Come Dine with Me#International versions

{{short description|English reality television game show}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2023}}

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Come Dine with Me is a British reality series that has aired on Channel 4 since 10 January 2005 and is narrated by Dave Lamb.

Format

The original format features five amateur chefs who live in the same town or area, who each host a three-course dinner party for the other contestants at their own home over successive episodes. Each competitor then rates the host's food and hosting skills during the taxi journey home, with the highest-scoring chef winning £1,000 cash at the end of the five-episode cycle. The show often features guests with clashing personalities.

Episodes produced for primetime broadcast feature four contestants over a single hour-long episode.

Dave Lamb provides a voiceover, which sometimes includes sarcastic comments on the chefs' food and interior design.

Notable moments

A 2016 episode attracted particular attention, when contestant Peter Marsh made ungracious remarks upon losing to the winning contestant Jane. He said to her and the other contestants: "What a sad little life, Jane. Enjoy the money. I hope now you will spend it on getting some lessons in grace and decorum, because you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on."{{cite news|last=Forrester|first=Katy|date=5 January 2016|title=Come Dine With Me's Peter breaks his silence after being branded a 'sore loser'|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/tv/come-dine-mes-peter-marsh-7120097|access-date=20 September 2021|website=Daily Mirror|language=en}}

Another episode gained attention online, when a clip on video sharing site YouTube of contestant Kev Riley fitting a balloon whisk into his mouth went viral.{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=l1Qerh-h5Vc|title=Come dine with me hilarious clip|via=YouTube|access-date=23 May 2022}} In an 'ask me anything' session on Reddit in 2022,{{Cite web|date=20 Jan 2021|title=I am the "Whisk Guy" from Come Dine With Me. AMA!|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/s8hwb1/i_am_the_whisk_guy_from_come_dine_with_me_ama/|url-status=live|access-date=20 Jan 2021|website=Reddit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120124552/https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/s8hwb1/i_am_the_whisk_guy_from_come_dine_with_me_ama/ |archive-date=20 January 2022 }} Kev claimed that this was the result of a "spur of the moment" decision intended to make the producer laugh. This clip has had over 100m views on various threads across social media. This has resulted in the sale of merchandise, flags appearing at Glastonbury, and Riley being a regular contributor on Cameo.

From 2020, due to COVID-19, all five contestants cooked and ate in the same house; this is instead of having the contestants visiting each other's houses to dine. The location of the house would vary depending on which city the five episodes were taking place. Episodes shown from 2024 reverts to contestants hosting from their own homes.

Spin-offs

=''Couples Come Dine with Me''=

On 7 July 2014, the first episode of the spin-off series - Couples Come Dine with Me, premiered on Channel 4.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-nsu80m/couples-come-dine-with-me-season-1/|title=Couples Come Dine with Me|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=21 June 2022}} The series uses a similar format to the original series but features three couples competing to win £1,000.{{cite web|url=https://the-media-leader.com/come-dine-with-me-turns-up-the-heat-with-new-format/|title=Come Dine With Me turns up the heat with new format|website=the-media-leader.com|date=19 December 2013 |access-date=21 June 2022}}

=''Celebrity Come Dine with Me''=

There have been occasional celebrity groups of chefs since the first episode of Series 2.{{Cite web |last=Slater |first=Jack |date=2021-03-02 |title=Which celebrities have taken part in Come Dine with Me? |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/02/which-celebrities-have-taken-part-in-come-dine-with-me-13995996/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Metro |language=en}}

=''Come Dine with Me: The Professionals''=

On 12 January 2022, Channel 4 commissioned Come Dine with Me: The Professionals where local restaurants went head to head in the contest. The series premiered on 27 June 2022 on Channel 4.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-0gzglw/come-dine-with-me-the-professionals-season-1/?episode=b-49u4h2|title=Come Dine with Me: The Professionals|website=radiotimes.com|access-date=21 June 2022}}

International versions

=English=

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Country

! Title

! Broadcaster

! From & to

{{Flagcountry|AUS}}

|Come Dine with Me Australia

|Lifestyle Channel

|2010-13{{cite web|url=http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/24_08_2009.pdf |title=Come Dine with Me in Oz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091007050535/http://www.bandt.com.au/dirplus/images/bttoday/newsletter/24_08_2009.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2009 |publisher=B&T Today |date=24 August 2009}}

{{Flagcountry|CAN}}

|Come Dine with Me Canada

|W

|2010-14

{{Flagcountry|IRE}}

|Come Dine with Me Ireland

|TV3

|2011-13{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?locID=1.65.68&article_id=42937|title=TV3's 2010 Autumn Schedule|website=Tv3.ie|access-date=19 October 2010}}

