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{{Infobox television

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

| image =
| caption =

| presenter = [[Antony Worrall Thompson]]

| caption = ''Saturday Cooks!'' logo

| picture_format country = [[16:9United Kingdom]]

| num_series = 8

| runtime = 60-90 minutes<br><small>(including adverts)</small>

| num_episodes = 167

| creator =

| presenter company = [[Antony WorrallProspect ThompsonPictures]]

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

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

| country network = United[[ITV1]], Kingdom[[ITV3]]

| first_aired creator = 10 June 2006

| first_aired = {{Start date|2006|6|10|df=y}}

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

| num_series = 8

| num_episodesrelated = ''[[ITV Food]]'' = 167

| producer = [[Prospect Pictures]]

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

}}

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

'''''...Cooks!''''' is an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] cookery show, hosted by [[Antony Worrall Thompson]].

==Formats==

There arewere different names for the show, depending on which day it aired. The Saturday morning show iswas called ''Saturday Cooks!'', andwhilst 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 frontedpreviously 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 Ms Sharman who originally brokered the deal that brought AntonyWorrall Thompson to the [[BBC]] on ''Saturday Kitchen'' in the first place, before she herself moved to ITV.

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

A brand new series of ''Daily Cooks Challenge'' was broadcast from the 29 March 2008 -to 21 May 2010.

==Scheduling==

''Saturday Cooks!'' aired on the ITV network from 10 June 2006 –to 15 December 2007. When it first started it aired at 9:25am25&nbsp;am but then was moved first to 11:30am30&nbsp;am and later, in 2007, to 12 &nbsp;noon. This was to initially compete with the BBC's offering ''[[Saturday Kitchen]]''.

==Spin-offs==

A spin-off series, ''Christmas Cooks!'' aired during the Christmas period in 2006 at 10:30am30&nbsp;am on weekday mornings on the ITV Networknetwork. It returned for a second series in December 2007. In 2008, ''Christmas Cooks!'' was replaced by ''Christmas Cooks Challenge''. In the 2009 "'Christmas Specials"' there were 3three selected ''Christmas Cooks'' episodes, which were repeated from 2008. In 2010, there were no episodes over the festive period.

A brand new series of ''Daily Cooks Challenge'' was broadcast from the 29 March 2010 -to 21 May 2010.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=http://www.itvITV.com/lifestyle/food/cooks/recipesseriesfour/recipes/default.html |title=Categories -– ITV Player<!--|website=www.ITV.com|publisher=[[ITV Botplc]]|date= generated|access-date= title -->]}}</ref>

==Return==

It is said that ITV are interested in bring the show back with [[James Martin (chef)|James Martin]] as host on Saturday morning on [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV]] from 9am-10am in form of the daily cooks format of just cooking recipes instead of the former Saturday show format. It also said to be that the show will be prerecorded a few days beforehand.

==Regular weekly chefs==

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*[[Antony Worrall Thompson]]

*[[Gino D'Acampo]]

*[[Jean-Christophe Novelli]]

*[[Brian Turner (chef)|Brian Turner]]

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==Guest chefs==

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*[[John Burton-Race]]

*[[Ken Hom]]

*[[Keith Floyd]]

*[[Ching He Huang|Ching-He Huang]]

*[[Ed Baines]]

*Eadie Manson

*[[Frank Bordoni]]

*[[Merrilees Parker]]

*[[Jun Tanaka (chef)|Jun Tanaka]]

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*[[Paul Rankin]]

*[[Martin Blunos]]

*[[Silvana Franco]]

*[[Rustie Lee]]

*Jill Dupleix

*[[Aldo Zilli]]

*[[Mary Berry]]

*[[Richard Phillips (chef)|Richard Phillips]]

*[[Ben O'Donoghue]]

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*Momma Cherri

*Jo Pratt

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==Wine experts==

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*[[Jilly Goolden]]

*[[Matt Skinner]]

*Joe Wadsack

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==DVDs==

* Daily Cooks Challenge: Mains Volume One

* Daily Cooks Challenge: Mains Volume Two

*Daily Cooks Challenge: Desserts

*Daily Cooks Challenge: 3 DVD Box set

==See also==

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==References==

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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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