The five contestants from Bradford for this week are: community worker and part-time radio DJ
Khaliva Ashrafi, who believes passion is required to make good food; engineer
Nigel Beaumont, a loud larger than life man; insurance underwriter
Stuart Hudson, whose biggest passion in life is cooking and food; Christian charity worker
Jane Longhurst, who considers herself a bubbly person; and barmaid
Theresa Walsh, a party girl.
Jane Longhurst is the first to host the dinner party. Her menu consists of chocolate dipped strawberries and cheese sablé as the appetizers, roasted asparagus as the starter, coq au Riesling as the main course, and warm chocolate brownies for dessert. For a person who has cooked for hundreds at a time, a dinner party for five should be a breeze for Jane, but she ultimately feels she let herself down. Will her guests concur? As the five get to know each other, one personality dominates the evening.
—Huggo