{{Flagcountry|NZ}}

|Come Dine with Me New Zealand

|Three

|2015

{{Flagcountry|SA}}

|Come Dine with Me South Africa

|BBC Lifestyle

|2011-

rowspan=2| {{Flagcountry|US}}

|Dinner Takes All

| TLC

| 2006

Come Dine with Me

| Lifetime

| 2013{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a531692/us-come-dine-with-me-to-begin-airing-in-december.html|title=US 'Come Dine With Me' to begin airing in December|last=Rowley|first=Alison|date=15 November 2013|website=Digital Spy|access-date=16 November 2013}}

=Spanish=

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Rowspan=2|Country

! Colspan=2| Title

! Rowspan=2|Broadcaster

! Rowspan=2|From & to

Spanish

! English

{{Flagcountry|ARG}}

|Divina Comida

|Divine Food

|Telefe

|2020

{{Flagcountry|CHI}}

|La Divina Comida

|A Divine Dinner

|Chilevisión

|2016-Present{{cite news|url=http://www.radioagricultura.cl/2016/07/06/gdp-la-divina-comida-ya-tiene-fecha-de-estreno-en-chv-descubrela-aca/ |title="La Divina Comida" ya tiene fecha de estreno en CHV ¡Descúbrela acá! |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707184915/http://www.radioagricultura.cl/2016/07/06/gdp-la-divina-comida-ya-tiene-fecha-de-estreno-en-chv-descubrela-aca/ |archive-date=7 July 2016 |work=Radio Agricultura |date=6 July 2016}}

{{Flagcountry|MEX}}

|Divina Comida México

|Divine Food Mexico

|HBO Max

|2022

rowspan=2|{{Flagcountry|ESP}}

|rowspan=2|Ven a Cenar Conmigo

|rowspan=2|Come to dine with me.

|Antena 3

|2008

Cuatro

|2017

=Other languages=

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Region/ Country

! Title

! Translated title

! Broadcaster

! From & to

|{{Flagcountry|Algeria}} (Algerian Arabic)

|Un dîner presque parfait El Djazair

|An Almost Perfect Dinner "Algeria"

|Samira TV

|2024

{{Flagcountry|BEL}} (Dutch)

|Komen Eten

| Coming to Eat

|VijfTV/ VIER

|2009-

{{Flagcountry|BRA}}

|Jogo de Panelas

| A Game of Pans

|TV Globo

|2012-

{{Flagcountry|BUL}}

|Черешката на тортата
{{small|Chereshkata na tortata}}

|The Cherry on the Cake

|Nova

|2011-

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|Večera za 5

|Dinner for 5

|rowspan=2 |RTL

|2007–2011; 2023–present

Večera za 5 na selu

|Dinner for 5 at the Countryside

|2019–2023

Riba na torti

|Fish on cake

|Nova TV

|2023–present

{{Flagcountry|CZE}}

|Prostřeno!

| Expand!

|Prima TV

|2010–present

rowspan=2 | {{Flagcountry|DEN}}

|Til middag hos...

| To ...’s House for Dinner

|TV3

|2009-2011; 2015–present

4-Stjernes Middag

|A 4-Star Dinner

|Kanal 5

|2010–2012

{{Flagcountry|EST}}

|Õhtusöök viiele

|Dinner for Five

|TV3

|2010

{{Flagcountry|FIN}}

|Arvostele mun illallinen Suomessa

|Rate My Dinner in Finland

|LIV

|2011

rowspan=2 | {{Flagcountry|FRA}}

|rowspan=2 | Un Dîner Presque Parfait

|rowspan=2 | An Almost Perfect Dinner

|M6

|2008-2014

W9

|2015-present

{{Flagcountry|GER}}

|Das Perfekte Dinner

|The Perfect Dinner

|VOX

|2006

rowspan=3 |{{Flagcountry|GRE}}

|rowspan=2 |Κάτι ψήνεται
{{small|Kati Psinete}}

|rowspan=2 |Something's cooking

|Alpha TV

|2009-2017

ANT1

|2019

Κάτι ξαναψήνεται
{{small|Kati Ksanapsinete}}

|Something's recooking

|Skai TV

|2021-2022

rowspan=2|{{Flagcountry|HUN}}

|Vacsoracsata

| Food Fight

|RTL Klub

|2008

Hal a tortán

|Fish on Cake

|TV2

|2008

{{Flagcountry|IND}}

|Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki

| Welcome – Challenge to be the Best Host

|Life OK

|2013

{{Flagcountry|IRN}}

|بفرمائید شام
{{small|Befarmayid Sham}}

|Come for Dinner

|Manoto

|2010{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/oct/04/come-dine-with-me-iran|title=Iran to get its own Come Dine With Me|last=Sweney|first=Mark|date=4 October 2010|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=19 October 2010}}

