Come Dine with Me
A Channel 4 Original
Amateur cooks take turns opening their homes and kitchens to fellow contestants, each stage-host trying to impress with a themed menu, table setting and personality. After each dinner the guests quietly score the evening on food, service and atmosphere, and at the end the highest scorer wins a... Read more
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About Come Dine with Me
Amateur cooks take turns opening their homes and kitchens to fellow contestants, each stage-host trying to impress with a themed menu, table setting and personality. After each dinner the guests quietly score the evening on food, service and atmosphere, and at the end the highest scorer wins a cash prize. The show trades on awkward social moments as much as culinary skill, since a mismatched menu or an overenthusiastic host can be just as decisive as a great dish. Comedian Dave Lamb supplies a dry, sarcastic voiceover that highlights the funniest and most cringe-worthy moments without revealing any outcomes ahead of time.
The series launched in 2005 in the UK and is best known for Dave Lamb's narration. Its simple, portable format made it easy to adapt, and versions of the show have appeared in several other countries, keeping the core idea intact while changing local details.
The program's tone and Lamb's lashings of sarcasm pushed this kind of wry, ironic voiceover into the mainstream of reality TV, and many clips have circulated online as short, funny moments. Its confrontational yet domestic scenes have been parodied on sketch shows and used as shorthand for social awkwardness in popular culture.
Critical reaction has been mixed, with viewers divided between those who enjoy watching people entertain under pressure and those who tire of petty squabbles and predictable gags. The show repeatedly highlights themes of hospitality, taste versus pretension, and how personality affects presentation. It tends to work best when contestants reveal unexpected skills or when a single element of the evening dramatically changes the mood.
While it hasn't been a major awards darling, the series has earned long-running popularity and industry attention for its format. Its longevity and exportability are often cited as markers of success, and it remains a recognizable staple of light reality TV programming.
Details
- Release Date
- January 10, 2005
- Episode Length
- 30m
- Rating
- TV-14
- User Ratings
- 31 votes
- Type
- TV Series
- Seasons
- 50
- Episodes
- 1433
- Network
- Channel 4
- Status
- Returning Series
- Genres
- Reality
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Studio
- LWT +2 more
- External Links
- View on IMDB
Cast
Dave Lamb
Narrator
Seasons (50 seasons, 1433 episodes)
Season 1
20 episodes - 2005
Season 2
45 episodes - 2005
Season 3
70 episodes - 2006
Season 4
11 episodes - 2006
Season 5
20 episodes - 2007
Season 6
21 episodes - 2007
Season 7
50 episodes - 2008
Season 8
88 episodes - 2008
Season 9
46 episodes - 2008
Season 10
52 episodes - 2009
Season 11
17 episodes - 2009
Season 12
44 episodes - 2009
Season 13
23 episodes - 2010
Season 14
53 episodes - 2010
Season 15
63 episodes - 2011
Season 16
1 episodes - 2009
Season 17
0 episodes - 2010
Season 18
1 episodes - 2010
Season 19
1 episodes - 2010
Season 20
16 episodes - 2010
Season 21
24 episodes - 2010
Season 22
120 episodes - 2011
Season 23
1 episodes - 2011
Season 24
32 episodes - 2011
Series 25
210 episodes - 2011
Season 26
49 episodes - 2012
Season 27
1 episodes - 2012
Season 28
52 episodes - 2012
Season 29
40 episodes - 2013
Series 30
138 episodes - 2013
Series 31
0 episodes
Series 32
0 episodes
Series 33
0 episodes
Series 34
0 episodes
Series 35
3 episodes - 2015
Series 36
0 episodes
Series 37
0 episodes
Series 38
0 episodes
Series 39
5 episodes
Series 40
8 episodes - 2017
Series 41
1 episodes - 2017
Series 42
5 episodes - 2017
Series 43
9 episodes - 2018
Series 44
1 episodes - 2019
Series 45
5 episodes - 2020
Series 46
6 episodes - 2021
Series 47
10 episodes - 2021
Series 48
1 episodes - 2022
2024
30 episodes - 2024
Series 49
40 episodes - 2025
