''Studio One'' is a live daily English-language lifestyle television program that originated from

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and was broadcast on

Dubai One Dubai One (formerly known as Ch33 and then One TV) is a Pan Arab English language entertainment television channel, owned by Dubai Media Incorporated. It was launched on 14 May 1994, and is currently managed by Sarah al Jarman. It airs a mix o ...

to 16 countries in the Middle East and North Africa. It aired from January 2011 to March 2014. Created by the same team that produced Dubai One's popular weekly television program ''Ask One'', ''Studio One'' is known for its eclectic mix of lifestyle features and celebrity interviews, interactivity and is primarily aimed at women and families. Season One was hosted by Tom Urquhart and Saba Wahid. At the end of the first season Saba left the show and was replaced by former show reporter Aishwarya Ajit. Studio One has been described as Dubai One's flagship show.

History

''Studio One'' evolved from Dubai One's successful weekly television program ''Ask One'' which first aired in September 2010. ''Ask One'' was pre-recorded and broadcast weekly at 19:30 on Tuesday nights and featured a mix of real-life stories, interviews, reports, investigations and a regular cookery segment. On 28 December it was announced that from 12 January ''Ask One'' would be renamed ''Studio One'' and become a live, daily television program. There were sixteen episodes of the original series. Season One of ''Studio One'' began on 12 January 2011, with Urquhart and Wahid returning from the Christmas break. The new format featured a number of significant changes from Ask One, including a new set, title sequence, graphics, music and reporters. Other regular features included live performances, reports from destinations around Dubai and fashion segments on Mondays and Thursdays. Additionally Thursday's had more of a food focus featuring the Mystery Bag Challenge and co-host Saba Wahid preparing one of her own recipes in the 'Quick Foodie Fix'. On 2 May 2011 ''Studio One'' broadcast its 100th episode with a live television link up with a party at Dubai Festival City. The first season finished on 30 June after 120 episodes. Season Two began on Sunday 25 September 2011 with the new presenting line-up, new half-hour format, bigger set and a range of new features including The West Wing and Winning Lines. On Monday 23 January ''Studio One'' broadcast its 200th episode. Season Three began on Sunday 30 September with a week of love broadcasts on location from Jumeirah Zabeel Saray on The Palm before returning to a new studio set located in Dubai Studio City. Season Four began on Sunday 8 September with a re-vamped set and increased interactive.

Team

Hosts *Tom Urquhart (seasons 1–4) *Saba Wahid (Season 1) *Aishwarya Ajit (Seasons 2–4) Relief hosts *Aishwarya Ajit (season 1) * Dina Butti (season 2) Reporters *Jessica Barder (Season 1) *Aishwarya Ajit (Season 1) * Dina Butti (Seasons 1–3) *Elham Al Hamaddi (Season 2–4)

Tom Urquhart (seasons 1–4)

Tom Urquhart is a British journalist, television presenter and radio presenter currently based in the Middle East. He is known for presenting the only live English-language lifestyle program in the region; ''Studio One'' and for broadcasting on 103.8FM Dubai Eye. After studying English at university in the UK, Tom worked on several British newspaper titles including a daily broadsheet in London before moving to Dubai in 2001. After a brief stint in PR he became Deputy Editor of ''What’s On'' for Motivate Publishing and Editor at Large for the launch of ''Hello Middle East''. It was at Motivate that Urquhart started working in local radio, providing a regular entertainment slot for Emirates Radio 1 and 2 called ''What’s on Tom?'' He then went on to host the morning program (''The Good Life'') for the re-launch of Dubai Eye 103.8, the first English-language talk radio station in the UAE. From there he moved to the evening drive time slot where he oversaw the launch of the stations Sport Talk television program as presenter and executive producer. A move into television soon followed. He was chosen as host for City 7's ''Good Morning Dubai'' program, the first live English language breakfast show in the UAE. He has also been featured in a Discovery Channel feature on Dubai, A Place in the Sun from the UK, and Lonely Planet does Dubai. Tom featured as a regular pundit on the first season of Dubai One's weekly sports show ''World of Sports'' before taking over as Host for the second and final season. Urquhart has contributed to a number of publications in the UK and Middle East including

