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One of the most popular reality TV series in the UK these days is called ‘Come dine with me’. It is shown through out the week with four (or sometimes five) individuals each cooking a meal for the others in their own homes. Each meal is voted for by the other guests and the person who collects the highest score from the other guests at the end of the week wins a J1000 prize.
It is successful for a number of reasons. First of all, there are the recipes. Each guest is doing all they can to impress the others by planning their evening as host, carefully selecting and preparing ingredients. Generally, the funniest part of the program is when the one cooking is in their own kitchen panicking and trying, often unsuccessfully, to cook over ambitious dishes. They frantically turn the pages of recipe books or make frantic phone calls for advice while outwardly trying to appear calm and in control. Sometimes dishes break, or roasts get turned to ash in an over heated oven or the soup ends up on the floor; often accompanied by memorable but not necessarily polite use of the English language.
The next piece of TV joy is being in each person’s house, seeing their dficor and lay out and enjoying them trying to outshine their fellow guests. Why people are so fascinated by other people’s houses I cannot begin to guess. But I have to confess that I am as nosey as everyone else.
Finally, there is the meal and you get to hear all the conversation (public and private) between the guests as they praise or condemn their host. Finally comes the judging (marks out of 10) when each member of the house party privately gives the host cook a score. The programme runs through the week starting on a Monday and finishing with the final result being announced on a Friday. Some of the ‘stars’ of the programme go on to become national favourites and some of them even attain minor celebrity status.
There is also a celebrity version of the program unimaginatively entitled ‘Celebrity Come Dine with me’. It is exactly the same format but of course viewers already know who the people are and something about their lives: And it is really interesting to see these people’s real houses, to see how they live and listen in on all the celebrity gossip. The prizes for the celebrity version always go to charity.
I am thinking about applying to be on the show. It would be really good fun if I was chosen. In my imagination I can imagine trying to impress my guests with lines like ‘of course I caught the fish myself’ and ‘I had these specially imported from Bolivia’. The reality is that I am not a good cook and I never use recipe books. However, I do enjoy cooking and I love dinner parties and conversation. Maybe I will just roll up my courage and apply.
A8 The TV programme is designed to feature . . .
real people preparing dinner parties in their own homes.
people who vote for themselves to win a prize.
actors pretending to be ordinary people.
real people preparing dinner parties in their own homes.
A9 The funniest part of the program is generally the . . .
kitchen scenes of preparation and cooking.
host selecting ingredients.
kitchen scenes of preparation and cooking.
contestants trying to impress each other.
A10 The narrator believes that people are fascinated by other people’s homes . . .
but doesn’t know why.
because diicor and layout are fascinating.
since every body likes to show o ff their homes.
but doesn’t know why.
A11 Each of the guests . . .
gives the host a mark out of 10.
publicly thank the host.
privately complains about the host.
gives the host a mark out of 10.
A12 Some of the shows contestants . . .
become minor celebrities.
become minor celebrities.
become real TV stars.
leave the show on a Friday.
A13 The celebrity version of the show works well because . . .
celebrities often hate each other.
the prizes go to charity.
much is already known about the contestants.
celebrities often hate each other.
A14 The narrator might apply for the show because . . .
