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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 is a British daytime television programme which aired live on ITV from 2011 until 2014 as part of ITV Food, presented by Gino D'Acampo and Melanie Sykes. D'Acampo cooks various food items, whilst Sykes does the main presenting of the show. The show mixed food with celebrity chat. In each episode, a celebrity guest appeared to assist the hosts and chat to them about their latest projects.
Alongside the main show aired a pre-recorded Christmas series known as Let's Do Christmas with Gino & Mel (2012–2014), which saw D'Acampo cooking Christmas food, still with celebrity guests and chat. There were three series of the Christmas show.
Format
Gino's Masterclass
In some episodes, Gino shared his expertise with the viewers with his top tips on various topics. These included knife skills, tomatoes, bacon, pastry, pasta, rice, chicken, Yorkshire puddings, mashed potatoes, roast potatoes, sausages and meat.
Challenge Gino
In every episode, Gino had to take part in a food-related challenge. Some of them were attempts to get Gino a Guinness World Record. For the Christmas series, these tasks included Irish Coffee making, eating Brussels sprouts and making Chocolate truffles.
Sometimes there was no challenge, and etiquette expert William Hanson joined the show to talk about subjects such as Royal dining, wedding etiquette or restaurant manners.
In the first and second series, Gino's challenger received a tea towel with the printed text on it which says "I challenged Gino and all I got was this rubbish tea towel". In the third and fourth series, the challenger received a "Let's Do Lunch" lunchbox.