{{Flagcountry|ISR}} (Hebrew)

| בואו לאכול איתי
{{small|Bo'u Le'ekhol Iti}}

| Come Eat with Me

| Channel 1 / Kan 11

| 2011-{{cite web |url=http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.television_articles_item,789,209,59791,.aspx |script-title=he:ערוץ 1 מצטרף לגל הריאליטי: ישדר את הדוקו ריאליטי "בוא לאכול איתי" – מדור טלוויזיה – עכבר העיר |website=Mouse.co.il |date=2012-05-31 |access-date=2013-11-11 |archive-date=12 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012052338/http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.television_articles_item,789,209,59791,.aspx |url-status=dead }}{{cite news|url=https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/bjizyws1k |title=The new season of "Come Dine with Me" is exactly what we ordered |newspaper=Ynet |date=2021-08-02 |access-date=2022-04-04|last1=שילוני |first1=סמדר }}

{{Flagcountry|ISR}} (Palestinian Arabic)

|تفصلوا ع العشا
{{small|Tfadhalu ‘A L’asha}}

|Come to Dinner

|Makan 33

|2024-

{{Flagcountry|ITA}}

|A cena da me

|Dinner At Mine.

|LA7

|2016

{{Flagcountry|KAZ}}

|Кім күшті?

|Who is stronger?

|Channel 31

|2018

{{Flagcountry|LAT}}

|Gandrīz Ideālas Vakariņas

|An Almost Ideal Dinner

|TV3

|2011

{{Flagcountry|LIT}}

|Kviečiu Vakarienės

|An Invite for Dinner.

|BTV

|2011

{{Flagcountry|MAS}}

|Jom Makan Dengan Saya

|Let's Eat with Me

|Real Time

|2008

{{Flagcountry|MLT}}

|Come Dine With Me Malta

|{{N/A}}

|Television Malta

|2025

{{Flagcountry|NED}}

|Smaken Verschillen

|Tastes Differ

|Net 5

|

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|4-stjerners middag

|4-Star Meal

|TVNorge

|2009

Celebert selskap

|Celebrity Company

| TV3

| 2009-2010

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| Ugotowani

| Cooked

| rowspan="2" | TVN

| 2010–2018

Ugotowani w parach

|Cooked in Pairs

|2023

{{Flagcountry|QBC}} (French)

| Un Souper Presque Parfait

| An Almost Perfect Dinner

| Noovo

| 2010{{cite news|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/arts/television/201208/20/01-4566451-andre-ducharme-appelez-le-monsieur-presque-parfait.php|title=André Ducharme – Appelez-le Monsieur presque parfait|last=Therrien|first=Richard|date=20 August 2012|website=Lapresse.ca|access-date=24 November 2012}}

{{Flagcountry|ROM}}

| Mâncare pe care

| Food Battle Royale{{efn|The title is a wordplay originating from "{{lang|ro|mâncare}}" (food) and the idiom "{{lang|ro|care pe care}}" (similar in meaning to "dog eat dog", suggesting fierce competition).}}

| Acasă

| 2022

rowspan=2|{{Flagcountry|RUS}}

|Званый ужин
{{small|Zvanyy uzhin}}

| Dinner Party

| REN TV

| 2006-2017

Идеальный ужин
{{small|Ideal'nyy uzhin}}

| Perfect Dinner

| Che

| 2018

rowspan="2" |{{Flagcountry|SER}}

|Dođi na večeru

|Come to Dinner.

|Prva

|2010

Savršena večera

|Perfect Dinner

|Nova S

|2022

rowspan="2" |{{Flagcountry|SVK}}

| rowspan="2" |Bez servítky

| rowspan="2" |Without a serviette

|Markíza

|2009-2015

JOJ

|2021

{{Flagcountry|SWE}}

|Halv åtta hos mig

|Half Past 7 At My Place

|TV4

|2008

{{Flagcountry|SWI}}

|Swiss Dinner

|{{N/A}}

|TeleZüri

|2010

rowspan=4 |{{Flagcountry|TUR}}

|rowspan=4 |Yemekteyiz

|rowspan=4 |We're at meal

|Show TV

|2008-2011

FOX

|2012-2014

Kanal D

|2015

TV8

|2017-

{{Flagcountry|UKR}}

|Звана вечеря
{{small|Zvana vecheriya}}

|Dinner Party

|STB

|2007-2008, 2013, 2020-

|{{Flagcountry|UAE}} (Arabic)

|يلا نتعشى

|Come on let's have dinner

|Orbit Showtime Network

|2020

Adaptations

=Come Dine With Me: The Musical=

A musical adaptation of the show is scheduled to open at the Turbine Theatre in London in September 2024 following a run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in July 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.londonboxoffice.co.uk/news/post/come-dine-with-me-the-musical-london |title=COME DINE WITH ME: THE MUSICAL announces London run |year=2024 |access-date=2024-07-02 |publisher=London Box Office }}

Notes

{{Notelist}}

References

{{Reflist}}