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Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel facts for kids
| Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel | |
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| Genre | Cookery, chat |
| Presented by | Gino D'Acampo Melanie Sykes |
| Voices of | David Wartnaby (2014) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 88 |
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| Production location(s) | The London Studios |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | ITV Studios |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 8 August 2011 – 8 August 2014 |
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| Related shows | ITV Food |
Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel was a fun British TV show. It aired live on ITV from 2011 to 2014. The show was part of a special block called ITV Food.
The main hosts were Gino D'Acampo and Melanie Sykes. Gino cooked delicious food, while Mel was the main presenter. The show combined cooking with friendly chats. Each episode featured a special celebrity guest. They helped the hosts and talked about their latest projects.
There was also a Christmas version of the show. It was called Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel. This series aired from 2012 to 2014. Gino focused on cooking festive Christmas meals. It also featured celebrity guests and friendly conversations. There were three series of the Christmas show.
Show Features
Gino's Cooking Tips
In some episodes, Gino shared his best cooking advice. He gave viewers helpful tips on many topics. These included how to use knives safely. He also taught about ingredients like tomatoes and bacon. Gino showed how to make pastry, pasta, and rice. He even shared secrets for cooking chicken, Yorkshire puddings, and mashed potatoes.
Challenge Gino!
Every episode had a fun challenge for Gino. These challenges were often about food. Sometimes, Gino even tried to break a Guinness World Record!
For the Christmas shows, challenges included making Irish Coffee. Gino also had to eat Brussels sprouts. Another task was making tasty chocolate truffles.
Sometimes, instead of a challenge, an expert named William Hanson joined. He talked about good manners. This included how to act at fancy dinners or weddings.
If someone challenged Gino, they got a special prize. In the first two series, it was a tea towel. It had a funny message: "I challenged Gino and all I got was this rubbish tea towel". In later series, challengers received a cool "Let's Do Lunch" lunchbox.