds off the week.
46. Celebrity Christmas Special
2011 - Season 2011
The second day of the Christmas special sees Big Brother villain 'Nasty Nick' Bateman play host, and he's planned a Dickensian Christmas Carol themed evening with all the trimmings
45. Comedians Christmas Special
2011 - Season 2011
Four comedians do culinary battle for charity. Going head-to-head in this festive special are Sean Hughes, Gina Yashere, Paul Tonkinson and Duncan Norvelle.
44. Celebrity
2011 - Season 2011
Diane Abbott MP takes on Terry Christian, Wayne Sleep and Danielle Lloyd . Diane Abbott, the Shadow Minister for Public Health, launches her West Indian-inspired menu with rum punch. Motor-mouth TV presenter Terry Christian's evening kicks-off with an undrinkable cocktail and continues with a string of questionable jokes and dubious conversation topics. After a solid first half performance at home serving an Oriental-style menu, former Miss England and serial WAG Danielle Lloyd takes her eye off the ball and gets in a panic over her creme brulees. And last, but not least, ballet dance diva Wayne hot foots it into the kitchen to try and cook for the first time in 20 years.
43. Nottingham
2011 - Season 2011
Battling it out in Nottingham are a potty-mouthed pensioner, a wrestler, a mouthy mum and a marketing director. Expect some unsavoury dinner table conversation and a battle of the sexes.
42. Dundee and Lothian
2011 - Season 2011
A week of competitive dining featuring bickering, edible glitter, sumo-wrestling, and a post-dinner toilet-roll game. Super serious science student Ben Skerry takes on celebrity-obsessed school teacher Jessica McLaren, fun-loving prison manager Derek Taylor and uber-competitive office manager Cara-Anne Marshall.
41. Coventry
2011 - Season 2011
Magician Gareth Twynam takes on mum-of-two Sumi Malhortra-Chauhan, recruitment consultant Kristy Mooney, and salesman Phil Roberts, in a week featuring a bit of Bollywood, a chilli showdown, some manly one-upmanship, crazy golf, and a bit of girl power
40. Luton
2011 - Season 2011
This brand new episode comes from Luton where, battling it out over four nights are B&B owner Alison McGaw, fire-fighting action man Gary Salvage, fearsomely feisty Polish mum Alex Lipa, and know-it-all fitness trainer Kirkland Hay. Expect swooning, sophisticated chat and even spanking as the contestants go head-to-head for the £1,000 prize?
39. Isle of Man
2011 - Season 2011
On the Isle of Man four hosts go head to head in a week featuring some flirting, some bitching, some insults, a Manx crab starter, and one host dressing up as a cow to serve pudding
38. Windsor
2011 - Season 2011
In Windsor, solicitor Anil Vij takes on food snob and web designer Harry Hardisty, posh property businesswoman Jan Bowdler, and lady of leisure Ansa Khan - who thinks of herself as the 'other' Queen of Windsor. On the first night, a tipsy Jan insists on feeding Anil, and Ansa makes the mistake of imitating Jan's posh accent. Harry's eel starter raises a few eyebrows on Day 2, but it's Jan's dancing that steals the show. On Day 3 Jan hosts an evening at the races, while Day 4 sees tensions rise and a confrontational chat between Jan and Ansa.
37. Celebrity
2011 - Season 2011
For the last dinner party of the week actress Lesley Joseph has decided on a Titanic theme for her evening, with a chamber orchestra, and even some water-wings
36. Costa del Sol Special
2011 - Season 2011
In a Come Dine with Me first, the culinary competition ventures abroad to the sunny Costa del Sol, where four amateur ex-pat chefs compete for the coveted £1000 prize. As usual, all the scoring's in secret and only at the end of the week is the winner revealed. Budding entrepreneur Mekala Hodgson starts off the Spanish week with a very un-Spanish menu - pie and mash to be precise - in celebration of her Essex roots. Next up, well-bred, bi-lingual Greg Van Praagh attempts to wow with some complicated cookery. But a wobbly dessert results in some guests throwing wobblies of their own! Sun-worshipping retiree John Morton intends to host an evening of entertainment and hilarity, but when one of his jokes backfires it all goes spectacularly wrong and sparks fly. It falls to the final competitor - fun-loving Mandy Strutton - to try to ease tensions within the group with a Thai menu. But will they be able to patch things up before the winner is revealed?
35. Birmingham
2011 - Season 2011
Hairdresser Phil Gifford takes on drama student Naomi Chamroo, posh chatterbox Maddy Savitt, and serious conversationalist Randeep Sami, in a week featuring bhangra dancing, boob testing, a spot of baldism, `the devil's spawn', and even a bit of civilised conversation.
