Best Home Cook

Ten ordinary cooks compete in challenges to make, say, their ultimate pasta dinner, or the best dish they can rustle up using pears. This season, the "Britain" prefix has been dropped. The show is hosted by Mary Berry and Claudia Winkleman. They are joined by Chris Bavin (from Eat Well for Less?) and new judge Angela Hartnett, who brings a little Michelin-starred-cheffy grit. In this episode, the ten home cooks prepare their ultimate pasta dinners and rustle up a fruit dish before the weakest cooks face judge Angela Hartnett’s tricky eliminator recipe.

The nine home cooks whip up their ultimate meringue desserts, then rustle up some amazing vegetable dishes. The weakest cooks will then face Angela's dreaded eliminator recipe.

The remaining eight home cooks prepare their ultimate brunches for the judges and tackle a surprisingly tricky rustle-up challenge.

Mary challenges the cooks to produce their ultimate kid's birthday cake in just 3 hours, and to pile on the pressure she reminds the cooks that she knows a thing or two about birthday cakes.

The 6 home cooks make their ultimate curry night feast and do their best to impress in the rustle up round, while avoiding being sent home in Angela's sweet eliminator round.

Mary's given the quarter finalists 2 hours and 15 minutes to cook their ultimate family pie, and it must be fully encased in pastry they have made from scratch. A perfect fully encased pastry pie is a tricky challenge.

The semi-finalists must impress the judges with their ultimate drinks party canapes before improvising with a scary store cupboard staple. Who will make the final?

There are shocks and surprises in store as the three finalists try to win over Mary, Angela and Chris with their ultimate three-course dinner party.

The cooks have 90 minutes to prepare their ultimate burger with at least two sides designed to showcase their individual personality. The patties and fries sparkle with variety and influences as cooks rustle up a variety of burgers.

The best nine cooks battle it out over their finest fish dish and improvise with squash or rice before the weakest face a tricky dessert elimination round. At the end of the challenges, one cook must say farewell.

Claudia Winkleman presents as the cooks dish up a pie that showcases their individual personality, before inventing a sweet or savoury meal with plums or cheese as the key ingredient. There is then an anxious wait to hear who has to cook again in a final challenge, for which judges Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin have chosen a pasta dish. But who will be going home?

Claudia Winkleman presents week four of the home cooking contest and the first challenge awaiting the seven remaining contestants is to put their individual spin on a traditional roast dinner, which must include at least two vegetable accompaniments. Next they are given just one hour to invent a sweet or savoury meal using cauliflower or crab as the key ingredient - pushing some of the hopefuls out of their comfort zone - before the elimination round sees the weakest cooks following a dessert recipe to the letter. Who will judges Mary Berry, Dan Doherty and Chris Bavin chooses to send home?

The final six cooks have two and a half hours to wow the judges with ultimate chocolate desserts, before the best chooses between aubergine or tofu for the Cooks' Challenge. Who will survive the sweet and sour eliminator?

The quater-finalists have two and a half hours to prepare their ultimate sharing feast with four complementary dishes that must come together as a complete meal. In the Cooks' Challenge, the choice is between squid and mackerel.

The semi-finalists must impress the judges with their ultimate drinks party canapes before improvising with ginger or orange. The cooks in the elimination round then follow a classic Italian recipe to the letter to avoid being sent home.

It's the final chance for the cooks to impress the judges with the very best of their home cooking, with the ultimate main and pudding. In the cooks challenge, the finalists must make a dish that showcases both chicken and mushrooms.