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Best Home Cook
Genre Cooking
Reality
Presented by Claudia Winkleman
Judges Mary Berry (2018–)
Chris Bavin (2018–)
Angela Hartnett (2020–)
Dan Doherty (2018)
Composer(s) Matthew Cracknell
Peter Nickalls
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 3
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producer(s) Claire Nosworthy
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) KEO Films
Distributor BBC Studios
Endemol Shine Group
Release
Original network BBC One
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Audio format Stereo
Original release 3 May 2018 (2018-05-03) – present

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 in May 2018, presented by Claudia Winkleman, with judges Mary Berry, Chris Bavin, and Dan Doherty. A second series, with "Britain's" dropped from the title and Angela Hartnett replacing Doherty, returned in January 2020. The series was created in the wake of Berry's previous show, The Great British Bake Off, departing the BBC for Channel 4, and has received mixed reviews from critics.

Series 1 (2018)

Cooks

Cook Age Occupation Hometown
Cyrus Kay 27 Wine consultant and entrepreneur York
Dipa Jakhu 44 Civil servant Wolverhampton
Fiona Hamill 59 Retired shop keeper County Down, Northern Ireland
Josie Ingram 37 Wealth client executive Glasgow
Katie Davies 32 Police emergency call handler and dispatcher Neath, Wales
Philip Friend 48 Maths teacher Surrey
Pippa Middlehurst 28 Oncology research biobank technician Salford
Queta "Q" Double 38 Children's A&E nurse Balcombe, West Sussex
Tobi Akingbolagun 27 Compliance manager London
Trevor Jones 29 Farmer Kent

Elimination table

Contestant Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Pippa ULT ULT ULT E ULT E WINNER
Dipa E E E ULT ULT E E RUNNERS-UP
Philip E ULT E E ULT E
Tobi ULT E ULT E E OUT
Katie ULT ULT ULT OUT
Trevor E E OUT
Cyrus ULT OUT
Josie E E OUT
Q OUT
Fiona OUT
     (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
     (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
     (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
     The cook got through to the next round.
     (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
     (OUT) The cook was eliminated.

Series 2 (2020)

Cooks

Cook Age Occupation Hometown
Ayo Salau 28 Accountant London
Elisabetta Ludica 52 NHS receptionist London
Georgia May Salamat 24 Model London
Kate Smith 62 Farmer's wife Devon
Katie Mahady 33 Supermarket supervisor Essex
Oli Mannion 34 Restaurant supervisor Cheshire
Robin Watkinson 63 Maintenance supervisor Bristol
Sarah Woods 42 Pharmaceutical recruitment partner Cheshire
Sean Hughes 37 IT project manager Warwickshire
Suzie Arbuthnot 36 Accountant Northern Ireland

Elimination table

Contestant Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Suzie ULT ULT ULT ULT E WINNER
Georgia ULT ULT ULT E ULT E RUNNER-UP
Sarah E ULT ULT E 3RD PLACE
Oli E E E OUT
Katie ULT E E OUT
Robin E E ULT E OUT
Elisabetta ULT OUT
Ayo ULT E ULT OUT
Kate OUT
Sean OUT

Because the judges were unable to decide on the worst dish during the elimination challenge, no-one was eliminated this week. As a result, two cooks were eliminated the following week.

Oli was not well enough to compete in the Rustle-up challenge and was automatically placed into the elimination challenge.

     (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
     (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
     (3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
     (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
     The cook got through to the next round.
     (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
     (OUT) The cook was eliminated.

Celebrity series (2021)

Celebrities

Celebrity Age Known for Hometown
Desiree Burch 42 Comedian & television presenter California, United States
Ed Balls 53 Retired Labour politician Norfolk, England
Ed Byrne 48 Comedian & actor Dublin, Ireland
Ferne McCann 30 Former The Only Way Is Essex star Essex, England
Gareth Thomas 46 Former Wales rugby player Bridgend, Wales
Karim Zeroual 27 Television presenter & actor London, England
Rachel Johnson 55 Journalist & author London, England
Ruth Madeley 33 Actress Westhoughton, England
Shobna Gulati 54 Actress Oldham, England
Tom Read Wilson 34 Receptionist on Celebs Go Dating London, England

Elimination table

Contestant Episode
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Ed Balls ULT ULT ULT E E ULT ULT E WINNER
Tom E E E ULT RUNNER-UP
Rachel ULT E ULT E E 3RD PLACE
Ferne ULT E ULT ULT E ULT OUT
Shobna ULT ULT ULT E OUT
Ed Byrne ULT E OUT
Karim E E E OUT
Ruth E E OUT
Gareth ULT OUT
Desiree OUT

Because the judges were unable to decide on the worst dish during the elimination challenge, no-one was eliminated this week.

     (WINNER) This cook won the competition.
     (RUNNER-UP) This cook finished in second place.
     (3RD PLACE) This cook finished in third place.
     (ULT) The cook was one of the judges' favourites in the ultimate challenge.
     The cook got through to the next round.
     (E) The cook was in the elimination round, but not eliminated.
     (OUT) The cook was eliminated.
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