Come Dine with Me Ireland is an Irish television programme, first broadcast on TV3 on 6 June 2011. The show has five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants. Each competitor then rates the host's performance with the winner winning a €1,000 cash prize. It is based on the British format Come Dine with Me, which airs globally on various television networks. Between January 2011 to June 2011 TV3 broadcast the UK version at 18:30 each week night. Like the UK version, the Irish version includes an element of comedy through comedian Dave Lamb, who provides a dry and "bitingly sarcastic" narration.Kate Jackson."Is Come Dine with Me the bitchiest show on the box?". Daily Mirror. 18 April 2008. A second series of the show, including two celebrity specials, aired as part of TV3's autumn schedule.
The show was later broadcast internationally on Channel 4 and More4 in the UK where it was titled Come Dine with Me Ireland.
First series Episodes Premiered Location Winner Contestants 1–5 6 June 2011 Cork Helena David Roche Louisa Costello Jamie Knoblauch Vikki Shorten 6–10 13 June 2011 Dublin Eimhear Cora Murphy Johnny Cox Eimhear O'Dalaigh Keith Murphy 11–15 18 July 2011 Limerick Jane and Graham Nadia Sakni Kathleen McKeown Jane Higgins-Sheedy Graham Culleton 16–20 25 July 2011 Waterford Rose Ronnie Moore Alexis O'Byrne Gary Wallace Rose Jones 21–25 1 August 2011 Galway Danny Bruce Henry Lisa Mulholland Danny Dowling Peter O'Neill 26–30 29 August 2011 Dublin Emma and Martin Una Quill Aiden Crevan Emma Carr Martin Butler
Second series Episodes Premiered Location Winner Contestants 1–5 24 November 2012 DublinCelebrity Special Rozanna Brian Kennedy Noel Cunningham Rozanna Purcell Paul Martin George McMahon 6–10 1 December 2012 DublinCelebrity Special Pippa and Shane Madeline Mulqueen Pippa O'Connor Holly Sweeney Michael O'Doherty Shane Byrne 11–15 8 December 2012 Cavan and Monaghan Tanya Tony Sheridan Pauline Farrelly Patrick Walsh Tanya Moany King Colette McGahern 16–20 15 December 2012 Kerry Dervil Audrey Logue-Duggan Stephen Leane Melissa Perry Dervil Fleming Sean Treacy 21–25 12 January 2013 Sligo Dimitar Trish Buckley Maria Tesler Monica Cogan Aoife McGowan Dimitar Dosev 26–30 19 January 2013 DublinCelebrity Special Joe Celia Holman-Lee Geraldine O'Callaghan Rosanna Davison Brian McEvoy Joe Rooney 31–35 2 February 2013 Cork Mary Keira O'Connell Joe Byrne Mary Rossiter Billy Galvin Fiona Buckley
References
External links