Easy viewing on a Saturday morning (Saturday Kitchen)

Member Name: cjc3001

Product:	Saturday Kitchen
Date:	08/09/08 (441 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Gives lots of food for thought!

Disadvantages: The formula is perhaps a bit dated

Saturday Kitchen is a weekly television series on BBC1 on a Saturday morning, hosted by James Martin & featuring a different set of celebrities & well-known chefs.

The show also intergrates with members of the public, two of which are in the studio every week getting the opportunity to have any of their cooking questions answered, and also to try the creations of James & his chef special guests!

There was some controversy surrounding this show earlier in the year, when it was discovered that the phone poll was misleading viewers into thinking they were voting for the celebrity guest to experience his or her own personal taste of food heaven or hell, when in fact the show had already been filmed some days earlier, however this problem has now been rectified via some reorganisation of the way the show works.

The two guest chefs each week also compete in a fun competition involving the speed with which they can cook an omelette - personally there are a lot of 'finished' omelettes which I wouldn't sample even if paid a lot of money!

The show itself is also interlaced with part-episodes of various other well-known food shows, such as Keith Floyd & Rick Stein, which keeps the show from being too samey as the formula for the show is pretty much the same week in, week out. Jmes Martin as the host of the show does a pretty good job under pressure to keep things moving in the kitchen, and clearly knows his stuff & gets on well with all of his guests.

All in all, this show isn't going to set the world alight, but is good light-hearted entertainment for a Saturday morning while you're eating breakfast in bed - it certainly whets your appetite cuisine-wise for the rest of the weekend!

Summary: Lighthearted weekend entertainment