Theguardian iconTheguardianOct 19, 2026 ~1 min source read

How we made Come Dine With Me: ‘Someone served sushi off a guy’s naked chest!’

‘We’re not there to humiliate or to sneer. Channel 4 insisted everyone had to be a decent cook – the threshold was that contestants had to know what coriander was’ It all started in the early 00s when I tried to throw a dinner party. I was an executive producer during the early days of reality TV – and a house-proud yo

How we made Come Dine With Me: ‘Someone served sushi off a guy’s naked chest!’

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