The producers of Celebrity Come Dine with Me evidently ran out of d-list stars for this latest programme…and it’s all the better for it.
Usually the formula involves a bunch of celebs unsubtly attempting to resurrect their various careers under the auspices of ‘charity’, but in this latest programme, the four Liverpudlian-based participants are just out for a good old knees-up.
King of Catchphrase Roy Walker, Bruce ‘Les Battersby’ Jones, ex-Atomic Kitten Natasha Hamilton and Yvette ‘Most Haunted’ Fielding each battle it out to become culinary king or queen of the show… but forsake the battle to get sloshed and take the mic out of each other instead.
The actual meals (the focus of the usual non-celeb version) take a backseat to the general shenanigans, which in no particular order include:
- Bruce (who, in real life makes Les Battersby look like Oscar Wilde) and Roy drooling over Natasha and her variety of cleavage-friendly outfits;
- Yvette (who is clearly mad as a bucket of frogs even when out of her spook-hunter role) sharing a sex story involving a Thomas the Tank Engine yogurt;
- Yvette tonguing Bruce in-between courses (only strong stomachs need apply);
- Yvette (and her phillosophy of no information being too much information) relating how she wet herself once on a public street;
- 68-year old Roy doing 20 push-ups before distributing Roy The Legend T-shirts out as gifts to his departing guests.
In short, an episode that is refreshingly unpretentious and fun. D-listers, take note!
Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Sunday 1 November 8pm – Channel 4
Carole
It was good but unfortunately Yvette Fielding was OTT as usual. Roy Walker is lovely but barking mad! I prefer the non-celeb CDWM as they are usually far funnier and always worth watching.
Michael
This show was fantastic miles better than the non-cleb shows. I find the people on the “ordainary” show are always so bitchy!
Marky
A great show and having watched the non-celeb version I couldn’t believe how well they all gelled.
Memore
Where can you get the tee shirt from I know someone who would die for that shirt