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, The National and Jumeirah Magazine writing about a range of topics including architecture,

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and

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. In 2006 he was the editor of

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Newsletter. Urquhart has hosted a number of large events in the UAE including the opening of

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, the launch of sports newspaper Sport 360°, the Emirates Airline Tee Party, Jumeirah Festival of Taste, the Lancashire Cricket Dinner, the launch of Virgin Atlantic in Dubai, the Cartier International Polo event, the Abu Dhabi Chequered Flag Ball and Chef's For Japan. Additionally Tom regularly commentates on Polo matches and has been described by British Polo Today as "The voice of Polo in Dubai". He is currently the face of Emirate's Airline's latest campaign, hosts The Grill on Dubai Eye and lists his favourite place in Dubai as the "finishing line at Nad Al Sheba".

Aishwarya Ajit (seasons 2–4)

Ash's media career started in India at 18 where she worked as a photo shoot model and started to build up a following for her work. She then moved into television hosting Asianet's hit dance reality program Vodafone Thakadhimi, lifestyle magazine television program ''CityLights'' and the Malayalam Film Awards for 4 consecutive years. A short career in Indian Cinema followed with Ash appearing in such films as Chintamani Kolacase and Sangaathi. Ash made the move to the UAE in 2010 to work for Dubai One first as a reporter for youth program ''Twenty Something'' and then as a reporter and relief host for Studio One covering holidays for Tom and Saba.

Former hosts

Saba Wahid (season 1)

Saba Wahid is an American television presenter and Chef with Pakistani ethnic origin. She was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts and had a variety of influences in her life including higher education, Pakistani customs, Islamic traditions and strong family values. Growing up, Saba developed many different hobbies and participated in a variety of extracurricular activities ranging from sports such as Alpine skiing, Biking, Running, Field Hockley, Ice Hockey and Lacrosse. But the hobby that Saba most connected with was cooking. Saba studied in the United States obtaining a BA from the

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, and then continuing on to Hospitality Management at the

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in New York City. Working for a prestigious catering company in Manhattan and organizing events, she worked closely with some of the best chefs the city had to offer. She then found inspiration to begin catering private events by using her own creative cooking style and fused

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and Middle Eastern cuisine, but presented it in a more contemporary manner. Saba's strong ties to the culinary arts ultimately brought out her passion to be able to communicate this in the realm of television. After appearing in a number of locally produced cooking television programs, she made the move to

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where she took the next step in her career and presented ''Ask One'' and then ''Studio One''. In 2011 celebrity magazine Ahlan! described her as Dubai's next celebrity chef. On 30 June 2011 Saba announced live on television that she would be leaving the program. She is now working on her cooking career and publishes her own blog titled Culinary Delights.

Content

''Studio One'' covered a wide range of subjects during its first season, including fashion, pregnancy, health, Art, education, live performances from singers, musicians and dancers including Capoeira, Balet, Tango, Tap, Bollywood, musicals and Flamenco and has regular live demonstrations which the presenters often try out for themselves; including makeup, hair makeovers, pottery, acting, flower arranging, motorbike riding, machete juggling, improv comedy, illusion and table setting. From March 2011, ''Studio One'' began featuring a number of live reports presented by Aishwarya Ajit. Ash has reported live from the launch of Art Dubai at the

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and the first International Street Theatre Festival at Dubai Marina Mall Promenade. When Ash took over as co-host Dina Butti replaced her as live reporter. ''Studio One'' is also known for its coverage of charitable initiatives including Breast Cancer Arabia, Yasmoon and Gulf4Good and for featuring a number of celebrity guests.

Notable studio guests

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Marco Pierre White Marco Pierre White (born 11 December 1961) is a British chef, restaurateur, and television personality. He has been dubbed "the first celebrity chef" and the ''enfant terrible'' of the UK restaurant scene. In January 1995, aged 33, White became ...

