Come Dine with Me Australia is an Australian reality television series based on the format of the UK show, Come Dine with Me. The show premiered on 18 January 2010 on The LifeStyle Channel. The show is narrated by Aimee Reid and James Valentine.
Format Each five-episode block of Come Dine with Me Australia follows a new set of five participants, with each episode featuring one of these contestants hosting the other four for dinner. After each dinner, the four guests rate their experience. Each contestants’ points are added after the five-episode block and the overall winner wins a $2000 cash prize.
The structure of the show is consistent across all four seasons. Each episode begins with the introduction of the contestant who is hosting for that episode. Then, the narrator talks through what food the host will be serving. As each course is described, a new participant is shown reading the menu the host has provided. During these breaks where new participants are shown, a small introduction is given for every individual. Once all courses of the meal have been described and all participants have been introduced, the dinner party begins. This either involves introductory interactions between the participants, or an activity provided by the host. After this concludes, the guests begin eating. At this point the show switches between the host cooking and the guests eating/talking. After the entrees are served, the guests begin looking around the hosts' house. This acts as a comedic break from the cooking, as the narrator comments on what is found, and how the guests act.Harbidge, L., 2013. A recipe for comedy: Come Dine With Me, incongruity and the observational voice-over. Comedy Studies, 4(1), pp.71-82. The meal continues from then on, with different episodes taking different forms ranging from activities to games to drama. Once the meal and subsequent activities finish, the guests leave. Each guest is then shown in the back of a car. The guests individually discuss their thoughts about the night and rate their experience out of ten.Schüller, D., Tauchmann, H., Upmann, T. and Weimar, D., 2014. Pro-social behavior in the TV show “Come Dine With Me”: An empirical investigation. Journal of Economic Psychology, 45, pp.44-55. The episode then ends with the narrator explaining the standings of the participants.
Production In 2009, The LifeStyle Channel bought the rights to the show, commissioning Granada Australia to produce a version for the Australian market. The first season consists of 20 episodes.Come Dine with Me in Oz - B&T Today, 24 August 2009 A second season was approved before the first season premiered and was broadcast in mid-2010.Second serve for Come Dine with Me Australia
Episodes Season 1 (2010) Week Episode Night Host Airdate One Episode 1 Julie 18 January 2010 Episode 2 Gail 19 January 2010 Episode 3 Ben 20 January 2010 Episode 4 Jennifer 21 January 2010 Episode 5 Richard 22 January 2010 Two Episode 6 Trudi 25 January 2010 Episode 7 Luke 26 January 2010 Episode 8 Anne-Maree 27 January 2010 Episode 9 Angela 28 January 2010 Episode 10 Alex 29 January 2010 Three Episode 11 Bryan 1 March 2010 Episode 12 Mel 2 March 2010 Episode 13 Rita 3 March 2010 Episode 14 James 4 March 2010 Episode 15 Nicole 5 March 2010 Four Episode 16 Tony 8 March 2010 Episode 17 Celeste 9 March 2010 Episode 18 Nicole 10 March 2010 Episode 19 Stephen 11 March 2010 Episode 20 Sheeneagh 12 March 2010
Season 2 (2010) Week Episode Night Host Airdate One Episode 1 Helen 23 August 2010 Episode 2 Ray 24 August 2010 Episode 3 Joan 25 August 2010 Episode 4 Paula 26 August 2010 Episode 5 Taylor 27 August 2010 Two Episode 6 Jesse 30 August 2010 Episode 7 Sharon 31 August 2010 Episode 8 Kyoko 1 September 2010 Episode 9 David 2 September 2010 Episode 10 Jane 3 September 2010 Three Episode 11 Dominic 6 September 2010 Episode 12 Michelle 7 September 2010 Episode 13 Yolanda 8 September 2010 Episode 14 Tom 9 September 2010 Episode 15 Deb 10 September 2010 Four Episode 16 Megan 13 September 2010 Episode 17 David 14 September 2010 Episode 18 Karen 15 September 2010 Episode 19 Kate 16 September 2010 Episode 20 Mark 17 September 2010
Season 3 (2011) Week Episode Night Host Airdate One Episode 1 Leonie 17 January 2011 Episode 2 Lance 18 January 2011 Episode 3 Mary 19 January 2011 Episode 4 Shane 20 January 2011 Episode 5 Ammie 21 January 2011 Two Episode 6 Cheryl 24 January 2011 Episode 7 Donna 25 January 2011 Episode 8 Tony 26 January 2011 Episode 9 Doreen 27 January 2011 Episode 10 Lachlan 28 January 2011 Three Episode 11 Vanessa 31 January 2011 Episode 12 Sheila 1 February 2011 Episode 13 Anita 2 February 2011 Episode 14 Lachlan 3 February 2011 Episode 15 Warren 4 February 2011 Four Episode 16 Suze 7 February 2011 Episode 17 Jacki 8 February 2011 Episode 18 Gerry 9 February 2011 Episode 19 Bromwyn 10 February 2011 Episode 20 Mary-Ann 11 February 2011
Season 4 (2013) Week Episode Night Host Airdate One Episode 1 Mike 8 January 2013 Episode 2 Kiri 9 January 2013 Episode 3 Danielle 10 January 2013 Episode 4 James 11 January 2013 Two Episode 5 Derek 15 January 2013 Episode 6 Natalie 16 January 2013 Episode 7 Amaya 17 January 2013 Episode 8 Myles 18 January 2013 Three Episode 9 Andrew 22 January 2013 Episode 10 Roxanne 23 January 2013 Episode 11 Peter 24 January 2013 Episode 12 Sharon 25 January 2013 Four Episode 13 Todd 29 January 2013 Episode 14 Eve 30 January 2013 Episode 15 Tom 31 January 2013 Episode 16 Ebony 1 February 2013 Five Episode 17 Ellen 5 February 2013 Episode 18 Harry 6 February 2013 Episode 19 Alexi 7 February 2013 Episode 20 Sami 8 February 2013
Celebrity Come Dine With Me Australia
A celebrity version of the show was first aired on 11 December 2012 on the Lifestyle Channel. The first episode of Celebrity Come Dine with Me Australia was initially released as a Christmas special in between the release of the third and fourth seasons of Come Dine with Me Australia in December 2012. Another episode of the Celebrity version of the show was released a year later in December 2013 after the conclusion of the fourth and final season of the original show. Then, during January 2014, four episodes of Celebrity Come Dine with Me Australia were broadcast on The Lifestyle Channel.
International broadcasts In July 2010, the show began broadcasting in the UK under the title Come Dine with Me Down Under before reverting to its original Come Dine with Me Australia title and changing again in the third series.
See also
List of Australian television series
References
External links Official website
See also MasterChef My Kitchen Rules