The new show reflects contemporary food themes, from cooking on a budget to eating healthily, managing food waste, to feeding the whole family – mirroring the changes in food and British cooking over the past decade.
In every episode, two contestants are each paired up with a chef, going head to head in the newly designed Ready Steady Cook kitchen. But in this new series, the chefs face two different taste tests and the clock is always ticking!
In the first challenge, each contestant is armed with their bag of ingredients, all bought within a range of prices from £3.50 to £10. They have just 20 minutes to create delicious, surprising and inspiring dishes ready to wow the discerning studio audience.
There are further twists along the way including wildcard ingredients. The revamped second challenge is even faster, as each pair has just ten minutes to create yet more amazing dishes, this time based on audience ingredients cards.
With unlikely combinations always a possibility, the pressure is on to create yet more flavour sensations. And in true Ready Steady tradition, the casting vote on the show’s winner is left to the audience who have their say on the best dishes by voting with the iconic red tomato and green pepper voting cards.
Ready Steady Cook
Starts Monday 2 March at 4.30pm on BBC One
Ready Steady Cook is made by Remarkable TV, part of Endemol Shine UK.
