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I have just been approached by Channel 4 to see if I was interested in appearing as a host for 'Come Dine with me' with a view to performing to the guests as well as cooking them a meal.

I declined as I can only just about cook toast but they are really interested in having a magician on the show.

Details as follows:


Do you love dinner parties? Are you a great cook?

The hugely successful Channel 4 show Come Dine With Me is returning for a new, prime-time series. We’re looking for people over 18 years of age in the West London, Harrow/ Wembley/ Ruislip/ Edgware area with a passion for cooking and who want to demonstrate their skills.

Over four days, four strangers, from all walks of life, take turns hosting the perfect dinner party for each other. At the end of the week the most impressive host wins a £1,000 cash prize.

This is your chance to create the perfect dining experience, and you get to enjoy three nights dining out and a chance to win!

If you, or anyone you know, would like to take part then please call in soon and leave your name, address and contact details: 0871 200 3939
(Callers from a BT landline will be charged a set up fee of 10p per call plus 10p per minute. Calls from other networks may be higher and from mobiles will cost considerably more.)

or email: comedinewithme@itv.com

they have had several magicians on the show..
And i would apply myself,( being a supurb cook and an absolute come dine with me addict ) But the place i live in wouldnt be suitable for the show. One bedroom, lounge heaving with magic stuff.. no room to swing a cat, shoebox sized kitchen...

I call it "Four Puddings and a Punch Up"

Lady of Mystery is a cook!

9 times out of 10, i think it should be called "Spot the Gay"

4 random people, over 4 nights they try to out each other.

Beardy wrote:Lady of Mystery is a cook!

They're so bitchy on that show, though. They'd need to go to dinner in shin guards!

How good a cook do you have to be?

I can cook burger and chips, mince and mash, spag bol, a roast dinner, and chicken with chips and peas!

That's pretty much my Uni diet!

Oh, and takeaway and sandwiches!

crappy cooks normaly get more television time.. but not the prize money

I never said I was crappy!

*I* like my cooking!

I can also do a curry, as long as I have the sauce in the tin thing!

A customer of mine was approached by Come Dine with Me with the exact same offer. Customer is a smashing, nice chap called Peter and he owns a circus. Well, we all own a circus at some point in our lives don't we....

Anyway Peter had never heard of Come Dine With Me, so he watched a show, 'I'm not going on that!' He said, 'The narrator takes the p**** out of you!'

Now I love the show as well. Especially the narrator (Dave Lamb). But I must admit I wouldn't go on. I have seen magicians on there before and I have noticed they have the mickey taken out of them. Still, it might be a nice experience for someone and they might come out looking good.

On a related note, two years ago that Fonejacker bloke rang the shop. He spoke like a child and 'wanted to buy a potion off me to turn his stepdad into a slug' I thought it was just some bored teenager so I went along with it. After the 'conversation' finished a women from E4 rang and thanked me for being polite on the phone as a lot of people tell him to f*** off She then asked if I would give permission for them to use the conversation.

'No' I replied.

What a miserable so and so I am

Starving Stu wrote:On a related note, two years ago that Fonejacker bloke rang the shop. He spoke like a child and 'wanted to buy a potion off me to turn his stepdad into a slug' I thought it was just some bored teenager so I went along with it. After the 'conversation' finished a women from E4 rang and thanked me for being polite on the phone as a lot of people tell him to f*** off She then asked if I would give permission for them to use the conversation.

'No' I replied.

What a miserable so and so I am

I still have no idea why the nephew of Jimmy Saville gave permission to use his conversation. He doesn't come out of it at all well.

Kevin Cann wrote:At the end of the week the most impressive host wins a £1,000 cash prize.

Wow, I knew they were making cheap telly but I hadn't realised HOW cheap. Miserable sods. What can you do with a grand these days - fill the petrol tank a couple of times? Pay the interest on your bank charges for a week? In return for being judged by four strangers and ridiculed on national television. What a bargain.

I hate being so young

Yeah me too

I was gonna say, I've seen magicians on it before, but never have they come out of it looking good.

I think one was wearing a waistcoat with brightly coloured card patterns though, so what do you expect?

However, isn't it kind of our thing not to get embarassed much? I'd give it a go if, you know, I could actually cook. I worked in a kitchen for five years and I am still absolutely, mind-bogglingly terrible at cooking (except cakes, I make a mean cake.)

Sod it, if they ever do another series oop norf, I'm going to apply anyway.