– Renowned Chef *

Annabel Karmel Annabel Jane Elizabeth Karmel (born 10 May 1957) is the author of books on nutrition and cooking for babies, children and families. Early life Annabel Karmel was born on 10 May 1957. Prior to her career in infant nutrition she was a talen ...

– Celebrity Chef and TV Presenter *

Bobby Chinn Robert Chinn is a New Zealand-born American international chef, television presenter, restaurateur and cookbook author. He is a culinary celebrity across Asia and the Middle East, thanks to his role as host of Discovery TLC's ''World Cafe'', ...

– Celebrity Chef and TV Presenter *

Barry Norman Barry Leslie Norman (21 August 1933 – 30 June 2017) was a British film critic, television presenter and journalist. He presented the BBC's cinema review programme, '' Film...'', from 1972 to 1998. Early life Born at St Thomas’s Hospital ...

CBE – British Film Critic, TV Presenter and author * Dr. Andrew Ordon – Co-Host of the American program '' The Doctors'' *

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– British actor, musical star and television host *

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– British actress *

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– Member of pop group Steps *

Carl Donnelly Carl Donnelly (born 13 January 1982 in Tooting, south London) is a British stand-up, dancer, comedian, and writer. He turned vegan in 2013, and has since become an ambassador for Veganuary. He has talked about being vegan extensively in his act ...

– Comedian * Milo McCabe – Comedian and television Presenter *

Jason John Whitehead JJ Whitehead is a Canadian born stand-up comedian, who was based in the United Kingdom until 2014. He lives in Hollywood, California. He has made appearances at 14 Edinburgh Festival Fringes including 7 solo shows. Stand-up In 2000 Whitehead was t ...

– Comedian *

Charlie Higson Charles Murray Higson (born 3 July 1958) is an English actor, comedian, author and former singer. He has also written and produced for television and is the author of the ''Enemy'' book series, as well as the first five novels in the ''Young Bo ...

– Star of ''

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'' and author of the

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novels. *

Craig Quinnell Craig Quinnell (born 9 July 1975, Swansea) is a former Welsh Rugby Union player. Quinnell played 54 games for the Cardiff club between November 1999 and May 2002 and established himself as one of the backbones of the pack. Though often in the ...

– Welsh Rugby Player *

Gavin Quinnell Gavin Quinnell (born 25 November 1983 in Llanelli, Wales) is a former Welsh rugby union player. His career was ended as a result of an eye gouge in a Welsh premiership game. He played for several teams in England, Wales and Italy but finished hi ...

– Welsh Rugby Player *

Elton Chigumbura Elton Chigumbura (born 14 March 1986) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, who played for Zimbabwe national cricket team between 2004 and 2020. He was educated at Churchill School (Harare) and made his debut at the age of 18, amidst the rebel cri ...

– Zimbabwe Cricket Captain * Clarita de Quiroz – Singer and television presenter *

Graham Onions Graham Onions (born 9 September 1982) is an English former cricketer. He played for Durham, Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season, Onions ...

– England Cricketer * Nitin Mirani – Indian Comedian * Martin James – British Broadcaster, author and fly fisherman *

Colin Charvis Colin Charvis (born 27 December 1972) is a former captain of the Wales national rugby union team and also played for the British & Irish Lions. A back row forward, Charvis was equally adept as a flanker or as the no. 8. Charvis became the wor ...

– Former Welsh Rugby Union Captain *

Liam Plunkett Liam Edward Plunkett (born 6 April 1985) is an English cricketer who bowls right-arm fast. He was an England international until 2019, and was part of the squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He most recently played domestic cricket for S ...

– England Cricketer *

Ken Hom Ken Hom (, born May 3, 1949) is a Chinese-American chef, author and television-show presenter for the BBC, specialising in Asian Cuisine. Having already appointed an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2009 for "services ...

– Celebrity chef *

Ian Rankin Sir Ian James Rankin (born 28 April 1960) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels. Early life Rankin was born in Cardenden, Fife. His father, James, owned a grocery shop, and his mother, Isobel, worked in a schoo ...

