''Beautiful Cooking'' (Traditional Chinese: 美女廚房, literally: Beautiful Girl's Kitchen) is a

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broadcast on

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

. The show began broadcasting on May 28, 2006 hosted by

Ronald Cheng Ronald Cheng Chung-kei (born 9 March 1972) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Life and career Ronald Cheng was born in Hong Kong. Originally intending to work behind the scenes as a songwriter and a producer, Cheng did odd jobs at his father (Dire ...

, Alex Fong and

Edmond Leung Edmond Leung Hon-man (; born 5 November 1971) is a Hong Kong singer-songwriter, record producer, actor and television host. Background Born in British Hong Kong on 5 November 1971, he was a youth development footballer and coach until 17. At ag ...

. The second season began broadcast from April 5, 2009.

Format

The game participants include 3 female Hong Kong celebrities. Usually the girls are invited for their beauty or celebrity status. The girls are given an apron to wear on top of the clothes they come in.

Competition 1

For the first competition, a master chef will cook a more complicated dish and then explain the recipe and cooking procedure. The female celebrities are then requested to match the chef's dish by trying to imitate the cooking and recipe.

Competition 2

In competition 2, the three contestants are presented with a live seafood. Their tasks are to butcher, clean, and prepare the seafood all by themselves.

Points

When the dishes are finished, the hosts, guest judges and the guest chef gets to sample the dishes and on a scale of -10 to 10, they give out a score. Selected members of the audience also get a chance to try the dishes and make additional comments. Winners are announced at the end of the show.

Season 1

Beautiful girl cooking helpers

The show also consist of a few girls dressed in maid costumes. They are nicknamed according to Chinese food names, and are featured in all the episodes. *

Congee Congee or conjee ( ) is a type of rice porridge or gruel eaten in Asian countries. It can be eaten plain, where it is typically served with side dishes, or it can be served with ingredients such as meat, fish, seasonings and flavourings, most o ...

- Yetta Tse (謝珊珊) *

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- Helena Wong (黃卓慧) *

Noodle Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings. Noodles are a staple food in many cultures (for example, Chinese noodles, Filipino noodles, Indo ...

- Tse Siu Wan (謝兆韵) *

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- Snow Suen (孫慧雪) *

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- Chacha Chan (陳文靜)

Celebrities

Final Points

Season 2

Beautiful Cooking helper girls

The girls were changed this season.TVB.
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(劉俐) *

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(陳蕊蕊) *

Banana A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus ''Musa''. In some countries, bananas used for cooking may be called "plantains", distinguis ...

- Vanko Wong (王淑玲) *

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- Ting Lok-sze (丁樂鍶) *

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- Lukian Wang (王宝宝) *

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baozi Baozi (), Pao-tsih or bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun in various Chinese cuisines. There are many variations in fillings ( meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steamed. They are a variation of ''mant ...

- Cienna Leung (梁懿晴)

Celebrities

Final episode

The final episode featured the Beautiful Cooking cast versus the

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cast. It was filmed at the

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, a major amusement-park-city with water and other resort facilities.Sina.com.
Sina.com
" ''獎門人廚房胸戰亞姐.'' Retrieved on 2009-11-09.Sina.com.

" ''錄影《奬門人》：孟瑤巨胸頂碗.'' Retrieved on 2009-11-09.

Final Points

References

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External links

Beautiful cooking TVB
TVB original programming Cooking television series 2006 Hong Kong television series debuts 2007 Hong Kong television series endings

Format

Competition 1

Competition 2

Points

Season 1

Beautiful girl cooking helpers

Celebrities

Final Points

Season 2

Beautiful Cooking helper girls

Celebrities

Final episode

Final Points

See also

References

External links