34. Leicester
2011 - Season 2011
This brand new cook-off in Leicester includes compulsory meditation, eating with hands, body painting, a controversial hair in a guest's pudding... and quite a lot of bickering. Battling it out for the prize are aromatherapist Erica Swinthenbank, yoga teacher Anne Marie Newland, graphic designer Jamie Traynor and security officer Pretesh Singadia.
33. Norwich
2011 - Season 2011
The competitive foursome's week features an undercooked chicken, a 'busty' party trick, and a super hot chilli-eating challenge.Ultra-confident Sam Smith is positive he's got the winning menu, glamour model Polly Guy sets out to prove that she's more than just a pretty face, no-nonsense nutritionist Caroline Seamen has high standards when it comes to food, and bank manager and part-time DJ Richard Pearce doesn't hold back when it comes to handing out criticism.
32. Harrogate
2011 - Season 2011
A brand new series of Come Dine with Me kicks off in Harrogate, where four amateur cooks compete for the coveted £1,000 prize. All the scoring is in secret and only at the end of the week is the winner revealed. Conventional Emma Revis, who'll have you know her initials are ER - the same as the Queen's - is faced with three of the most eccentric people she has ever met. Work-shy millionaire's son Matthew Hetherington stuns his guests by throwing their coats at his hired help to put away. Camp, balding letting agent Tim King reveals he more than compensates for the lack of hair on his head by having one of the hairiest backs the world has ever seen, while eco-warrior and nomad Alison Brierly challenges everyone's palates (and stomachs) by serving pheasant road kill and chocolate coated insects.
31. Avonmouth
2011 - Season 2011
Four cooks in Avonmouth, near Bristol, battle it out in a week of dining including skip diving, food chanting, hula hooping and some rather embarrassing dancing.Cooking for the prize are kitchen designer Matt Smart, eco-warrior Lily Stephenson, teetotal yoga teacher Charlotta Martinus, and self-styled `Boyonce' Josh Willacy.
30. Newcastle
2011 - Season 2011
Competing for the prize in the self-proclaimed party capital of the North are finance manager Liz O'Sullivan, eyelash-extension technician Julie Scullion, trainee teacher Ritu Nayyer and smooth talking Mark Shields, who's out to woo the ladies in order to win. The week of competitive dining features a dessert disaster, leaving the sorry host in tears, a starter called `the knicker dropper' that goes down like a lead balloon, and a surprise confession on the last night that leaves the other contestants fuming.
29. Exeter
2011 - Season 2011
A spicy-food war breaks out in Exeter between Geoff Green and up-front party girl Beka Platt. There is also a rabbit showdown later in the week between keen hunter John G. Wills and bunny-owning drama student Mandy Plumridge.
28. North East London
2011 - Season 2011
This culinary competition in north east London features an aphrodisiac menu, a seven-foot butler, and an explosive falling out with someone's dinner ending up in the bin
27. Northampton
2011 - Season 2011
Firing up their hobs this time are driving instructor and practical joker Billy McArthur, glamorous granny Michaela McQuade, outspoken American mum Sarah Lester, and house-proud photocopier service manager Kevin Pawlowski. On the menu is some very rare duck, an impressive display of the Klingon language, and a `posh' approach to dining, featuring tuxedos, cocktail dresses and... chicken kievs.
26. Southampton
2011 - Season 2011
First up to host is PR glamour puss Lucy Richmond who hopes to make a splash with her nautical-themed evening. Day two is the turn of night club promoter Jay Paul, who despite his limited cooking experience reckons he can wow his guests with party entertainment. Day three sees lorry driver Phil Whyte divulge a string of jaw dropping revelations about his complicated sex life. The final night is hosted by fish and chip shop magnate Beverley Rees, whose evening slowly spirals out of her control. Will the four contestants be able to stay in one room long enough to find out who's the winner of the £1,000 prize?
25. Bedford
2011 - Season 2011
Mum-of-two Joanne Wilson takes on Italian hairdresser Franko Russo, Richard Haxell and Aussie weight-loss consultant Sam McCallum. Joanne hates noisy eaters and takes exception to Franko for slurping his drink. The next night she tries to educate Franko about burping at the table. By night three, CEO Richard has set up a naughty chair for Franko to sit on whenever he misbehaves. Not only this, but Richard soon reveals his collection of thongs... and a photo of him stripping. The week also features a battle of the tiramisus.
24. Leeds
2011 - Season 2011
Ping pong-loving Swede Evelyn Friede takes on politics student James Greenhalgh, personal development coach Sarah Shafi and Canadian born DJ Nolan Kane.The week of competitive dining includes an ABBA-themed dress code, a water bed, and an extravagant sandwich gateau.
