Humble Pie

Revision as of 11:06, 13 December 2015

Host

Melanie Sykes

Co-hosts

Marco Pierre-White (credited as "The Taster")

Trystan Gravelle (narrator)

Broadcast

Fizz for Watch, 16 October 2015 to present

Synopsis

Four amateur cooks are judged by Marco Pierre-White, and by each other.

In three rounds, the competitors cook a dish, then taste and critique each others' cooking. Any of them can bail out of the game, and take home a small prize. But if no-one presses to leave, Marco Pierre-White has selected someone who will leave with nothing.

That one is by far the worst.

The show's spirit is the antithesis of The Great British Bake Off, critical and destructive, often to the point of outright lying. The structure is familiar - the starter is a technical challenge, with suppled ingredients and an outline recipe. The main course has a required ingredient, while the signature dessert is entirely of the players' choosing.

Money for the players choosing to leave is small, and deliberately so - while the winner gets £2500, the leavers will get £100, £200, and £500. Will anyone swallow their pride and admit they've made the worst dish? Or will they hope to read Marco's inscrutible mind?

Melanie Sykes hosts the programme, and gives some brief interviews during the cooking. Trystran Gravelle handles voice-over duties with an engaging Welsh burr; he introduces the contestants, and narrates the cookery sequences.

An interesting idea, turned into television with quite some character.

Web Links

UKTV page

The show publicised the hashtag #humblepie.

Feedback

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 == Synopsis ==
-Four amateur cooks try to impress Marco Pierre White.
+Four amateur cooks are judged by Marco Pierre-White, and by each other.
+In three rounds, the competitors cook a dish, then taste and critique each others' cooking. Any of them can bail out of the game, and take home a small prize. But if no-one presses to leave, Marco Pierre-White has selected someone who will leave with nothing.
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+[[File:Humble pie melanie sykes marco pierre white knife.jpg|400px|Humble Pie]]
+''That one is by far the worst.''
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+The show's spirit is the antithesis of [[The Great British Bake Off]], critical and destructive, often to the point of outright lying. The structure is familiar - the starter is a technical challenge, with suppled ingredients and an outline recipe. The main course has a required ingredient, while the signature dessert is entirely of the players' choosing.
+Money for the players choosing to leave is small, and deliberately so - while the winner gets &pound;2500, the leavers will get &pound;100, &pound;200, and &pound;500. Will anyone swallow their pride and admit they've made the worst dish? Or will they hope to read Marco's inscrutible mind?
+Melanie Sykes hosts the programme, and gives some brief interviews during the cooking. Trystran Gravelle handles voice-over duties with an engaging Welsh burr; he introduces the contestants, and narrates the cookery sequences.
+An interesting idea, turned into television with quite some character.
+== Web Links ==
+[http://watch.uktv.co.uk/shows/humble-pie/ UKTV page]
-According to a press release,
+{{hashtag|humblepie}}
-:"Four aspiring chefs are set three challenging cookery tests and battle it out for a cash prize of £2,500. But in a twist on the standard format, the competitors must critique each others dishes after each round, judging them from worst to best. Then they must decide whether or not to eliminate themselves and get a smaller exit fee if they think that Marco will rate their dish the worst."
+== See also ==
-{{notaired}}
+[[Weaver's Week 2015-12-13#Humble Pie|Weaver's Week review]]
 [[Category:Food]]
 [[Category:RDF Productions]]
 [[Category:Current]]
-[[Category:Awaiting Review]]