– Author of the

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series *

Ben Okri Ben Okri (born 15 March 1959) is a Nigerian-British poet and novelist.Ben Okri"
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– Booker Prize–winning poet * Derek Khan – Stylist who created Ghetto Fabulous *Ben De Lisi – Fashion designer *

Ben Miller Bennet Evan Miller (born 24 February 1966) is an English actor, comedian, and author. He rose to fame as one half of the comedy duo Armstrong and Miller. Miller is also known for playing the lead role of DI Richard Poole in the first two serie ...

– Comedian, Armstrong & Miller * Jeffrey Deaver – Best-selling author * John Connolly – Best-selling author *

Dannii Minogue Danielle Jane Minogue () is an Australian singer, television personality, and actress. She initially gained recognition for her appearances on the television show ''Young Talent Time'' (1982–1988) and for her role as Emma Jackson on th ...

– Singer and reality TV judge *

Nicholas Sparks Nicholas Charles Sparks (born December 31, 1965) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and philanthropist. He has published twenty-three novels and two non-fiction books, some of which have been ''New York Times'' bestsellers, with over 115 m ...

– Bestselling author *

Dame Kelly Holmes Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British ...

– Double Olympic Gold-winning athlete *

Johnny Shentall Johnny Shentall (born John George Shentall; 3 September 1978) is a British pop singer. He was first a member of the pop group Boom! before joining another pop group, Hear'Say in 2002. He is married to Steps band member Lisa Scott-Lee. Caree ...

– Member of pop group

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Alan Butcher Alan Raymond Butcher (born 7 January 1954) is a former English cricketer who is part of a family known for its strong cricketing connections. Although only selected to play for England on one occasion, he was lauded for his skills in first-clas ...

– Zimbabwe Cricket Coach *

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– Author and academic * Tony Parsons – '' Man and Boy'' author and journalist *

Melanie Blatt Melanie Ruth Blatt (born 25 March 1975) is an English singer. She rose to fame in 1997 as a member of the girl group All Saints. The group have gained five number one singles, two multi-platinum albums, two BRIT Awards and have sold over 10 mil ...

– Former member of The All Saints *

Sharon Corr Sharon Helga Corr MBE (born 24 March 1970) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and television personality. She is best known as a member of the pop-rock band The Corrs, which she co-founded in 1990 with her elder brother Jim and younger sis ...

– Member of

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Jason Vale Jason Beau Vale (born 21 June 1969 in Kensington, London), also known as The Juice Master, is an English author, motivational speaker, and lifestyle coach. History Vale was an addict of smoking, alcohol, and junk food and a chronic suffere ...

– Television presenter * Willie Harcourt-Cooze – Modern-day Willie Wonka * Wonho Chung – Korean comedian *

Faramarz Gharibian Faramarz Gharibian ( fa, فرامرز قریبیان; born 18 November 1941) is an Iranian retired actor. He won three Crystal Simorgh Awards for his performances in ''The Train'' (1988), ''Misty Harbour'' (1992), and ''The Rain Man'' (1998). C ...

– Iranian film star *

Matt Kirshen Matt may refer to: *Matt (name), people with the given name ''Matt'' or Matthew, meaning "gift from God", or the surname Matt *In British English, of a surface: having a non-glossy finish, see gloss (material appearance) *Matt, Switzerland, a mu ...

– British comedian *

Amy Schumer Amy Beth Schumer (born June 1, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series ''Last Comic Standing'' i ...

– American comedian *

Ash King Ashutosh Ganguly, better known by his stage name Ash King, is a British-Indian singer, songwriter and composer. He made his playback singing debut in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi-6. He is a relative of prominent Indian singer Kishore Kumar. ...

– Singer *

Layne Redman Layne Redman is a British television presenter, writer and actor. He used to work in Dubai for English-language television channel Dubai One presenting ''Out & About''. Early life and family Redman was born in Isleworth, West London, to Afro-Car ...

