List of the Big Family Cooking Showdown Episodes

The Big Family unit Cooking Showdown
Genre	Cooking Reality competition
Presented past	Zoe Ball Nadiya Hussain
Judges	Giorgio Locatelli Rosemary Shrager Angellica Bell Tommy Banks
Country of origin	U.k.
Original language	English
No. of serial	ii
No. of episodes	26
Production
Product locations	Cooking Showdown Kitchen: The Main Befouled at The Quadrangle Trust, Shoreham, Kent (Series 1) Wales (Series two)
Running time	60 minutes
Production visitor	Voltage Tv
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Flick format	16:nine
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	15 Baronial 2017 (2017-08-15) – 2 Nov 2018 (2018-eleven-02)
External links
Website

The Large Family Cooking Showdown , oft referred to as just Cooking Showdown or BFCS, is a BBC team cooking contest. The kickoff season was hosted past Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain and Zoe Brawl. Each week, ii teams of three family members competed in three challenges, judged by Michelin starred chef Giorgio Locatelli and cookery teacher Rosemary Shrager. The winners in each of eight heats moved on to the semi-finals, consisting of three episodes. The iii semi-concluding winners and so progressed to the last episode where the winning family unit was selected. The Large Family Cooking Showdown premiered on BBC Two on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, and so moved to Th evenings on 31 August to avert a scheduling conflict with The Smashing British Bake Off on Channel iv.^[i]

On ix May 2018, the BBC announced that the prove would return for a second season of 14 episodes airing in a new slot of 7pm. The second season aired multiple episodes per week, beginning on 15 October 2018. The testify returned with a refreshed fashion and modified format, and without whatsoever of the original line-up of presenters or judges featured in the first series. Presenter and Celebrity MasterChef winner Angellica Bell was joined past Michelin starred chef Tommy Banks to host and co-judge the 2d series.^[2] After viewership and ratings savage beneath expectations, BBC appear that the show would non exist returning for a third season.

Production and Format [edit]

In both the commencement and 2nd flavour of the competition, each team consists of 3 family members. However, otherwise the two seasons of the show are somewhat distinct in terms of production style and format.

Season One [edit]

The starting time flavour of the serial, The Cooking Showdown kitchen is located in the main barn at the Quadrangle Trust, nigh Shoreham in Kent. Each rut featured two teams, while each semi-last and the last featured three teams. At that place were 12 episodes in full, and one episode aired per week.

Flavour 1 featured ii judges, Giorgio Locatelli and Rosemary Shrager, and two presenters Nadiya Hussain and Zoe Brawl. Only one of the presenters would travel to the home visit claiming, which took place in the contestants' homes. Still, both presenters were present in the barn, except for the concluding episode, which didn't feature Zoe Ball.

Heats [edit]

In each episode, ii teams comprising iii family members competed in 3 fourth dimension-limited rounds. At the stop of the three rounds, a winner was selected, who moved on to one of a series of semi-concluding rounds.

• Round 1: The £10 Challenge (ane hour and 15 minutes): In the £x Challenge, the teams must set two courses for four on a budget.
• Round two: Abode Visits Challenge (1 hour and 30 minutes): Each squad cooks and serves a primary form and a dessert for the judges in their own habitation kitchen.
• Round three: Print the Neighbours Challenge (2 hours and 15 minutes): The teams returne to the barn to create their finest starter and a main class, with no budget.^[3]

Semi-finals [edit]

• What'south in the Fridge? tests the families creativity as home cooks. The judges provide a limited range of ingredients. Each team has 1 hr to cook a main course for 4 people.
• For the Perfect Puddings challenge, each judge "carefully select a firm family unit favourite" for the teams to make in ane hour and 20 minutes.
• The Nation's Favourite With a Twist challenge asks families "for their unique take on a British archetype." The teams have 2 hours for this challenge.^[iv]

All three challenges were staged in the Cooking Showdown barn.

Concluding [edit]

For the final, the teams faced "one long, continuous challenge." Each family was challenged to "prepare nutrient for a big family get-together, including nibbles, main courses, and desserts."^[v]

Season Two [edit]

The second season was filmed in Wales. ^[six] All elements of evidence were shot in a studio kitchen and did not feature a claiming in the contestants' own homes. A total of sixteen families took part in the competition. There were 14 episodes in total of the second flavour, which were aired across three weeks. Up to five episodes would air per week on the weeknights.

