Ready Steady Cook (Australian TV Series)
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''Ready Steady Cook'' is a four-time
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from 2005 until 2013. Repeats continued to air daily until early 2014. It is based on the original ''
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Peter Everett Peter Everett is an Australian television host. He is probably best known for hosting the Australian adaptation of cook show ''Ready Steady Cook'', which aired on Network Ten. He is known for appearing on '' Changing Rooms'' which aired on t ...
took over the hosting job in January 2006 to coincide with Ten's new daytime lineup. From 2006, it has aired at 2:00pm. In March 2011, it was announced that Colin Lane replaced Everett from June 2011.


Overview

Two teams (Capsicum and Tomato), consisting each of a professional chef and an audience member compete against each other, both trying to create the best entrée, meal and dessert in a 20-minute time limit. The final segment sees both opposing chefs teaming up to prepare a dish in a strict time limit. New challenges were introduced in 2009. As well as the regular gourmet and classic bags, the chefs are given surprise new challenges that push their cooking skills to the limit.


Chefs featured on the show

* Andy Ball * Janelle Bloom * Chris Cranswick-Smith * Shane Delia * Manu Feildel *
Matt Golinski Matt Golinski (born 1972)
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* Jacqui Gowan * Damian Heads * Mark Jensen * Tom Kime *
Miguel Maestre Miguel Cascales Maestre (born 5 November 1979) is a Spanish-born Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television presenter, who has co-hosted the lifestyle television series '' The Living Room''. Maestre has presented TV programmes ''Mig ...
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Alastair McLeod Alastair McLeod is a Northern Ireland-Australian celebrity chef He is a regular guest on Ready Steady Cook, ''Queensland Weekender'' and ABC Radio. Alastair also hosts his own food show ″Off the Eaten Track″ that has screened in Australi ...
* Nicholas Owen * Brett Panter *
Tobie Puttock Tobie Puttock (born 1974) is an Australian celebrity chef, best known for his association with British chef Jamie Oliver. Cooking career Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Puttock trained at Box Hill Institute of TAFE, and first worked at Caffe e Cu ...
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George Calombaris George Dimitrios Calombaris (born 4 October 1978) is an Australian chef and restaurateur. Calombaris was one of the judges of the Network 10 series '' MasterChef Australia'' from 2009 to 2019. Prior to his role on ''MasterChef Australia'', Calo ...
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Adrian Richardson Adrian Richardson is an Australian chef and television presenter. Richardson has hosted a number of food shows and is most widely known for being the ''Bad Chef'' in Good Chef Bad Chef and appearing with chefs Manu Feildel, Gary Mehigan and ...
* Dominique Rizzo * Jason Roberts * Carol Selva Rajah * Darren Simpson * Adam Swanson * Anthony Telford * Yuey Then


Celebrity guests

A celebrity version of ''Ready Steady Cook Australia'' aired separate to the daytime series during prime time for a brief period in 2005. The following celebrities have appeared at least once, though others have also been seen on the show, both during the regular series and prime time celebrity shows.


