Never one to shy away from a review of a new cookery show, Win it Cook it made it's way onto our screens yesterday.
I am a massive fan of Simon Rimmer (he's Simon Simon Simon Rimmer without him life would be much dimmer) (some people will appreciate that reference). Loved him on Something for the Weekend, Sunday Brunch and his one appearace on Fighting Talk.
But. He should be a chef, first, and presenter, second. I like that he's branched out to do other things because he's a talented guy. But when you have to pull in another chef (the lovely Glyn Purnell) to do your food analysis you need to have a look at where your bread is buttered.
Anyhoo. The show itself I'm not sure about. What clearly happened was that a group of execs got together at C4 and said "welll...we've got this late afternoon slot going and we need to fill it. What do people who are watching at that time want to see?". "Countdown?". "Nah, that's on earlier". "Secret Eaters?". "Nah, old people don't care about their diet". "So, what've we got? Cooking, quizzing, that's what we'll do!!!"
So that's what they did. They combined Ready Steady Cook with a random daytime quiz. It may become ok with a less X-factor style background track and once they have all calmed down. But my experience with this kind of show does not bode well.
For shame, Rimmer.
BTW the one moment of humour was near the end when Glyn Purnell appeared to say "Fish Dick". Hurr.
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