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programme, that is broadcast live on

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every Saturday between 10.00am and 11.30am produced by Cactus TV.

History

2002–2003

After a pilot hosted by

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on 14 April 2001, the show was launched on 26 January 2002 and was originally broadcast as a

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production for the

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under an educational remit. It was hosted by

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, then a relatively unknown presenter. He was joined by a celebrity chef each week in a pre-recorded format and with a low budget, using archived content from the likes of

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and

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to fill the show. After the first series, the second series was broadcast live.

2003–2006

After the success of the first two series, the programme was relaunched with established celebrity chef

Antony Worrall Thompson Henry Antony Cardew Worrall Thompson (born 1 May 1951) is an English restaurateur and celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster. Early life Worrall Thompson was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. His parents, Michae ...

as the host, initially guest hosting from May before taking over on 13 September. The format was tweaked, moving away from the educational remit and simple meals to more aspirational food with an increase in chefs, a number of whom had

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stars, and celebrity guests. The BBC archive was retained for the revamped format, with Worrall Thompson and the guest chefs preparing dishes, with the clips used to allow clean-up and "resetting" of the studio kitchen. During the summer of 2004, the programme temporarily moved to

and aired as Saturday Brunch, live from Worrall Thompson's home. Subsequently, in January 2006, the show moved from

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to BBC One on a three-month trial that became permanent, a decision which drew controversy after the moving of children's programming from its regular slot on the channel for the first time since the 1970s.

2006–2016

James Martin at the Good Food Show Winter 2014

After Worrall Thompson left the network to present ''

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'' in June 2006, James Martin took over as host from 24 June. During Martin's tenure, the audience increased from 1.2 million to around 2.5 million, peaking at 2.7 million on 9 January 2010. On 8 September 2012, the first episode was broadcast from a new studio set, which saw a new design and the addition of mains gas and running water. On 23 February 2016, Martin announced that he would be leaving the show to concentrate on other commitments, and "to have a lie in" on a Saturday. His last show was on 26 March 2016. Among those to cover in Martin's absence were

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and

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2016- Present

Presenters

is the predominant presenter, with

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and

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among those to have deputised for Tebbutt.

Drinks experts

Each week, a drinks expert pairs various drinks to go with the studio dishes. Helen McGinn and

Olly Smith Olly Smith (born 18 September 1974) is a British TV presenter, wine expert, columnist and author. Education and career Having discovered a love for singing at the tender age of eight, he was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, which saw ...

are the predominant experts.

Featured chefs

Among the chefs to feature in 2021, were:

Paul Ainsworth Paul Ainsworth (born 1979) is a British chef from Southampton, England. He is chef-patron at Paul Ainsworth at Number 6 in Padstow, Cornwall which was awarded a Michelin star in 2013 and has four AA Rosettes. After studying at catering college, ...

Jason Atherton Jason Atherton (born 6 September 1971) is an English chef and restaurateur. His flagship restaurant Pollen Street Social gained a Michelin Star in 2011, its opening year. He was the Executive Chef at Gordon Ramsay's Michelin starred ''Maze'' i ...

Gennaro Contaldo Gennaro Contaldo OSI (; born 20 January 1949) is an Italian chef known for his association with his British protégé, Jamie Oliver, and his partnership with fellow Italian chef Antonio Carluccio and their BBC Two television series '' Two Greed ...

, Niklas Ekstedt,

Yotam Ottolenghi Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi (born 14 December 1968) is an Israeli-born British chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of seven delis and restaurants in London and the author of several bestselling cookery books, including ''Ottolengh ...

Glynn Purnell Glynn Purnell (born 4 January 1975 in Solihull, England) is an English chef, restaurateur and television personality. Described by the ''Birmingham Post'' as "undoubtably the finest chef to hail from Chelmsley Wood", he is the proprietor and Hea ...

, Cyrus Todiwala, and

Marcus Wareing Marcus Wareing (born 29 June 1970) is an English celebrity chef who is currently Chef-Owner of the one-Michelin-starred restaurant Marcus (formerly Marcus Wareing at the Berkeley) in Knightsbridge. Since 2014, Wareing has been a judge on '' Mast ...

Celebrity guests

In 2021, ''Saturday Kitchen'' were joined by a variety of celebrity guests, including:

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John Bishop John Marcus Bishop (born 30 November 1966) is an English comedian, presenter, actor and former footballer. Bishop formerly played football as a midfielder for Winsford United F.C., Crewe Alexandra F.C., Runcorn F.C., Rhyl F.C., Witton Al ...

Jay Blades Jason Blades (born 21 February 1970) is a British furniture restorer and television presenter. He grew up in Hackney, which in his childhood was a working class area of Inner London, and now lives in Ironbridge in Shropshire. Early life Bl ...

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Harry Redknapp Henry James Redknapp (born 2 March 1947) is an English former football manager and player. He has previously managed AFC Bournemouth, West Ham United, Portsmouth, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers and Birmingham City. In his ...

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, and

Jack Whitehall Jack Peter Benedict Whitehall (born 7 July 1988) is an English comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He is known for starring as JP in the series ''Fresh Meat (TV series), Fresh Meat'' (2011–2016) and Alfie Wickers in the series ''Bad Educat ...

