Kockduellen was a Swedish food cooking-contest airing over TV 4. It originally aired between 26 August 1996 – 2000 with

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as host, and subsequently with

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from 2000-2008. Among the

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s in the programme were Leif Mannerström, Gert Klötzke,

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and

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Format

Two teams competed against each other in cooking. Every team had one

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guest and one professional chef. The guests were given a limit sum of money to use for shopping for the necessary ingredients. Within 20 minutes (from 2008: 15 minutes) they were then required to prepare their foods. Finally, it was up to the audience to vote for the winning team.

References

{{Reflist TV4 (Sweden) original programming