In each episode, the teams are given two tasks - one they accept had time to do at dwelling house, the other a complete surprise, testing their collective ability to piece of work together and think on their anxiety.^[7]

This flavour didn't see a return of the quartet of 2 judges and ii presenters, but rather the duo consisting of judge Tommy Banks and Angellica Bell, who also judged the contestants' cooking, as well as narrating the show.

Heats [edit]

In dissimilarity to only two families in the first flavor, four families take part in each of the four heats. However, each oestrus runs across two episodes. At the end of the commencement episode of the heat, i of the iv families would be eliminated. The remaining three families returned the following mean solar day, which concluded with one more family being sent out of the competition. The remaining 2 families would compete against each other forth with two other heat-winning families in ane of two the play-offs. The winners of the play-offs proceeded to the finals.

• Circular i: The £10 Claiming: In season one this was a pre-prepared challenge. Even so in season two, the contestants have to make a £10 repast for a family of four with a surprise selection of ingredients 'purchased' in studio, if teams exceeded their budget they had to render ingredients.
• Circular ii: Nation'southward Favourite with a Twist: Each squad cooks a popular dish with their own personal take. Families are enlightened of this dish in accelerate of the claiming.
• Circular 3: The Head-to-Caput Claiming: in which families take to nominate ane member to melt on their ain. The dish is a surprise to the contestant, even so they accept the option of following an easy, medium or hard recipe, or alternatively they can go off-recipe using a 'smörgåsbord' of extra ingredients. The non-participating family members secretly spotter from some other room, commenting of their family member'south progress.
• Round 4: Ii Central Ingredients Challenge: Families cook a repast around two star ingredients selected by the judges. They have knowledge of these ingredients prior to appearing on the show.^[viii]

Results summary [edit]

Flavor One [edit]

Episode	Family No. 1[9]	Family No. 2	Winning family	Circulate date
Heats
i	The Charles family	The Marks family unit	The Charles family	15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)
two	The Dawes family	The Karim family unit	The Karim family	22 August 2017 (2017-08-22)
3	The Hilliard family	The Pigott family	The Pigott family	31 Baronial 2017 (2017-08-31)
4	The Gangotra family	The Massaccesi family	The Gangotra family	seven September 2017 (2017-09-07)
5	The Ayoubi family	The Herbert family	The Ayoubi family unit	14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)
6	The Codougan family	The King family	The Rex family	21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)
seven	The Bellamore family	The Bellamy family	The Bellamore family	28 September 2017 (2017-09-28)
8	The Boyes family	The Rignall family unit	The Boyes family	5 Oct 2017 (2017-x-05)

Episode	Family unit No. 1	Family No. 2	Family unit No. 3	Winning family	Broadcast appointment
Semi-finals
ix	The Charles family	The Herbert family	The Karim family	The Charles family	12 October 2017 (2017-10-12)
10	The Boyes family	The Gangotra family	The King family unit	The Gangotra family	19 October 2017 (2017-10-19)
11	The Bellamore family	The Massaccesi family unit	The Pigott family	The Pigott family	26 October 2017 (2017-x-26)
Terminal
12	The Charles family	The Gangotra family	The Pigott family	The Gangotra family	2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)

Notes:

• In the commencement semi-final, the Herbert family competed following the withdrawal of the Ayoubi family.
• At the beginning of the third semi-final, the Massaccesi family were revealed equally the wildcard family.

Flavour Two [edit]

Episode and blazon	Family No. 1	Family No. two	Family unit No. 3	Family unit No. 4	Dropping family	Broadcast date
ane – heat	The Penmans	The Ambimbola-Younges	The Whites from Hampshire	The Stones	The Stones
ii – heat	The Penmans	The Ambimbola-Younges	The Whites from Hampshire		The Penmans
3 – heat	The Whites from Selkirk	The Gohil and Al-Sheiks	The Lees	The Butlands	The Butlands
4 – heat	The Whites from Selkirk	The Gohil and Al-Sheiks	The Lees		The Lees
five – playoff	The Ambimbola-Younges	The Whites from Hampshire	The Whites from Selkirk	The Gohil and Al-Sheiks	the Whites from Selkirk, The Ambimbola-Younges
half dozen – rut	The Bonehams	The Antonious	The Birds	The Fasayes	The Birds
7 – heat	The Bonehams	The Antonious	The Fasayes		The Fasayes
8 – heat	The Whitakers	The Varmas	The Walker-Kings	The Mistrys	The Walker-Kings
ix – rut	The Whitakers	The Varmas	The Mistrys		The Varmas
10 – playoff	The Bonehams	The Antonious	The Whitakers	The Mistrys	The Bonehams and the Antonious
xi – semifinal	The Whitakers	The Mistrys	The Whites from Hampshire	The Gohil and Al-Sheiks	The Gohil and Al-Sheiks

