...Cooks!
Format	Cookery
Presented by	Antony Worrall Thompson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	8
No. of episodes	167
Production
Producer(s)	Prospect Pictures
Running time	60-90 minutes (including adverts)
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	16:9
Original run	10 June 2006 (as Saturday Cooks!) – Present
Chronology
Related shows	Sunday Feast

...Cooks! is an ITV cookery show, hosted by Antony Worrall Thompson.

Contents 1 Formats 2 Scheduling 3 Spin-offs 4 Regular Weekly Chefs 5 Guest Chefs 6 Wine Experts 7 See also 8 External links

[edit] Formats

There are different names for the show, depending on which day it is aired. The Saturday morning show is called Saturday Cooks!, and the show which airs during the week is called Daily Cooks Challenge.

Worrall Thompson, who fronted a similar BBC One show, Saturday Kitchen defected to ITV in June 2006 after being poached from the BBC along with the production company that made the show (Prospect Pictures) in a deal negotiated by Alison Sharman. It was Ms Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought Antony to the BBC on Saturday Kitchen in the first place, before she herself moved to ITV.

A sister programme Sunday Feast aired on Sundays in mornings. The programme will not be returning due to poor ratings.

[edit] Scheduling

Saturday Cooks! aired from 10 June 2006 - 15 December 2007 when it first started it aired at 9:25am but then later got moved to 11:30am and later on in 2007 got moved to 12:00pm this is because it was being beaten by the BBC's offering Saturday Kitchen as it was very popular. So ITV deceided to move it to a late breakfast slot for it to try and gain viewers. Saturday Cooks! will not return for a fourth series and it has been replaced by films and drama repeats.

[edit] Spin-offs

A spin-off series, Christmas Cooks! aired during the Christmas period in 2006 at 10:30am on weekday mornings on the ITV Network. It returned for a second series in December 2007. In 2008 Christmas Cooks! was replaced by Christmas Cooks Challenge.

A new series of Daily Cooks Challenge began on ITV1 on Monday 22 June 2009.

[edit] Regular Weekly Chefs

• Antony Worrall Thompson
• Gino D'Acampo
• Jean-Christophe Novelli
• Brian Turner

[edit] Guest Chefs

• Ken Hom
• Keith Floyd
• Ching He Huang
• Ed Baines
• Eadie Manson
• Frank Bordoni
• Merrilees Parker
• Jun Tanaka
• Maria Elia
• Sophie Wright
• Paul Rankin
• Martin Blunos
• Silvana Franco
• Rustie Lee
• Jill Dupleix
• Aldo Zilli
• Mary Berry
• Richard Phillips
• Ben O'Donoghue
• Andrew Nutter
• Momma Cherri
• Jo Pratt

[edit] Wine Experts

• Jilly Goolden
• Matt Skinner
• Joe Wadsack

[edit] See also

List of celebrities appearing on Daily Cooks Challenge

[edit] External links

• ...Cooks! at itv.com
• cooksforcooks.com - Official website
• Saturday Cooks! at the Internet Movie Database
• Daily Cooks! at the Internet Movie Database

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