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Beat the Chef (C4, 5.30pm) PRESENTER and restaurateur Andi Oliver is back with the culinary contest, as skilful amateur cooks compete in two fast-paced cook-offs to win up to £10,000. They will be go head-to-head with one of our four professional chefs: award-winning Mark Sargeant, Roux Scholar Frederick Forster, executive chef Sophie Michell and Michelin-starred Hrishikesh Desai. In the kitchen today is Chris Topham, a former fighter pilot who hopes that his beef stroganoff can hit the heights. Taking him on in culinary combat is Mark, out to prove he’s the top gun when it comes to cooking. Will Chris rise to the challenge of Mark’s whole plaice with bourguignon sauce?
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Host Bradley Walsh claimed Beat the Chasers was like “The X Factor for quizzers”, while one fan even compared the show to Avengers Assemble – sharing a photo in which he had photoshopped each of the Chasers’ heads on to one of the superheroes, including The Beast as The Hulk.
Now, following two celebrity specials in March in which Joe Pasquale, Katherine Ryan, Radzi Chinyanganya, Christine Ohuruogu and, most memorably ‘master of quizzes’ Shaun Williamson, took on the line-up, Beat the Chasers is back for a third, week-long, run.
For those who haven’t seen the show yet, it starts off with the Cash Builder round, in which a contestant answers five multiple-choice questions for the chance to bank up to £5,000. (However, if they start with a wrong answer, they are immediately out of the game).
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What’s on TV this weekend: Derry Girls’ Siobhan McSweeney takes the reigns on The Great Pottery Throw Down
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The end-of-the-pier café is packed, nobody’s wearing masks and the opening guest of a new series, Jack Dee, informs Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty that he’s been busy travelling and touring, so this was obviously filmed a lifetime ago. Dee revisits his days as a chef at the Ritz (he lied his way into the short-lived job) and shares memories of family camping holidays in France as a child, with the hosts tracking down the campsite his family stayed at and recreating the effect of a perfect rotisserie chicken, but in a domestic oven. All that and Jamie’s pot roast pork and Jimmy’s samosas.
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Producers of the hit ITV show Beat The Chasers have been forced to deny accusations that they “ripped off” a Scottish contestant who lost out on a £10,000 prize after his opponent appeared to break the rules.
Before attempting to answer a question in the round, Chasers are required to press their buzzers.
The name of the first Chaser to buzz in is then announced in the studio before they give their answer.
But during Gordon’s round, some viewers noticed that Chaser Paul “Sinnerman” Sinha’s name was not announced before he answered a question - leading some to suggest he had not buzzed in legally.
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