2005

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Natalie Bassingthwaighte Natalie Bassingthwaighte (; born 1 September 1975) is an Australian recording artist, actress, and Celebrity, television personality. Born and raised in Wollongong, New South Wales, she began her career in musical theatre. She later pursued an ...
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Tim Brunero Tim Brunero (born 1976) is known to the Australian television-viewing public as the runner-up of ''Big Brother Australia 2005''. Brunero visited East Timor in November 2005 for APHEDA, also known as Union Aid Abroad. Hann, BelleFrom housemate ...
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Anthony Callea Anthony Cosmo Callea (born 13 December 1982) is an Australian singer-songwriter and stage actor who rose to prominence as the runner-up in the 2004 season of '' Australian Idol''. Callea's debut single, a cover of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocel ...
* Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald *
John Foreman John Foreman may refer to: * John Foreman (musician) (born 1972), Australian musician * John Foreman (producer) (1925–1992), American film producer * John Foreman (footballer) (1913–1964), English footballer See also * Jon Foreman (born 1976), ...
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Mike Goldman Michael Goldman (born 7 November 1972), is an Australian actor, television and radio host and voice over. He has appeared in television roles, mini-series and films like Young Rock, The Wilds and A Place to Call Home. He is the son of televisio ...
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Marcia Hines Marcia Elaine Hines, AM (born July 20, 1953), is an American-Australian vocalist and TV personality. Hines made her debut, at the age of 16, in the Australian production of the stage musical ''Hair'' and followed with the role of Mary Magdalene ...
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Ryan Moloney Ryan Moloney (born 24 November 1979) is an Australian actor, known for his portrayal of the fictional character Jarrod "Toadfish" Rebecchi in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' since 1995. Career Moloney's first acting experience was with ...
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James Mathison James Mathison (born 14 January 1978) is an Australian television presenter and former independent political candidate. Early life Mathison was born in Sydney, New South Wales and grew up in Northern Beaches suburb of Frenchs Forest. He atte ...
* Leah McLeod * Monique Mueller *
Steven Richards Steven James Richards (born 11 July 1972) is a New Zealand-Australian racing driver, currently competing in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Championship. Richards, the son of seven-time Bathurst 1000 winner Jim Richards, is himself a five-t ...
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Kyle Sandilands Kyle Dalton Sandilands (born 10 June 1971) is an Australian radio host and television personality. He is currently the co-host, with Jackie O, of the weekday morning radio program '' The Kyle and Jackie O Show'' on Sydney's radio station KIIS ...


2008

In 2008, there were a number of 'celebrity cook-offs' on the daytime show. The celebrity cook-offs were randomly put into the schedule throughout 2008. Some of the celebrities that appeared in 2008 are: * Faustina 'Fuzzy' Agolley (host from Video Hits) *
Christine Anu Christine Anu (born 15 March 1970) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She gained popularity with the cover song release of the Warumpi Band's song " My Island Home". Anu has been nominated for 17 ARIA Awards. Early life Anu was bo ...
*
Natarsha Belling Natarsha Belling (born 29 May 1970) is an Australian journalist. Belling has previously worked at Network 10 as a television presenter, news presenter and reporter. She spent over two decades with the company until being made redundant in Augu ...
* Billy Bentley ( Big Brother 2007 housemate) * Tahir Bilgic * Aleisha Cowcher (Big Brother 2007 winner) * John Dee (
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Founder) * Wes Denning * Anh Do * Bianca Dye (first 'celebrity cook-off') *
Peter Everitt Peter "Spida" Everitt (born 3 May 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Hawthorn Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for St Kilda from 1993 to 2002 ...
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Bobby Flynn Robert Andrew "Bobby" Flynn (born 22 January 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In the fourth season of the singing competition ''Australian Idol'', he placed seventh. With his band, The Omega Three, he made a nationwide tour through ...
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Nic Fosdike Nicholas "Nic" Fosdike (born 26 February 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Sydney Swans. Career Originally from South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club No ...
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Adam Harvey Adam Harvey (born 21 December 1974) is an Australian country music singer. Harvey has sold over half a million records, has been nominated five times for an ARIA Music Award and has won nine golden guitars at the Country Music Awards of Austr ...
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Vijay Khurana Vijay Khurana is an Australian radio announcer, best known for his work on 100.7 XFM and Triple J. Radio career Starting at 100.7 XFM, he presented weekday breakfast, weekend afternoons, and the Drive show. Moving to Triple J in 2005, he h ...
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Jade MacRae Jade Aurora Moana MacRae (born 4 June 1979) is an Australian soul singer and the daughter of professional musicians Joy Yates and Dave MacRae. MacRae is best known for her top 40 singles MacRae " So Hot Right Now" and " Superstar", both release ...
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Brad McEwan Brad McEwan (born 28 April 1971) is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist. McEwan has previously been a sport presenter on the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne editions of '' 10 News First'' and is best known for his hosting d ...
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Erin McNaught Erin McNaught (born 22 May 1982) is an Australian model, actress, presenter, television personality and beauty pageant titleholder. McNaught grew up in Australia alongside her older brothers and began playing in a band named "Short Straw" in her ...
* Nathan Sapsford (host from Video Hits) *
Sandra Sully Sandra Sully (born 18 February 1965) is an Australian news presenter and journalist and editor for ''10 News First'' in Sydney and Queensland. Sully attended Brisbane State High School, graduating in 1978. Life and career Sully was the firs ...
* Peter Timbs ( Big Brother 2001 housemate) * Zoran Vidinovski (Big Brother 2007 housemate) *
Kim Watkins Kim Watkins (22 September 1967) is an Australian television and news presenter. Career Watkins began her career in 1979, aged 12 as the co-host of the Nine Network's children's show ''You Asked For It''. In 1989, Kim began a six-year stint ...
* Ron Wilson *
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* Bill Woods


