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Ready Steady Cook is a British daytime cooking program that originated on the BBC and premiered in 1994. In the show's central format, professional chefs work against a time limit to create dishes from a small and sometimes unexpected selection of ingredients, often supplied within a limited budget. The program combines demonstration, speed, audience participation, and friendly competition while showing how ordinary ingredients can be adapted into different meals.

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What happens in a Ready Steady Cook episode?

Professional chefs receive a small or unexpected selection of ingredients and race the clock to turn it into finished dishes. The BBC daytime format often divides the cooks into red and green teams, with the studio audience involved in the result.

When did Ready Steady Cook start?

The BBC program premiered in 1994 and became a long-running daytime cooking game show. Its original run continued to 2010 before a later revival appeared with Rylan Clark in 2020. ([Ready Steady Cook history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Steady_Cook))

Who hosted Ready Steady Cook before Ainsley Harriott?

Fern Britton hosted the original 1994 to 2000 period, then Ainsley Harriott took over from 2000 to 2010. Rylan Clark later presented the 2020 to 2021 revival, so Harriott was not the first host.

How is Ready Steady Cook different from MasterChef?

Ready Steady Cook is built around fast improvisation from supplied ingredients and a short studio time limit, not a long series of elimination stages. It also includes a viewer cooking question, which keeps the emphasis on practical home advice.

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