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{{Infobox television

|alt_name alt_name = Saturday Cooks!<br>Daily Cooks Challenge

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|presenter presenter = [[Antony Worrall Thompson]]

|country country = [[United Kingdom]]

|num_series num_series = 8

|num_episodes num_episodes = 167

|company company = [[Prospect Pictures]]

|runtime runtime = 60–90&nbsp;minutes<br><small>(including adverts)</small>

| network = [[ITV (TV channel)|ITVITV1]], [[STV (TV channel)|STV]], [[UTV (TV channel)|UTVITV3]]

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|last_aired first_aired = {{EndStart date|20102006|56|2110|df=y}}

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|first_aired last_aired = {{StartEnd date|20062010|65|1021|df=y}}

| related = ''[[ITV Food]]''

|last_aired = {{End date|2010|5|21|df=y}}

|related = ''[[ITV Food]]''

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'''''...Cooks!''''' is an [[ITV plc(TV network)|ITV]] television [[Cooking show|cookery show]], hosted by [[Antony Worrall Thompson]], broadcast on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV networks]] between 10 June 2006 to 21 May 2010.

==Formats==

There were different names for the show, depending on which day it aired. The Saturday morning show was called ''Saturday Cooks!'', whilst the show that aired during the week was called ''Daily Cooks Challenge''. This series aired in a weekday prime-time slot and from its second series was shot in front of a studio audience. It has mostly been broadcast on [[ITV3]] between 2008 and 2012 with new episodes on [[ITV1]].

Worrall Thompson, who previously hosted a similar [[BBC One]] show, ''[[Saturday Kitchen]]'', defected to ITV in June 2006 after being poached from the [[BBC]] along with the production company that made the show ([[Prospect Pictures]]), in a deal negotiated by [[Alison Sharman]]. It was Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought Worrall Thompson to the BBC on ''Saturday Kitchen'' in the first place, before she herself moved to [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].

A sister programme ''[[Sunday Feast]]'' aired on Sunday mornings. The programme was [[Cancellation (television)|cancelled]] due to poor ratings.

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==Scheduling==

''Saturday Cooks!'' aired on the various [[ITV (TV network)|ITV networks]] from 10 June 2006 to 15 December 2007. When it first started it aired at 9:25&nbsp;am but then was moved first to 11:30&nbsp;am and later, in 2007, to 12&nbsp;noon. This was to initially compete with the BBC's offering ''[[Saturday Kitchen]]''.

==Spin-offs==

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==Guest chefs==

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*[[John Burton-Race]]

*[[Ken Hom]]

*[[Keith Floyd]]

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==External links==

*{{IMDb title|id=0973564|title=Saturday Cooks!}}

*{{IMDb title|id=0938982|title=Daily Cooks!}}

*{{IMDb title|11324002|Daily Cooks Challenge}}

*{{IMDb title|16240050|Christmas Cooks Challenge}}

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[[Category:2010s British cooking television series]]

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[[Category:British English-language television shows]]

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