BBC Two Commissions New Food Show

BBC Two has announced details of a new food show.

The Big Family Cooking Challenge (w/t) is a 12x60' series that aims to bring cooking back into the home. It will see family teams of amateur cooks battling it out to be named the nation's best home cooks.

The series will put inter-generational teams of home cooks against each other. Throughout the series, the judges will visit family homes and whittle down the teams of cooks through a series of challenges based on the realities of everyday meals.

The show is already in pre-production and is expected to air in summer 2017. It was commissioned by BBC Two Channel Editor, Patrick Holland and Acting Head of Formats and Features, Donna Clark. It will be executive produced for the BBC by commissioning executive Catherine Catton, and executive produced by Voltage Chief Executive Sanjay Singhal and Kathleen Larkin.

Donna Clark said: "I'm thrilled to be taking food competitions in a different direction. A passion for food starts in the family kitchen and this format will take us into homes up and down the country where we'll meet Britain's most passionate and exciting families of cooks."

Sanjay Singhal added: "Our ambition is to create a feel good show full of character and warmth with authentic home cooking at its heart."

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(JP/MH)