– British Television Presenter *

Tony Buzan Anthony Peter "Tony" Buzan (; 2 June 1942 – 13 April 2019) was an English author and educational consultant. Buzan popularised the idea of mental literacy, radiant thinking, and a technique called mind mapping, inspired by techniques used by ...

– Author and inventor of

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Giorgio Locatelli Giorgio Locatelli (born 6 April 1963) is an Italian Michelin starred chef and restaurateur working and living in the United Kingdom. Early life Locatelli was brought up in Corgeno in the comune of Vergiate on the banks of Lake Comabbio, nort ...

– Michelin Starred Celebrity Chef *

Antonio Carluccio Antonio Carluccio, OBE OMRI (; 19 April 1937 – 8 November 2017) was an Italian chef, restaurateur and food expert, based in London. He was called "the godfather of Italian gastronomy", with a career of more than 50 years. He is perhaps best r ...

– The Godfather of Italian Gastronomy * Max Stevenson – French Illusionist *

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– Author and nutritionist

Notable interviewees

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– Hit Man Band *

Michael Palin Sir Michael Edward Palin (; born 5 May 1943) is an English actor, comedian, writer, television presenter, and public speaker. He was a member of the Monty Python comedy group. Since 1980, he has made a number of travel documentaries. Palin w ...

– ''

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'' star, author and television presenter *

Nobu Matsuhisa Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa (松久信幸 ''Matsuhisa Nobuyuki''; born March 10, 1949) is a Japanese celebrity chef and restaurateur known for his fusion cuisine blending traditional Japanese dishes with Peruvian ingredients. His signature dish ...

– Chef and founder of Nobu Restaurant *

Al Murray Alastair James Hay Murray (born 10 May 1968) is an English comedian, actor, musician and writer from Hammersmith. In 2003, he was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2007 he was voted the 16th gr ...

– British comedian *

Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel Kardashian (formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the sex ...

– Celebrity socialite *

Paris Hilton Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conra ...

– American socialite * Carolina Herrera Jr – Daughter of

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– Pakistani Cricketer *

Chris Jericho Christopher Keith Irvine (born November 9, 1970), better known by the ring name Chris Jericho, is an American-Canadian professional wrestler and singer. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of the Jeri ...

–

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Wrestler *

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– Author *

Roger McGough Roger Joseph McGough (; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme ''Poetry Please'', as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one o ...

– Poet *Sir

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– British Broadcaster *

Chris Tarrant Christopher John Tarrant, (born 10 October 1946) is an English broadcaster, television personality and former radio DJ. He presented the ITV (TV network), ITV children's television show ''Tiswas'' from 1974 to 1981, and the game show ''Who Wa ...

OBE – Host of ''

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'' *

Victoria Azarenka Victória Fyódarauna Azárenka ( be, Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка; Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. Azarenka is a former wo ...

– World No 1 Female Tennis Player *

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– 2011 Australian Open Winner *

Pierre Gagnaire Pierre Gagnaire (born 9 April 1950 in Apinac, Loire) is a French chef, and the head chef and owner of the eponymous Pierre Gagnaire restaurant at 6 rue Balzac in Paris (in the 8th arrondissement). Gagnaire is an iconoclastic chef at the forefro ...

– Chef *

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– Celebrity Chef *

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– Michelin starred Celebrity Chef *

Miles Jupp Miles Hugh Barrett Jupp (born 8 September 1979) is an English actor, singer, and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before playing the role of the inventor Archie in the children's television series ''Balamory''. He also played ...

– British actor, comedian and writer

Cooking

Cooking is a daily feature on ''Studio One'' with many of Dubai's top award-winning Chefs appearing to prepare a dish for the presenters to sample at the end of the episode. All of the recipes are published on ''Studio One''s Facebook page before each episode so that viewers can cook along at home.