23. North West London
2011 - Season 2011
Bollywood wannabe Paresh Vara takes on shop assistant Cherelle Welch, mind reader Alex Crow and straight talking solicitor Cathie Woolhouse, in a week featuring some deep-fried kofta balls gone wrong, a titanic clash of two chatterboxes, and a mysterious dark parlour filled with rats, snakes and all things spooky.
22. Herefordshire
2011 - Season 2011
Battling it out in Herefordshire are 47-year-old customer service advisor Mandy Fincher, 'professional bum' John Harrington, actor Simon Blood DeVay, and straight-talking accountant Sarah Haines, in a week of competitive dining featuring some sulking, outrageous flirting, a bit of medieval sword fighting, and a jump in the pool.
21. Nuneaton
2011 - Season 2011
Fighting it out this time are football-mad lad Christian Wood, fussy army wife Tina Watson, drama queen spiritualist and picky eater Dean Foy, and no-nonsense ex-18-30s holiday rep Lara Watson. The week features an apparently food-phobic host, tears at dinner time, the ashes of three dead cats, and a white witch with a white witch for a partner. And if all this wasn't enough, a guest commits one of the cardinal sins of dinner party etiquette by spitting her food out into a napkin.
20. South East Essex
2011 - Season 2011
Make-up wearing Matthew Richmond-King takes on clean queen Kate Beesley, old rock and roller Simon Holdgate and dog sitter Jane Bunting in a week featuring numerous lessons in table manners, tales from the rock and roll lifestyle, and a piece of fruit for a head dress.
19. North Lancashire
2011 - Season 2011
Battling it out are proud and very loud American post mistress Rosie Rawsthorn, straight-talking vegetarian Linda Cottam, not-so-funny joker DJ Johnny Pep and ultra-critical financial advisor Anne Thompson. Which of them will walk away £1000 richer?
18. Ayrshire
2011 - Season 2011
Castle-dwelling food snob Patrick Dromgoole battles it out with no-nonsense cookery addict Ann Hay, Christian weight watcher Jolyn Dewson, and Duffy, a performance poet and forager. The week starts at Patrick's castle with a lone piper playing on top of the castle tower and with grace before dinner said in Latin. The week also features some foraging in the glen and dogs dressed as butlers in fitted dinner jackets.
17. Carlisle
2001 - Season 2011
Competing for culinary supremacy in Carlisle are complementary therapy student Helen Speakman, boy band drummer Andy Bainbridge, DIY devotee Nigel Hawes and cake maker Deborah Nixon.Helen has set herself a challenge with multiple courses in an oriental theme and she's determined to cook everything from scratch.Pop wannabe Andy has decided to use his boyish charms to win points, rather than offering complicated dishes on his menu.Nigel hopes his happy-go-lucky nature and a bizarre, dream-inspired Italian menu will be enough to land him the prize. Last to host is cake maker Deborah, who finally gets the chance to show off her much-bragged-about culinary skills. Will she be left with egg on her face when she serves a breakfast fry-up as one of her courses?
16. Swansea
2011 - Season 2011
A week of culinary giddiness in Swansea includes a never-ending soup and a close thing with a pavlova. Some of Swansea's keenest hosts go head to head. Doing battle are garage manager Stephanie Morgan Thomas, TV cameraman Luke England, telesales worker Ed Curnow, and larger-than-life charity worker Helen Foley.
15. West Nottinghamshire
2011 - Season 2011
Battling it out in the heart of Robin Hood country are U2 fanatic Lynn Negus, DJ/photographer/ex-gigolo Dennis Nyama, primary schoolteacher Maria Beal and former roadie Pete Chaffe
14. Worcester
2011 - Season 2011
Singleton sauce-pot Rosita Bowkat takes on feisty landlady Tania Jones, Take That tribute-band member Tony James (AKA Blobbie Williams of Take Fat), and fitness enthusiast Nicholas Clarke. Prepare for a colourful week featuring farting at the table, a dessert of gazelle horns and honey balls, insults, rampant fatism, a Roman-inspired menu with dormouse, and a scary pig mask.
13. East Lancashire
2011 - Season 2011
A week of dining in East Lancashire with quite a lot of kissing, much belching and an unannounced twin. One of the funniest episodes of Come Dine with Me, this features the hilarious antics of mayoress Carol Stinton, perma-tanned hairdresser Jonny Kemp, spiritualist Sue Hartley and the plumber with Victorian values Nick Holt.
