A host of Glasgow restaurants will take part in a new series of Come Dine With Me: The Professionals, beginning on Monday, June 27.
Various teams of professional chefs and restauranteurs take each other on in a bid to be named the best independent eatery in their town, county or city. The first episode airs on Monday, followed by one episode per night for the rest of the week.
Each episode will show three local eateries competing to win the coveted award, and a cash prize that is shared amongst staff. Channel 4 chiefs released a statement this week, promising a 'wonderful variety of restaurants'.
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It read: "All-new Come Dine with Me: The Professionals - Britain's favourite daytime cooking competition but for the first time ever with professional chefs battling it out in the kitchen, celebrates the wonderful variety of restaurants and the amazing characters who work in them across the UK, from Glasgow, Cardiff, Newcastle, Nottingham and Bristol, to Leeds, Liverpool, Birmingham, London and Manchester. In each episode, three local restaurant duos go head-to-head as they take it in turns to host the others for a three-course dinner and prove they've got what it takes to win the £1000 prize.
"At the end of each meal, the visiting restaurant pairs score their host's dinner out of 20, with the highest scorers overall scooping the prize. Expect stunning cooking, hilarious hosting, no shortage of drama and some secret scoring, as these restaurateurs do battle for the coveted cash prize."
Glasgow's episode of Come Dine With Me: The Professionals will air on Friday, July 22 at 5pm on Channel 4, and will feature Amore d'Italia in the show. The Dennistoun-based restaurant has had plenty of success in the city, with superstar Lewis Capaldi even frequenting the establishment.
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The first episode will visit Yorkshire, where restaurants The Barn, Disco Kitchen and Fint will go head-to-head for the cash prize and plaudits. Glasgow's night and the food joints involved are still top secret.
Come Dine With Me: The Professionals will begin on Monday, June 27 at 5pm on Channel 4. It will then run on weekdays thereafter at the same time each night.
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