Còcaire nan Còcairean
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Host
Co-hosts
Judges: DK MacLean (series 1 & 2), Maureen MacLeod and Alasdair MacLeod (series 1), Seumas Campbell and Mary Ann MacKenzie (series 2)
Broadcast
MNE Media for BBC Alba, 11 November 2008 to present
Synopsis
Gaelic-language knockout cookery competition, originally more-or-less the same format as the Gary Rhodes-era Masterchef, but with two competitors instead of three each week. Contestants had one hour to cook two dishes (three in the final) before a panel of judges, who would opine on whose cooking was better. The series champion won a trip to Rick Stein's seafood cookery school in Padstow.
The third series changed the format somewhat, dropping the expert judges and the knockout contest. Each episode is now self-contained and is more Ready Steady Cook than Masterchef, with a member of the public bringing in a selection of ingredients and providing a loose brief for the contestants, as well as judging the food at the end.
Trivia
Filmed at MG Alba's studio in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Champion
Series 1: Donald MacKay
Series 2: Seonag Smith