Episode	Family unit No. one	Family No. two	Family No. iii	Winning family	Broadcast date
Semi-finals
12	The Whitakers	The Mistrys	The Whites from Hampshire	The Whitakers
13	The Mistrys	The Whites from Hampshire		The Mistrys
xiv	The Whitakers	The Mistrys		The Mistrys

Ratings [edit]

Official episode viewing figures are from Barb.^[x]

Episode no.	Airdate	seven-day viewers (millions)	28-day viewers (millions)	BBC Two weekly ranking	BBC iPlayer requests
i	15 August 2017 (2017-08-15)	two.15	two.25	5	TBC
2	22 August 2017 (2017-08-22)	1.83	1.93	vi	TBC
iii	31 August 2017 (2017-08-31)	1.56	ane.64	10	TBC
four	7 September 2017 (2017-09-07)	1.53	1.58	14	TBC
v	xiv September 2017 (2017-09-14)	1.46	1.55	12	TBC
6	21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)	ane.39	1.44	12	TBC
7	28 September 2017 (2017-09-28)	1.55	one.58	sixteen	TBC
8	5 October 2017 (2017-10-05)	one.47	one.51	19	TBC
9	12 October 2017 (2017-ten-12)	1.37	one.40	27	TBC
10	19 October 2017 (2017-10-nineteen)	1.34	one.36	22	TBC
11	26 October 2017 (2017-x-26)	one.32	ane.36	22	TBC
12	2 November 2017 (2017-11-02)	one.96	1.98	six	TBC

Reception [edit]

Virtually the location, Sally Newall, writing for The Independent said, "Instead of the Bake Off tent, there's a barn conversion with a country-kitchen-meets-early-Noughties warehouse-conversion vibe. There is lots of wood, exposed brick, shiny copper lampshades and those letters with low-cal bulbs that you tend to come across at weddings.^[11] Michael Hogan, writing for The Daily Telegraph described the kitchen as a "classy befouled, kitted out in twee, shabby chic style to resemble something from a glossy interiors magazine."^[12] Stuart Heritage of The Guardian called it "Bland, awkward and awful".^[thirteen]

Scheduling conflict [edit]

Later on Channel 4's announcement that they will broadcast The Nifty British Bake Off on Tuesdays opposite The Big Family Cooking Show, the BBC moved the show to Th to avoid a scheduling conflict. The BBC said, "Channel four's decision to move Bake Off from its long-term traditional Wednesday slot will exist a surprise to many viewers who may see this equally a cynical move. We never intended for our new cookery evidence to clash with theirs. At that place is room for both and we don't, in this instance, meet any public value in ii public service broadcasters going head-to-caput in this way."

References [edit]

1. ^ "BBC moves Family Cooking show after Bake Off's new slot". Digital Spy. 16 August 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
2. ^ "BBC Two recommissions The Big Family Cooking Showdown with new line-up Angellica Bell and Tommy Banks". BBC. ix May 2018. Retrieved 31 May 2018.
3. ^ "Cooking Showdown challenges".
4. ^ "Cooking Showdown semi-final challenges".
5. ^ "Cooking Showdown last claiming".
6. ^ "BBC Ii recommissions the Big Family Cooking Showdown with new line-up Angellica Bell and Tommy Banks".
7. ^ "Family unit Cooking Showdown".
8. ^ "Programmes".
9. ^ "Serial i: See the participating families".
10. ^ "Weekly Summit 30 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audition Research Lath. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
11. ^ "Sally Newall'due south assessment of Cooking Showdown kitchen".
12. ^ "Michael Hogan's appraisement of Cooking Showdown kitchen".
13. ^ Heritage, Stuart (16 August 2017). "Banal, awkward and atrocious – the BBC's disastrous attempt to recreate Broil Off". the Guardian . Retrieved 31 May 2018.

External links [edit]

• The Big Family Cooking Showdown at BBC Online
• The Big Family unit Cooking Showdown at IMDb
• The Large Family Cooking Showdown at UKGameshows.com

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Family_Cooking_Showdown

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