12. Hampshire
2011 - Season 2011
Motormouth mum of four Selena Bartlett, punk rock vegan Jhon Cosgrove, retired boat lover Anson Lane and chatty hairdresser Terese Scott battle it out for the cash prize in Hampshire
11. Burton-on-Trent
2011 - Season 2011
In Burton-on-Trent four cooks battle it out in a week featuring sloppy banoffee pie, some seriously undercooked prawns and much talk of fake boobs and Botox. Refined food snob Charlotte Yates takes on brash culinary queen Lucy Quy, singer Fiona Denton, and 'fun and flirty' Chris Bale. The week features its fair share of culinary controversies, including dumplings out of a packet and shop-bought custard. And while one of the hosts reveals a talent for making animal noises, another introduces everyone to 'Chubby', her fat-faced alter ego.
10. Tyneside
2011 - Season 2011
Battling it out in the north east are English teacher and competitive foodie Jenni McGagh, hairdresser Bobby Mukabaa, bowel-obsessed colonic irrigationist Cath Morgan, and cheeky-chappy butcher Dan Freeman
9. Athletics Special
2011 - Season 2011
In this brand new Come Dine with Me celebrity special, four Olympians battle it out to win a £1000 cash prize for charity.Former world champion javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread kicks off the week focused and totally prepared, but with a light and healthy meal for her guests. Just as well, considering she quickly has them all competing in her very own sports day in her back garden! Record-breaking, barefoot runner Zola Budd adds a South African touch to the week with her family-inspired recipes. High-jump champion Dalton Grant reaches new lows with a limbo dancing contest during a Caribbean-themed night. And last to go for gold is 400m hurdles gold medallist Kriss Akabusi who, reliving a past career in the army, provides a military drill instructor to whip his guests into shape.
8. Walsall
2011 - Season 2011
There's a meat feast fiasco in Walsall, moonwalking, insults and tears at dinner time. Jeweller Christian Woodall's meat menu goes a bit haywire, while vegetarian beauty therapist Georgina Smith's animal-free meal is not to everyone's liking. On the first two nights of the week the insults fly and tears are shed at the table. But a group rendition of Oasis's Don't Look Back in Anger on Paul Wigfield's evening brings some amount of calm back to proceedings. But will Irish cattle farmer Jennifer Brack's home reared steak pies be good enough to win her the prize?
7. Telford
2011 - Season 2011
Donna Daly kicks off the week with a man-pleasing menu as she takes on Ian Carter, Sarah Ashley-Ruff and self-acclaimed 'Mr Perfect' Adam Hurlin
6. Bristol
2011 - Season 2011
Four nights of competitive dining in the West Country, features a bit of manhandling, some dodgy 80s disco moments, and an enormous handmade sausage. Scatty 23-year-old yummy mummy Tess Swan-Ingrey takes on Ian Perryman, man of a thousand bad outfits (and even worse jokes), 42-year-old drugs worker Cathy Lord, and ultra-competitive salesman Tony Boniface.
5. South Devon
2011 - Season 2011
This episode comes from south Devon, where party girl Frankie Tolliday takes on American rock chick Tara Mulholland, Dandy artist Simon Drew and relentless joker Peter Pyne
4. South Buckinghamshire
2011 - Season 2011
In South Buckinghamshire, Nicholas Witherick, who works and lives in a stunning stately home, takes on hard-talking waitress Lisa Bristow, wind-up merchant Dale Evans, and creative art teacher Annie Hearne. What follows is a week of fine dining featuring body art, seafood wars, fibbing, taunts, and daggers drawn at pudding time.
3. East Yorkshire
2011 - Season 2011
Four cooks battle it out in a week of palm reading, some racy discoveries in the bedroom, a confusion between posset and possum, and a bit of a botox controversy.The four cooks are hospital manager Richard Squire, Giles Johnson, who enjoys his own lewd humour, sassy masseuse Jo, who's up for a good time, and super-inquisitive aesthetic practitioner Angie Ward.
2. West Lincolnshire
2011 - Season 2011
Plastic surgery fan Jo Allen takes on self-titled 'hairy-bummed roofer' Nigel Reid, Rocky Horror-obsessed drag queen Justin Hussey, and saleswoman Margaret Hope, in a week of fights and lost tempers
1. Hull
2011 - Season 2011
Housewife Beccy Harrison, DJ Paul Green, glam marketing girl Eve Clark, and amateur dramatics director Mark Daniels battle it out for the prize.Beccy's Thai-themed evening is swamped by DJ Paul - who takes over every conversation, and can't stop trying to chat up Eve. Drama darling Mark's naked pictures raise a few eyebrows on his night as the host.Eve Clark's night features `One Hull of a Menu', including `Hulloumi Salad'. But it's Eve's cocktail dress and heels that really get the thumbs up from Paul. Last to host is Paul, who hopes his version of gourmet food and a naff disco will pull in the points.