Features

Each show typically includes a host chef and two guest chefs, each cooking in the studio. They are joined by a celebrity guest, usually on to promote a forthcoming or current project. Each guest chef's dish is paired with a drink chosen by an expert. In between each studio dish, excerpts are shown from the BBC Archives. The footage has most commonly come from

and

, but have also featured James Martin,

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, and

Tom Kerridge Thomas Kerridge (born 27 July 1973) is an English chef. After initially appearing in several small television parts as a child actor, he decided to attend culinary school at the age of 18. He has since worked at a variety of British restaurants, ...

, among many others. Before the introduction of the Heaven and Hell feature, the programme previously featured Worrall Thompson and guest chefs pitching a dish to be cooked, which the public voted on and a running total of wins were recorded by using

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Heaven or Hell

Each show concludes with the host and guest chefs cooking the celebrity guest a dish containing their favourite or least-favourite ingredient/s. Which dish is cooked depends on an online vote for viewers at home to choose heaven or hell. Formerly, only the viewers who phoned in to the show were able to vote, along with the guest chefs.

Saturday Kitchen Best Bites

In-addition to the main episode shown on Saturday mornings, there is a compilation episode called ''Saturday Kitchen Best Bites'', which features clips from previous episodes and is hosted by the same presenter(s).

Controversies

Competition with ITV

In June 2006, it was revealed that host

was to move to

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to host a similar cooking show in the same slot, ''

'', though later rescheduled to noon. In addition to this move, the new show was to be made by the ''Saturday Kitchen'' producer, Prospect Pictures. In light of the changes, the programme was revamped with new host James Martin and new producer Cactus TV.

Misleading viewers

In February 2007, the programme was accused of misleading viewers to phone in to an apparently live segment, which was found to have been pre-recorded a week earlier.

Dietary requirements

In July 2016,

hosted an episode of ''Saturday Kitchen''. Tebbutt was discussing food commandments with

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and

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, when Tebbutt said "I'd like people in restaurants to leave their dietary requirement at home. Unless, it's obviously life-threatening—that would be wrong! There are so many dietary requirements these days." One social media user stated: "For your information, dietary requirements aren't fussiness. Coeliac?

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? Ignorance makes dining out impossible for many." Another said: "I wish intolerant views were left at home, so disappointing." Other tweets read: "I love, love ''Saturday Kitchen'', but not everyone with a dietary requirement is trying to make life difficult for restaurants" and "thanks for making those of us with dietary requirements feel even worse about eating out." Tebbutt responded: "Apologies, was being flippant. I mean the 'faddy' eaters amongst us, that's all."

Presenter selections

In January 2017, viewers took to social media to express their displeasure at Michel Roux, Jrs selection as host for an episode of ''Saturday Kitchen''. A ''

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'' investigation published in November 2016,

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that Roux had not paid some staff the minimum wage. The article also alleged that service charges added to bills had been used for restaurant revenues. Some viewers stated that they could not watch while Roux hosted. Roux has hosted several times since.

Spin-offs

The programme has produced a number of spin off series, including ''Celebration Kitchen'', ''Spring Kitchen'', ''Christmas Kitchen'' and ''Saturday Kitchen: Best Bites'', a compilation programme currently airing on Sunday mornings on BBC Two, as well as the ''Saturday Kitchen Cookbook with James Martin'', published by

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in July 2007.

''Celebration Kitchen''

An identical format, with a specific focus on foods associated with respective religious festivals, such as

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and

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''Christmas Kitchen''

''Christmas Kitchen'' is a weekday, daytime spin-off of ''Saturday Kitchen''. Series 1 (2013):
Each show, James Martin was joined by guest chefs, including:

, Daniel Galmiche, Ching-He Huang,

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, Vivek Singh, and

Bryn Williams Bryn Dwyfor Williams (born 6 June 1977) is a chef originally from Denbigh, Wales. He is the head chef and sole proprietor of Odette's Restaurant, Primrose Hill, London. He shot to fame as merely a sous chef in 2006 by beating established and ...

. In addition to this, Martin was joined by a different star each show. These included:

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, Tom Chambers,

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, and

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. Series 2 (2014):
James Martin returned for another 10-episode run of ''Christmas Kitchen'' in December 2014. Over the 10 episodes, he was joined by several respected chefs, including:

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Monica Galetti Monica Galetti (née Faafiti, born August 1975) is a Samoan-born New Zealand chef. She is a former judge on the BBC competitive cooking programme '' MasterChef: The Professionals'' and chef proprietor of Mere in London. She was senior sous-chef ...

, Ching-He Huang,

, and

. Also joining Martin were various celebrity guests, including: Jon Culshaw,

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, Dave Gorman,

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, and Frank Skinner. Series 3 (2016):

and

Andi Oliver Andrea "Andi" Oliver (born 1964) is a British chef, television and radio broadcaster, and former singer. She is best known for her appearances on the BBC cooking show the ''Great British Menu''. Early career Oliver is a former member of the ...

replaced Martin in the presenting role. As well as appearances from Sabrina Ghayour,

, and Vivek Singh, Tebbutt and Oliver were also joined by previous ''

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'' contestants, including former winners

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, Frances Quinn, and Jo Wheatley. There were celebrity appearances from

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, Adil Ray,

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, and

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''Spring Kitchen with Tom Kerridge''

''Spring Kitchen'' was a weekday, daytime spin-off of ''Saturday Kitchen'' presented by

. The series aired for 14 episodes in April 2014. For each show, Kerridge was joined by different chefs, including:

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, Daniel Clifford,

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, Ching-He Huang,

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, and

. Kerridge was also joined by a diverse cross-section of celebrity guests, including:

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, Amanda Byram,

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, Chris Hollins,

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, Danny Wallace, and

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