Chefs

*Tom Egerton – Executive Sous Chef, Grosvenor House, Dubai *Sameer Miglani – Executive Chef, Movenpick, Bur Dubai *Paul Kennedy – Brand Chef, Mango Tree Middle East *Paul de Visser – Executive Chef, Ruth's Chris Steak House, Monarch Hotel, Dubai *Scott Price – Executive Chef, Table 9, Hilton, Dubai Creek *Jean van der Westhuizen – Executive Chef, Loui's Restaurant & Cafe *Samar Badri *Suzanne Hussaini – Author ''When Suzanne Cooks'' *John Sinjobi * Ariana Bundy *Aaron Maree *Carol Holditch – Cookbook Author *Hugh Sato Gardiner – Okku Restaurant, Monarch Hotel, Dubai *Dinesh Kumar – TiffinBites, Dubai *Olivier Biles – Head Chef of Reflets par Pierre Gagnaire, Dubai *Andrew Paderes – Head Chef, Gramercy, DIFC *Mauro Cereda – Executive Sous Chef, Media Rotana, Dubai *Fadi Kolkosh – Cafe Arabesque, Park Hyatt, Dubai *Mac – Thiptara, The Palace Hotel, Old Town, Dubai *Stefan Borchardt *Malika Van Reenen *Paulo *Ashley Goddard – The Meydan *George – The Terrace, Le Meridien Hotel, Dubai *Raymond – Le Meridien Hotel, Dubai *Mike Tafe – The Market Cafe, The Grand Hyatt, Dubai *Simon Conboy – Head Chef, The Ivy, Dubai *Yael Mejia *Colin Clague – Executive Chef, Caprice Holdings Middle East *Peter Hallmans – Advisory Chef, Fonterra *Enzo Neri – Formerly Executive Chef, Al Shalal Beach Club, Palm Jumeirah, Dubai * Marta Yanci – Personal Chef *Alessandro Botazzi – Ronda Locatelli Restaurant,

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, The Palm, Dubai *Gregory Khellouf – Executive Chef, Atelier De Chef, Le Meridien Hotel, Dubai *Ahmad Kaskas – Head Chef, Just Falafel, Dubai *Maher Naddaf – KSA Advisory Chef, Fonterra Middle East *Angel Zappata – Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai *Gary Lee – Senior Head Chef,

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, London *Wesley Berghoff – Seafire Steak House, Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai *Edi Pancamala – West 14th, Oceana Beach Club, The Palm Jumeirah *Jason Oakley – Margaux, Souk Al-Bahar, Dubai *Laurent Brunacci – Shangri-La *Laurent Pommey – Park Hayatt, Abu Dhabi *Mehmet *Etienne *Chintana

Chef search

In 2011, ''Studio One'' began a competition to find Dubai's Best Amateur Cook. Chef Sameer Miglani of the Movenpick Hotel in Bur Dubai was the judge who put the competitors through their paces. In the end former lawyer Marta Yanci was the winner. She has since made several appearances on the program.

Season two

Season two featured a number of new features built around greater interactivity and the new half-hour format.

Filming

The program is broadcast live from Sunday to Thursday from Studio C at DMI's Maktoum studios in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Set

The set designer is Abdul Rahman El Korek. The original set resembled an open-plan split level studio apartment consisting of a living area, kitchen and mezzanie level. The interviews were generally conducted in the living area where there were two comfortable sofas and a coffee table. The kitchen was fully functioning and included an oven and a hob. The mezzanie level was seldom used unless Tom wished to escape from a particularly female focussed interview. The set was completely rebuilt for season 3.

Producers

Studio One was created and produced by Ray Addison and

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Recognition

In 2011 Tom and Saba were recognised alongside Rosemin Manji as media trendsetters and listed in the

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Hot 100. They were also nominated and shortlisted as the Best Male and Female Presenters in Abu Dhabi at the Best in Abu Dhabi Awards 2011. Studio One was also nominated as the Best Television Programme at the Best in Abu Dhabi Awards 2011. Additionally Saba was given her own food column in Ahlan! magazine. In October 2011 ''Studio One'' was nominated as the Best Television Programme at the Best in Dubai Awards. The eventual winner was fellow

television program ''Out & About''.