2009

The celebrity cook-offs return for the 2009 series. Participants include: * Performers
Gina Riley Gina Riley (born 6 May 1961) is an Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian, known for portraying Kim Craig in the television series ''Kath & Kim'', and for her work in musical theatre. Television and film Riley became a popular televisi ...
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Craig McLachlan Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is an Australian actor, musician, singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television, the music industry and music theatre for over 30 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap ...
* Country music stars
Beccy Cole Beccy Cole (born Rebecca Diane Thompson, 27 October 1972), also known as Beccy Sturtzel, Rebecca Diane Albeck and Bec O'Donovan, is an Australian country music singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has released ten studio albums, wi ...
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Gina Jeffreys Gina Jeffreys (also known as Gina Jeffries, Gina Hillenberg and Gina McCormack born 1 April 1968) is an Australian country music, country singer-songwriter and radio presenter. Career In 1991, Jeffreys competed in The Toyota Star Maker Quest at ...
* Newsreaders Ron Wilson and Kathryn Robinson * Newsreaders
Angela Bishop Angela Bishop (born 6 September 1967) is an Australian reporter and television presenter who is currently a co-host on Network 10's '' Studio 10''. Career Bishop is currently a co-host on the network's morning program '' Studio 10''. Bish ...
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Belinda Heggen Belinda Heggen is an Australian journalist and news presenter. She worked at ADS10 in Adelaide as a general assignment reporter, and also wrote occasional columns for the newspaper '' Messenger''. She moved to Sydney in 2008 and was a finance r ...
* Newsreader
Brad McEwan Brad McEwan (born 28 April 1971) is an Australian television presenter and sports journalist. McEwan has previously been a sport presenter on the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne editions of '' 10 News First'' and is best known for his hosting d ...
and retired netball player
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and choreographer Jason Gilkinson. * NRL players
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'' team captain
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'' comedian Josh Thomas. * Radio personalities Jonathon "Jono" Coleman and Ian "Dano" Rogerson. *
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. * Country singer,
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and singer/songwriter
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* Father Chris Riley – Youth Off The Streets


Awards

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Logie Awards of 2010 The 52nd TV Week Logie Awards ceremony was held on Sunday 2 May 2010 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Bert Newton, making it the 19th time he hosted the event as a solo host. The r ...
, , , - ! scope="row" , 2011 ,
Logie Awards of 2011 The 53rd Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 1 May 2011 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Shane Bourne, while the red carpet arrivals was hosted by Shelley Craft, Livin ...
, , , - ! scope="row" , 2012 ,
Logie Awards of 2012 The 54th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 15 April 2012 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. Public voting for the "Most Popular" categories were conducted through an online survey from 5 December ...
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References


External links


Official ''Ready Steady Cook'' websiteReady Steady Cook at the National Film and Sound Archive
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