• Air date: 07 Aug '09 44 episodes
      Amateur chefs compete against each other by hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a £1,000 cash prize. An element of comedy is added to the show through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.
  • List of Episodes (44)
    • 1. Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Christine Wright

      07 Aug '09
    • 2. Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Neil Hemingway

      07 Aug '09
    • 3. Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Matt Buckingham

      07 Aug '09
    • 4. Extra Portions: Huddersfield, Laura Seeley

      07 Aug '09
    • 5. Series 12, Episode 5

      The competition starts with Julia Bradbury who gets ready to entertain Hollyoaks heartthrob Philip Olivier; ex-MP Edwina Currie; and entertainer Christopher Biggins.
    • 6. Series 12, Episode 6

      10 Aug '09
      It's Philip Olivier's turn to play host and things don't start well as he's battling a terrible hangover from the night before. He eventually gets it together, but forgets to serve wine.
    • 7. Series 12, Episode 7

      Edwina's going for an ambitious menu of individual Beef Wellingtons and a pistachio soufflé, but disaster strikes when there's a power cut at her country pad.
    • 8. Series 12, Episode 8

      The final host is Biggins who spends so much time arranging the flowers and talking about Joan Collins that his mousse starter ends up like a soup.
    • 9. Series 12, Episode 9

      11 Aug '09
      Teesside is the setting for the culinary showdown and local DJ Wayne Allen, who describes himself as a 'natural entertainer' is the host, but will he keep all the guests happy?
    • 10. Series 12, Episode 10

      22 Jan '10
      It's the turn of single mum-of-four, Michele Small, to host and she is determined to prove you can have a top-class dinner party on a budget.
    • 11. Series 12, Episode 11

      11 Aug '09
      Jayne Laverick is sure she will win, she's also determined to educate her guests in the world of haute cuisine in the process, but the mood sours.
    • 12. Series 12, Episode 12

      11 Aug '09
      Dave is still hoping his game plan of being nice to everyone will pay off, but his guests are a little fraught so his food is overshadowed by the tension around the table.
    • 13. Series 12, Episode 13

      14 Aug '09
    • 14. Series 12, Episode 14

      14 Aug '09
    • 15. Series 12, Episode 15

      14 Aug '09
    • 16. Extra Portions: Isle of Wight, Mandy Gale

      14 Aug '09
    • 17. Extra Portions: Bristol, Sarah Harris

      17 Aug '09
      First host in Bristol is Sarah Harris, who loves 'noseying' into people's affairs and believes that she'll charm her guests enough to end up on their Christmas card lists
    • 18. Series 12, Episode 18

      The guests are in for quite a shock when pernickety hairdresser Craig Lockett serves his sushi starter on the stomach of a hairy Bristolian teenager.
    • 19. Series 12, Episode 19

      03 Feb '10
      Poet Kieron Allen is hoping to create a chilled-out evening. The guests are not expecting much and he's so laid-back he forgets the key ingredients for his starter.
    • 20. Series 12, Episode 20

      04 Feb '10
      Designer Angelique Bernatschke is confident a combination of Austrian charm, her gorgeous house and the promise of snow will have her guests under her spell.
    • 21. Extra Portions: Celebrity, Raef Bjayou

      15 Feb '10
    • 22. Extra Portions: Celebrity, Chris Ellison

      16 Feb '10
    • 23. Extra Portions: Celebrity, Michelle Gayle

      17 Feb '10
    • 24. Extra Portions: Celebrity, Lynne Franks

      18 Feb '10
    • 25. Extra Portions: Liverpool, Ray Parry

      22 Feb '10